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Originally Posted by DARISC
Which is why Time's choice of Putin for "Person of the Year" is spot on! I'm dumbfounded why, apparently, so little concern is shown over the potential rise of Russia.
Their geographical proximity to the ME and their dealings with Iran should cause us very real worries.
Why our government is not alerted to this to the extent that it be diplomatically engaging with the Russians on a daily basis is puzzling and scary to me. Putin is a very scary thug.
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Everything you have said is true. Washington is full of clods who have convinced themselves (probably because they said it so often to convince us!) that terrorism is our biggest threat.
Bush and the spineless Dems in Congress seem to have no problem playing tough guy with Iran (for something they don't even have) or with Afghanistan or Iraq while ignoring what Turkey, Pakistan, Israel, China, and Russia are doing. If you pay attention it looks like a classic case of the schoolyard bully: we seem ready to jump and fight the weak guys but play it cool with the true tough guys. Maybe that's why the axxholes of Team Bush who beat the drums for war are called chickenhawks. No wait a minute, that's because they never served in the military but love war.
