President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the near Moscow Tuesday. Loeb/GettyFrom Time Magazine:
The much-trumpeted "reset" of relations between Russia and the U.S. was dealt a slap in the face last week as Moscow went on the offensive against Ukraine and Georgia. After Russian President Dmitri Medvedev waded into Ukrainian politics with barbed criticism of his Ukrainian counterpart's "anti-Russian" policies, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin embarked on a provocative trip to reaffirm support for Abkhazia, the Moscow-backed territory that enjoys de facto independence from Georgi
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My Comment: When President Obama commented that PM Putin's mindset is in the Cold War, and when Vice-President Biden commented that the eventual social and economic collapse of Russia would make Russia acquiesce to U.S. demands .... that is when I knew that we were in trouble. Russia has no interest to "reset" a relationship that is not in its favor .... and especially with the U.S..
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