[singsong]

Pootie-poot turned out to be quite shortsighted. Russia suffered a lot under stupid men though. To call for independent Chechnia is a bit too much. That would be just another Iraq to disarm in the future. Exposing his duplicity should work. By the way the real issue for him are the lost profits of former commies and present mafia bosses. They are making big bucks around Iraq.

[JasonC]

Profits my eye. The Russians are as opposed to our power and influence in the world as the French are, perhaps more so. Putin is continuing to help give Iran nuclear weapons. He is not remotely our friend and never has been. He sows trouble across our path to keep us busy, flaks to keep us from cleaning it up too rapidly, and then expects us to ignore all of it if he occasionally says something nasty about Muslims. All his actions are important and hostile, all his support is mere words and meaningless.