U.S. vs. Russia Part 2

        In previous blogs back in Jan07 & Jul07 I decried Bush's plans to deploy a so called missile defense system in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.
         Well now Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his counter move in this sick game of chess, where humans are the chess pieces, and the poorest are the pawns. Putin has offered to let the U.S. use Two sites that Russia uses, a radar station Russia rents from Azerbaijan and a site in southern Russia, in a sort of hoped for "joint" venture. It kinda like the old adage "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." So with the "ball" being in their court the U.S. responded with a "we'll take it under advisement" kinda non committal response, all the while adamant in its intent to still go ahead with its original plans. Full story here