resurgent Russia

I admit to not wanting to believe my eyes and ears, but Russia is a nightmare and I can’t ignore it any longer.

Now the Ophtalmologist from Damascus is playing footsie with them:

Syria raised the prospect yesterday of having Russian missiles on its soil, sparking fears of a new Cold War in the Middle East. President Assad said as he arrived in Moscow to clinch a series of military agreements: “We are ready to co-operate with Russia in any project that can strengthen its security.”

I was kinda hoping that the Israelis were trying to peel Syria away from its embrace of various evildoers after Damascus was softened up by the Mugniyeh assassination and the obliteration of the nuclear facility (and there was also the recent assassination of his right-hand man).

Oh well! I guess no one is worried about the Middle East anymore now that Russia’s back on the map and outta control, man.

Tonight the BBC reported (and you can see it in this piece too) that Russia threatened to attack Poland with nuclear weapons!

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travelled to Warsaw for the ceremony, after 18 months of negotiations.

The deal has angered Russia, which has warned the base could become a target for a nuclear strike.

Washington says the system will protect the US and much of Europe against missile attacks from “rogue elements” in the Middle East such as Iran.

And what do the Poles say?

Before the conflict in Georgia there was a reasonable amount of popular opposition in Poland to the missile defence deal.

But new surveys show that for the first time a majority of Poles support it, with 65% expressing fear of Russia.