[Piquaboy]

I have noticed lately that those who speak out against the Russian government seem to be accident prone. One reporter fell out of a window.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Russia could no longer afford to ignore the threat from NATO. Drugs and terrorism were an irrelevance, he said.

As is the slow Chinese repopulation of Siberia...

[Sender]

I wouldn't have predicted this outcome in a million years. Muslim terrorism is clearly the top enemy to both the USA and to Russia, we need only look back at Beslan to see that this is true. And now Putin wants to point his polonium-stained finger at us.

He is making a big mistake. Not in his reasoning, for he knows all too well that this bluster about NATO being more dangerous than Muslim terrorism is false. Putin is erring in alienating us when we need to be working together. If he wants to bring back the Cold War, he will regret it. And for certain, Russia will continue to be attacked by Muslim terrorists, with or without our help. Unless Putin is secretly siding with the Muslims against us...and may God help Russia if that is the case. A majority Muslim Russia is truly the world's worst nightmare. Mohammed with thousands of deliverable nuclear weapons. Think about it.

[boomop1]

We'll just have to win the cold war again.

[Mad Federalist]

Putin is a bigger threat to Russia than NATO.

[redgolum]

Russia is very nervous anytime anyone gets close to her borders. Putting missile defense sites in old Soviet block nations is a sure way to get the Bear angry. As is the slow invasion of Siberia by China

[Albert Barr]

This caught my eye:

"The New York Times has reported that the White House intends to "reach out more often and more intensively" to Russia, an acknowledgment in effect that it has not always consulted Russia on foreign policy and national security plans."

Why should we consult them?

Russia has aligned itself for Iran and Syria and against Israel. I think the increased babble from Moscow is directly related to our more aggressive stance against Iran. If we strike Iran I hope we keep a keen eye on Russian movements.

[penowa]

Why wouldn't they fear NATO more than terrorism? They know how to handle terrorists, blow away the terrorists, their families, the towns they came from, and to hell with any innocents who get in the way and anybody who complains about the overkill.

[CWOJackson]

Joseph Stalin is alive and well...with a new wardrobe and image team.

[Tailgunner Joe]

The chairman of Russia's academy of military science, Mahmoud Garayev, said Russia could no longer afford to ignore the threat from NATO. Drugs and terrorism were an irrelevance, he said.

Mahmoud wants NATO and the USA out of Afghanistan. The taliban and the opium lords aren't Russia's enemy, NATO is.