>>I had such high hopes for Russia.<<
Even after KAL 007? Wow! That I find hard to believe. Disinformation is more popular than information these days.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd88.htm
http://www.devvy.com/kal007_19991120.html
I'm still optimistic about Russia. Why? I think the Russian people love Americans. America is far less a threat to Russia than its own leaders, and many of them know it. It's their leaders who keep thinking empire instead of liberal western unity. I'll bet that some of them were applauding President Bush's state of the union speech behind the privacy of closed doors.