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Originally Posted by baloney_detector  Oh, I wouldn't be too concerned about Russia.
Right now they are just learning how to flex their muscle again after picking up the pieces, so to speak, from what was left of their country as the result of the Soviet Union collapse.
And, if you ask me, the US and Russia have more interests that unite them as allies than divide them as enemies. | I agree with you on this, BD. The Russians are right now so "politically lost" that they cannot decide for themselves just what sort of government that might be best suited for them. Where we are failing, is that America is so tied up in Iraq that we cannot spend much time in the way of helping the Russians see and enjoy the full fruits of an open market society. I find it puzzling that we obviously are spending so much to guarantee the flow of the oil supply from the Middle East; but we are failing to recognize the enormous oil supply in Russia's Caucasus region. |