Do leaders of real nations (not the third world, tin-horn dictator types) really speak to other nations this way? Does Mr. Medvedev expect to be taken seriously? How can liberals see how this man talks to others, then turn around and say President Bush is dangerous and stupid?
Because they are being offered one of two differently colored pills. One pill will wake them into reality which has become a very nasty place. Journalist assassinations, poisonings, threats to use nuclear weapons, the rape and pillage of a western country, etc. etc.. The other pill will keep them asleep in a land where ignorance is bliss.
Some people choose the wrong pill.