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"but who would hve predicted a US-Russia partnership 20 years ago? Pournelle?"

Wow!

Isn't it amazing that the best science fiction writers are REALLY good students of politics, economics, and human nature.

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I must applaud President Bush for this action; increasing the number of suppiers is definitely a plus.

And as others have pointed out , the Russian people are historically Christians ; their suffering for 70 years demonstrates what evil happens when a people are disarmed-the thugs run wild in and out of gov't.