[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)

[ark_girl]

This is what they get for electing an ex-KGB officer for President. Ugh.

[TheCrusader]

"There is no 'trump card' held by them, (Russia)"

Except for helping our enemies, (Iran and N. Korea) build nuclear bombs. This way they nuke us by proxy and not be retaliated against. They also just sold another aircraft carrier to Communist China, increasing China's military threat to Taiwan. In a sleazy, creepy way, Russia does have trump cards; and the Russian government has always been sleezy and creepy.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

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.

No, what keeps us from treating them way we should is their counterpart here in the USA - the Democrat Party, the MSM, the labor unons, the government unions, the foreign financed NGO's, etc. Their friends, our enemy within, is very strong right here in the good old USA.