[familyop]

"LOL...it's getting better."

In my little-educated opinion, the United Russia (prevailing Party) thugs are getting nervous about the possibility of their mullah friends losing their new and developing toys. They don't want to lose their building Axis/Triad link between them and China. What do you think?

[CWOJackson]

In some ways I think they're worried about loosing even their shakey relationship with China. The Pacific Rim is quickly shaping up to become the new financial center of the world. Now that Boeing and Microsoft are sort of making China a partner it has to be concerning the Russians...who are still looking towards the EU and middle east, not the Pacific Rim.

But reading these posts you've put up in the last hour...they're definitely having some sort of crisis.