My big fear is the Russia military are not taking orders from Moscow. Why else would they

[CK_John]

create such bad pr for their government.

Also the Navy sending a fleet to Venezuela reminds me of the Cuba Missile crisis.

[babylonsister]

1. I think Putin is running everyone with an iron fist; I haven't heard anything

to the contrary.

[mediaman007]

2. I think that Putin wants to humiliate Bush/Cheney* before they leave office.

[BeatleBoot]

3. Russia's Response to the Missile Defense Shields

In Poland, et al.

Just in the nic of time for Election 2008 en Estados Unidos


The funny thing is everyone thought the Communists in the Soviet Union fell in the late 80's.

Fact is they just changed their name and went underground.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. They're bad PR has a long way to go to catch up with our bad PR.