What a shame - Russia had the potential to join the rest of the civilized world - now its reverted back to debased thuggery.
(IBTRWC)
I believe it's all being done with Bush's knowledge and approval...with a wink and a nod. Goad them on!
It's the only way we're going to put an end to this crap. Gives us a reason to use our latest weapons...for N. Korea and China to see.
[ removes tin-foil hat ]
The Guardian always reads like it's written by children.
To refrain from selling to thug regimes is not "kowtowing" and its odd that anyone would think it was. Its odder yet that anyone would want to sell advanced weaponry to thug regimes.
They were never in it, Despite Peter the Great's attempt to open a "window on the West" they were never part of what is considered The West.
WTH is Putin thinking? Didn't he learn anything from the school massacre by the Chechnyans?
Extend NATO right up to Russia's own damn doorstep. Put missile bases in Ukraine and Estonia. **** the Russians.
"Russia has left the Western Orbit"
They never entered.
ping
The Iskander is like the Scuds that Iraq used during the Gulf war but many times more accurate and better equipped to avoid defensive weapons such as the Patriot missile.==
Iskander has ability to fly non ballistic trajectory and even change target in flight.
Er... Russia never WAS in the western orbit. Ever!
The Soviet premiers of Russia.. not in western orbit.
The Tsars of Russia.. not in western orbit.
The Tatar Khans of Russia... not in western orbit.
Now, what makes you think that the Ex-KGB Presidents of Russia are ANY different from their predecessors from a thousand years?