[MadIvan]

I really don't give a rat's arse. The "rodina" crowd can take their russophilia and shove it up their anal orifices. Russia is preventing us from taking action in Iran, they tried to prevent us taking action in Iraq, they're no help with Belarus, they are trying to use Gazprom as an instrument of Russian foreign policy to intimidate Europe.

Sod them. Let's ditch the pretences and phony politesse. Cheney is right and it's time we told the Russians that this is not going to be tolerated.

Regards, Ivan

[ozzymandus]

I think Putin is feeling his imperial oats. Tsarist or communist, Russia has always been an imperial power with evil designs on her neighbors.