Well, I don't consider myself a freakin' Russian apologist, and I certainly loathe what they did in Iraq, but has anyone mentioned what we did to them in Afganistan in the 80s? How did those muhajadin get they shoulder-fired stingers that shot down those Hind helicopters?
I realize it's a bit of an apples-and-oranges analogy, but the point is I think these things go on all the time. I, personally, am shocked by the apparent lack of better pre-war security measures on our part.
Yeah, right, comparing COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP with U.S.?? Are you nuts? Let's know think of what we did with Nazis????
Your talking, supposedly, about a different government and a different state. The current Russia is, supposedly, not the USSR.
The question has been asked repeatedly...Why has the Bush admin been so reticent to trumpet the translations of the Iraqi docs? These documents vindicate the Admin to a large extent, yet they're hardly mentioning them. Why?
The answer, I believe, is the extent to which these documents are going to implicate Russia and "Pootie Poot". It appears that the admin is of the opinion that Russian co-operation is needed to nail Iran...that co-operation does not appear to be forthcoming at present...
Is the evidence accumulated in Iraq the weapon of choice to force Russian compliance or co-operation?