[A Citizen Reporter]

Curiously, I happened to catch the Russian ministers LIVE press conference this morning on FNC. Though they were guarded in their remarks, I would not say that there is as much dissent in their viewpoint as this British print writer would choose to illuminate.

On a side note...."Unmovic" vs "Unscum"....please, could the UN employ some new rhetoric champions for their so-called "causes".....Geez!

[kayak]

From this picture, I would say that relations between the U. S. and Russia are definitely strained ......... ;-)

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, left, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,second from right and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, right, laugh before their meeting, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, at the State Department in Washington. The U.S. is hoping to win Russian backing for a U.N. resolution on Iraq and is aggressively courting Russia's foreign and defense ministers at intimate meetings with top aides and some personal face time with President Bush in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

[Nick Danger]

I happened to catch the Russian ministers LIVE press conference this morning on FNC. Though they were guarded in their remarks, I would not say that there is as much dissent in their viewpoint as this British print writer would choose to illuminate.

I suspected something like that, or that Putin is just trying to make sure he gets the best deal he can. Ultimately though, Putin has the same fear we do. He has his own Islamic Crazy People to worry about, and he doesn't want them getting their hands on biologicals or a nuke any more than we do.

Some of this is posturing, some of it is gamesmanship, but when it's all over Putin will be on the side of getting rid of Saddam's nukes. If the Chechens ever got ahold of one, Moscow would be toast, and he knows it.