[KOZ.]

the russians have supported iraq, iran, n korea and china. i dont see a willingness to cooperate with the us or nato at all.

[peter the great]

What I would consider is the time line of their actions. If you go back to Kosovo when that happened Chechnya was not even on the table. All of a sudden off they go into Chechnya. Through the whole Kosovo affair one of the under reported stories was the alliance that was building up against us was China, India and Russia. Remember Halfbright was on TV looking scared and with good reason. Although due to time restraints I really do not have the time to really research this I would venture to say that the Iraq and Iran deals came in at about this time frame.