This missile shield is being put into place to protect Europe from middle eastern threats.

Russia is resurgent. Medvedev has made very clear that this is not a unipolar world, and Russia has every intention of being an equal player with the US.

The US covets her status as the world's sole superpower. The first post-Soviet expansion of NATO included former Warsaw Pact countries (poke), the second, former Soviet republics themselves (poke, poke), and now the US wants to put its missiles in Russia's old backyard (poke, poke, poke).

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This missile shield is being put into place to protect Europe from middle eastern threats.

Russia is resurgent. Medvedev has made very clear that this is not a unipolar world, and Russia has every intention of being an equal player with the US.

The US covets her status as the world's sole superpower. The first post-Soviet expansion of NATO included former Warsaw Pact countries (poke), the second, former Soviet republics themselves (poke, poke), and now the US wants to put its missiles in Russia's old backyard (poke, poke, poke).

Good Lord, a President McCain would kick Russia out of the G8 and form a "League of Democracies" to stick it to Russia (and China) by bypassing the United Nations (POKE POKE POKE).

What has Russia to worry about from Europe

Memories are very long in the older parts of the world, Sam, and 1941 was not very long ago at all.