We are tightly integrated with Israel, joined at the hip, but you realize we are at war with Russia right? If we were controlled by Russia, we would not be at war with them.

Are you? You're about to remove sanctions on them, not because they agreed to peace, because you destroyed your own other options (the Persian Gulf).

Many parents that nominally "control" their children might take issue with this claim.

I don't have a particular position on the actual "controlled by Russia" claim.

You would think...