[Labyrinthos]

I am awestruck how many folks on the web these days fixate on Russia but nary a mention of China (or if so it is in passing). Russia has to live next to the fastest growing power on the planet not knowing what it will look like when it is full grown.

I expresssed a similar opinion yesterday. While Russia's nuclear exercise may appear to be directed at US, that's because we're not going to turn it into a diplomatic crisis and it gives US the oppurtunity to assess what's left of the bear. But the real purpose of the exercise is to show China and others what Russia has without provoking an incident.

[JustPiper]

I only know of china's pointed at us