Oh , why do they hate us? *sniffle, weap, moan*
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Anyone here remember how soviet troops and nucs got into CUBA? What then when russian troops and NUCS show up in gaza and the west bank? Will it be Kennedy vs Kruschev eyeball to eyeball brinkmanship again? Do you not remember how CLOSE we came to all out annihilation that october in the early 1960s?
Even a WHIFF of russian "friends" moving into gaza/west bank and the Israelis will have no choice but to drive THEM all into the sea.
>Oh , why do they hate us? *sniffle, weap, moan*
When you're done crying, recognize that you can go along in life assuming we make no mistakes and learn nothing. Bush created an enemy in Putin needlessly. Now we're stuck with the repercussions. Is all the anti-American animosity justified? Of course not. Is some of it? Yes. You don't have to make nice with Putin when he reins in the oligarchs, but neither do you need to insult a head of state so publicly.