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The truth is none of us who question Putin's honor and sincerity "hate Russians."

If I hated Russians then it would mean that I hate my own (God rest his soul) grandfather!

But I do love the truth. I hate spin. And I do not trust the Russian government. While they understandably have a problem with terror, that does not mean for one moment that they are our unrelenting ally in the WOT. A number of things they are doing are actually against us. You are either with us, or against us. There is no middle ground.

No one is aksing your kind t o like t he Russians. But Luis and others openly sympathize with teh Chechen Muslim cause - so much so that they run flack for the Chechens. Luis also thinks the KGB is behind it all in a paranoid disinfo fashion. I am not pro-Russian per say because I am not Russian - nor am I a Slav or a Slav Orthodox - but just like bad Milosevic was twisted to become Son of Hitler Milosevic I see the same twisting facts into making Putin son of Stalin.

What seems liek an over defense of Putin (and it is not) is an attempt to right misconceptions and wrongs.

We should never "trust" a nation that can wipe us out like Russia can - But never trust in bugaboos about Russia hitched to the old Cold War past either.

Russia is helping Iran with nukes? Pakistan - our ally has nukes - nuclear power plant in Pakistan first built be GE.

Russia helps some unsavory Socialist Arab types? We help Wahhabist Arab nations.

Neither side is clean. The failure of both sides is that neother could overcome the Cold War mentalities to unite in the war on terror. Both are guilty by mo reconing. America sure ignored al-Qaeda when al-Qaeda was fighting Russian interests pre 9/11....