[PieterCasparzen]

America trusts Russia:

http://www.russianamericanchamber.com/

https://www.usrbc.org/

So does Boeing - here’s the Boeing Russian website:

http://www.boeing.ru/

So does GE (you know, the Boeing and GE that make the F/18 and its engines)

https://www.ge.com/news/company-information/russia
http://www.ge.com/ru/ru/

Up until a few weeks ago, the US government was going whole-hog to have a love fest with Russia.

Here are some pages from the US Department of State that you can explore to find all the verious forms of cooperation, agreement and plans that were merrily being worked on by these great friends, Russia and the US:

http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs/c5739.htm

Here’s one page covering economic areas:

http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/193103.htm

Suddenly - right after Ukraine balked at signing the EU agreement, we went from friends to frenemies.

Suddenly, that Department of State webpage started including pronouncements about how Puty was a “bad man, very bad man”.

Ain’t that a ko-inky-dink !

[Zhang Fei]

America trusts Russia:

http://www.russianamericanchamber.com/

https://www.usrbc.org/

So does Boeing - here’s the Boeing Russian website:

http://www.boeing.ru/

So does GE (you know, the Boeing and GE that make the F/18 and its engines)

https://www.ge.com/news/company-information/russia
http://www.ge.com/ru/ru/

Up until a few weeks ago, the US government was going whole-hog to have a love fest with Russia.

Here are some pages from the US Department of State that you can explore to find all the verious forms of cooperation, agreement and plans that were merrily being worked on by these great friends, Russia and the US:

http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs/c5739.htm

Here’s one page covering economic areas:

http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/193103.htm

Suddenly - right after Ukraine balked at signing the EU agreement, we went from friends to frenemies.

Suddenly, that Department of State webpage started including pronouncements about how Puty was a “bad man, very bad man”.

Ain’t that a ko-inky-dink !

Like Bush, Obama thought Russian imperialism was a historical artifact, that Russians were merely misunderstood. Yup - in the Democratic view, stupid, belligerent Republicans were keeping the softer side of Russia hidden. Like Bush, Obama was wrong. Bush gave Putin his seal of approval after looking into his eyes. Not long after that, Robert Gates (Bush SecDef) said in an interview: "I ... looked into Putin's eyes and I saw a stone cold killer". Gates wasn't much of a SecDef, but he got Putin's measure.