[gondramB]

>>If the west stopped buying their oil, I bet he may change his tune.<<

They cannot afford to.

Putin’s legacy is that he was in charge during the great inflation of energy prices combined with tremendous weakening of the dollar. Combine that with the free market effects that strengthened the Russian economy and thus I fear that we will wake up one day and realize we spent the last six years worrying about the wrong enemy.

[goldstategop]

Russia is not going to take over the world. It can make mischief for America if it chooses but our real enemy is Islamofascism. We can talk to Russia even when we are not always on the best of terms. But we cannot talk to those who want us to die. We indeed have been worrying about the right enemy for the past six years and we will have to worry about it as along as Islamofascists seek to blow us up. One 9/11 is enough for the American memory.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus