[MJY1288]

"I hope they are always our allies."

Me too my friend. I hope GWB continues working with the Russians as we confront the real threats to our freedoms and civilization itself. These Religous finatics are a major threat to peace around the globe and until we face this fact we will continue to see events like 9/11, Bali and situations like Moscow has been through in the last few days.

Russia is also in desperate need of our help with their economy and between our products and their Oil, the future is bright :-)

[demosthenes the elder]

I can't remember who said this, or exact wording
"In the first half ofthe 20th century, the most important thing shall be that both England and America speak english. In the latter half and beyond, what shall matter is that both America and Russia are white"
A bit overstated, and mistaking race for culture, but seems he had a point.