The hypocrites here on FR will continue to pull the Russian commie card, its an easier substitute for critical thinking.
And that is what Bush is banking on.
For the last 16 years we have done everything possible to corner Russia:
1. Making NATO members of its neighbors.
2. Making an agreement with Poland & the Czech Republic for a missile system capable of attacking Russia (the equivalent of what the Soviets did to us that created the Cuban Missile Crisis.)
3. Ignored the Russians on the Kosovo issue and put an American military base on Serbian soil, then stole the land and got others to recognize "the property transfer".
4. Broke international law all the way back to the 18th Century Treaty if Westphalia -- and even tossed aside the UN 1244 that we got the Serbs to agree to saying that "Kosovo stays sovereign Serbian territory", showing that "the rules don't apply to us because we are America".
5. And finally, in order to lessen Russian power in Europe with its oil supply, we set up an alternative oil pipeline running through Georgia to Turkey that bypasses Russia. That Georgian pipeline just opened a few weeks ago with little notice by the Western Press.
Now, if we are actually trying to start a war with Russia (that could turn into a World War) and we know what we are doing, OK. But this pretending "its all Russian aggression" is really annoying. We are expecting to put up with behavior from us that we would never put up with from them -- and in fact, DIDN'T put up with in 1962!