Russia is an adversary nation to the US
Brett, squadron CO should be more liberal I think, since there's XO for dumb fucking black and white view of life. You're moderator here, so check my IP-address. It is either BY or UA. Repeat, my main passport is Belarussian. Want me to scan it and show you as well as to everyone? It's easy to do. Otherwise it all would be as in short story about Spielberg and Iceberg: if someone refuses to switch his\her brain on, it is pretty easy to explain everything by plain feelings. Yes I sometimes visit Moscow pursuing business interests but you as American cannot blame one for that since the business interests as such is something USA were built on. Or, if you'd were service academy grad, you might say no, there were much more basics for USA to exist, but you are not Canoe U man.
All in all, forgive me please for not being American or German or Italian or, eventually (I mean that), Saudi - since they all are your friends. Sometimes the person you hate could say much more useful things than person who depends on you. Not me personally, but generally. Your naval pschychologist with same sleeve strips you wear will say that at any time.