[Cicero]

Indeed, Democrats have voiced stronger criticism of Russia. "We're concerned that Putin is getting a blank check," said Richard C Holbrooke, a former US ambassador to the United Nations who is advising Kerry. "We need good relations with Russia, but we ought to have some standards here," he said.

For the record, NO ONE has done more to damage American relations with Russia than Holbrooke, who was the genius behind clinton's attack on Serbia. When it turned out that Russia was powerless to protect its "little brothers," the Serbs, they were deeply shamed and I'm sure are still full of resentment. Weasley Clarke, Richard Cohen, and Maddy Albright all share some of the responsibility for what may have been the stupidest foreign policy move since Yalta.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #4

I agree. Holbrooke's policy was responsible for the rise of Putin and his KGB brotherhood. He made them realized their cherished goal, that is, returning to power as competent and professional people, not ruthless and sinister agent of oppression. Holbrooke is not in a position to gripe about it. He(probably along with Hitlery) made it happen.

[piasa]

Incidentally, when citing his overseas travel in the first debate, Kerry made a mistake by saying the cells of the KGB headquarters in Moscow had been "under Treblinka Square". He must have meant Lubyanka Square, as Treblinka was a Nazi death camp in Poland.

As usual, the media gave Kerry a pass on that one since they probably missed it themselves in their haste to tell us how brilliant he is.

Meanwhile, they fret over the way Bush pronounces "nuclear."

[redgolum]

They have a right to not like us. We were on the side of the islamofacists against Russia to many times.

[bert]

Meanwhile, Algore and Marc Rich were aiding the Oligarchs as they siphoned off billions from the sale of Russian assets.

[Destro]

BUMP!

[jb6]

It was not that Russia was/is powerless, far from it, it was a matter of Yeltsin and thus Russian interests were up for sale and not at a very high price, either.