The Soviet Union, Oops Sorry, The Russians are Missing the Cold War a Bit it Seems

It looks like the Russians are wishing they had the Cold War to fall back on when it comes to scaring their own people. The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev is out making statements that Russia will target the U.S. military interceptor missiles in Eastern Europe if there is not some kind of concessions to Russia by the United States and NATO before they go operational. The idea behind this missile shield for lack of a better term, is to protect much of Europe from a threat not posed by Russia but by Iran.

Medvedev is threatening to deploy missiles in, get this name, Kaliningrad which is located along the Baltic Sea near Poland. We can not forget how Obama sold out Poland a couple years back and pulled the plug on the Bush era missile shield agreement because of Soviet, sorry, Russian objections.

This entire issue is nothing but a sad commentary on how little respect much of the world has for our president. It is obvious that the interceptor missiles we are to be deploying are defensive in nature and pose no threat to Russia or anyone else for that matter. This is simply the Russians crying because they fear it will change the balance of power, such as it is, by rendering their threatened use of missiles impotent. Just a couple days ago we had a Russian Army General threatening that a regional conflict could go nuclear? Are these people nuts or what?

Does the Russian military really want to go toe to toe with the United States and NATO? I think not. The Russians are just missing the Cold War. Their government liked having the evil Americans and West to play off of. Don't get me wrong, trying to instill a sense of national pride is fine but making statements like this is why they became extinct in the first place. Some communists/socialists never learn, want more proof just take a look around.