DISQUS

Silhouette · 5 months ago

I often wonder what would be accomplished if the US and the USSR met each other half way?

Just imagine the possibilities..

DLS · 5 months ago

Silhouette, innumerable people imagined the possibilities. However, the USSR was unwilling and when it made agreements, it routinely broke them.

Of course, as with the problems Israel faces with making agreements with its enemies, it was fashionable among some [scowl] to blame the USA for the problems during the Cold War, just as they continue to put the blame wrongly on Israel now.

It will be interesting what Russia does now. I'm not concerned about fluffy statements Obama makes about nuclear arms reduction (and I won't get dewy-eyed like the fools will), but am interested in now much power Medvedev is actually going to be given by Putin and how willing the Russians will be at least to make grudging concessions to the West (their straw man and scapegoat for their own failures -- even with oil and gas riches their economy is failing).