We read in another place her (Condoleezza Rice) memoirs: “They say that for Russia they lost Ukraine - this is the same as losing Texas or California for the US. But even such a comparison is not sufficient. What comparison, then, from the point of view of Condoleezza Rice, is sufficient and adequate? And here's what: "losing Ukraine" (in the sense of it in a hostile NATO camp) for Russia is the same as for the United States "losing the original 13 colonies." For those who are not very aware of the details of the statistics of the history of the XVIII century: "the original 13 colonies" is the very heart, the core of the United States, the first territory of the country.
