Relations With U.S. Lowest in 20 Years

[CHIMO]

U.S.-Russia relations appear to have sunk to their lowest level since Mikhail Gorbachev was Soviet leader.

Weeks before the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg squabbles loom on every front, from the summit's agenda to geopolitical standoffs over the former Soviet space and the Middle East.

The summit that had been intended to herald Russia's reemergence as a major global player could turn into a diplomatic debacle.

"The question is, how acrimonious is it going to get?" said Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, who has briefed the U.S. administration on Russia policy. "The question is, what can they talk about when Russia is systematically blocking the United States in Georgia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. If you're fighting on all these fronts, why pretend you're friends?'

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/05/19/003.html

[madmark]

1. "blocking"? how so?

[Oversea Visitor]

2. Russia dont need US

They now look at by rest of the world as BIG BROTHER to stop mad chimp.

They say no man is an island

So who is an island
Russia or
US under mad chimp

[Metta]

3. I wouldn't be surprised if this leads to more $$$ for the military.

For some "deterent" based on the f(r)iction Cheney created.

[saigon68]

7. And more $$$$ for Halliburton et al War Criminal Corporations

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Who was prez in 1986? Lemme see...

:freak:

[Art_from_Ark]

5. That was none other than President "We Start Bombing in 5 Minutes"

Raygun

:nuke:

[SquireJons]

6. It's all part of Roves mid term election strategy

Lets see... I put that agenda somewhere... oh, here it is.

1. Iran! (those dirty, heathen rag heads)
2. Mexicans! (those dirty, lazy wetbacks)- they should be shot for trying to sing our national anthem in some spic language
3. Russians! (those rotten, commie bastards)


and don't forget about...

Gays (dirty rotten homo's)
Abortion (murderous, selfish bitches) - oh how they love the throw the 'B' word around
Jesus (dirty, long haired peacenick... oh wait)

and around the corner...

Druggies (dirty, lazy criminals)
Flag Burners (evil amerikan haten bastards)
Blacks (criminal tar-babies) -"if we could kill them all, the crime rate would drop"

ahhhh, can't you just smell the compassionate conservatism?
Goode thing they arn't deviders!

[struggle4progress]

8. "Go fuck yerself" seems not to be paying off as a foreign policy idea.