Today... Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the application of a key Cold War arms control treaty.
There is no doubt a cold-war like chill in US-Russian relations recently... but now is the time to act and move in a positive direction instead of letting things escalate. I doubt our leaders are capable of avoiding rhetoric and nationalistic "chest-thumping" to achieve this.
Thanks, Bush & Putin for taking us back to a very harrowing past.Why, oh Why!
Also read:
Cool not cold - The West must learn to live with Moscow's tougher foreign policy.
Who rules Russia?
Putin's hold on Russia
Bush plays hot & cold
Russians Sense the Heat of Cold War
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Obligatory Bush joke: Looks like he finally bought into the global warming theories and to prevent the world from heating up decided to take us back to a cold place. He heard we had a cold war in the 60s and wants to take us back there.
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