[whitedog57]

The Russians still think it is the old USSR.

[FreedomNeocon]

Tell me what the Ruskies think they can do about it?

Absolutely nothing.

The only thing that stops us from walking all over them is our sense of politics and what we can 'get away with' in the form of hardline stances.

There is no 'trump card' held by them, and if we found the political fallout to be worthwhile, we could do MUCH worse things to them.

In this case there is just more political advantages to offset and mitigate the 'fallout' side, so we are, and will stay aggressive in our support of Poland (and all the E.European new democracies)

[ryan71]

Cold war is heating back up.

Remember when they put missiles in Turkey? The Soviets were not happy. Pershing missiles, I think.

This could have been written 30 years ago, with slight changes to the names.

[Joe Boucher]

they're trying.