[judywillow]

Here is yet another case where the forces of repression seemed to have all the advantages, including the reconstituted KGB and the full, cynical, support of a nasty Russian tyrant.

Sorry, no sale. Vladimir Putin is the best ruler Russia has ever had since Tsar Peter, and there is no possibility of George Soros being on the right side of something like this any more than there is of the sun coming up in the west tommorrow morning. After Israel, Russia is the single most valuable ally we could possibly have in any sort of a struggle against islammic terrorism, but not if we continue treating Russians like assholes simply because we can, and trying to build some sort of a NATO or quasi-NATO ring around Russia is treating them like assholes.

[rodguy911]

Russia sure was helpful in Iraq all right selling weapons and training Saddam's people right up until the day we moved in. With allies like the russians......