[FairOpinion]

Our relationship with Russia is much more complex, than it appears on the surface. They have been and are very helpful to us, mostly behind the scenes, but sometimesin the open. But Putin also has to make sure to maintain his position.

Many people also forget, that before the presidential elections, Putin came out and not only endorsed President Bush, but made statements to the effect, that Bush is the only one who can fight and win the War on Terror. Putin also supported Bush, by revealing that Russian intelligence knew and told the US, that Saddam was indeed planning to launch terrorist attacks in the US, which is also carefully "forgotten" by the MSM.

[RussianBoor]

And President Bush was the only Western leader to unequivocally say sorry during the Beslan tragedy. I personally will never forget this.

My personal opinion about Iraq and what President Putin has said: I think that it had been not in the interests of the United States to plump into this mess. Many problems that are evident now were predictable then. The way the decision to go to war in Iraq had been made was not perfect either. However, all this belongs to the past. Now the US are carrying the heaviest burden in fighting the Islamic terrorists. This makes US, Russia and in fact all civilized world natural allies.