Putin's grab for power makes me nervous, but our government's constant finger shaking is not helping here. We need to give Putin an incentive to retain the democratic reforms, while at the same time joining him in fighting this Islamic menace.
i agree. Powell is always the dove (except when he should be)
The world is lining up, one way or another, against the terrorists who've flunked the 20th century.
If you read through the changes that are being proposed, they have yet to even go to the Duma, which in its own ways may not want them, since they favor smaller parties over larger parties, they are not that different from our dear allie Britian and our foe France. Many countries in Europe do not have a federal system but are yet republics...there is more then one way to build a society then our own and still have a republic.
some argue that our Patriot Act wasn't a great step towards freedom. btw, democracy = mob rule...
"...our government's constant finger shaking is not helping here."
It does seem a little silly. I rather doubt Russia appreciates this kind of 'critique'. Maybe we just have to get it on the record.