Maybe he'll allow this as an inducement for us not to say anything when he takes over Ukraine.

Think he still holds a grudge for the Afghani's kicking the USSR's ass?

I wonder if an agreement on Georgia factored into this new and sudden 'detente'.

Maybe because we are agreeing with them and China about not imposing any additional sanctions on Iran and they are MAJOR trading partners with Iran?

Does this iron glove make my fist look clenched?

/putin

Perhaps the world is not making the mistakes of the 1930s over again after all.

This is good news, but an overland route is needed as well. It would also be good if Russia would relax on some of the "over the pole" commercial air-routes, there's a great deal of fuel savings to be had if they ever do.

Clearly, this is related to throwing the eastern european missile defense shield, and therefore, the citizens of eastern europe - under the bus.

O stands for obvious, and Obama cynical and dangerous politics are obvious.

re: #4 Nevergiveup

Maybe because we are agreeing with them and China about not imposing any additional sanctions on Iran and they are MAJOR trading partners with Iran?

Last update - 15:30 03/07/2009

Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

If Putin likes Obama and is supportive of him, it's a sign he feels free to pursue his own interests. I have to admit, I don't see this as a necessarily good development.

Love to know the other side of this deal. What exactly did we give them?

When I clicked on the link above -- NYT page says I have to register to read the article.

re: #10 StudSupreme

If Putin likes Obama and is supportive of him, it's a sign he feels free to pursue his own interests. I have to admit, I don't see this as a necessarily good development.

Come on, the whole world likes us now what can possibly go wrong?

re: #10 StudSupreme

If Putin likes Obama and is supportive of him, it's a sign he feels free to pursue his own interests. I have to admit, I don't see this as a necessarily good development.

Are you moving to Georgia or Ukraine this summer?

re: #12 wee fury

When I clicked on the link above -- NYT page says I have to register to read the article.

yeah they are doing so well, they have decided to make their readership even smaller?

re: #14 MandyManners

Are you moving to Georgia or Ukraine this summer?

Soon to be known as Putinstan

[Link: newportcity.blogspot.com...]

"Just when you think someone has plumbed the moral depths, sold out every redeeming aspect and can get no worse; they then prove you wrong.

From his webshyte, thanks to Cynicaldragon for the info.

Israel ran a brilliant PR campaign on their Gaza invasion. Not only were their minions pumping out plausible lines on the world media, there was micro propaganda produced on an individual basis.

...On the world propaganda war, Israel out guns all other nations. Shame that so many children die in their firing lines.

Not a word, not on Israli deaths or on rockets being fired into Israel. Sssssssshhhhhhhhhh. Remember the New Labour mantra on selective facts.

....
"

Obama said he'd take Poottie for a ride...Like W did..only this time it will be
Chicago style

re: #15 Nevergiveup

yeah they are doing so well, they have decided to make their readership even smaller?

I would like to read the article -- but, I refuse to register with that . . . . %$#@** newspaper.

re: #11 HelloDare

Love to know the other side of this deal. What exactly did we give them?

See #9

re: #9 Nevergiveup

Last update - 15:30 03/07/2009

Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Putin could never imagine he would have his own little "Dmitri Medvedev" in the White House also.

re: #18 quiet man

Obama said he'd take Poottie for a ride...Like W did..only this time it will be
Chicago style

Bet 0 blinks first.

[Link: newportcity.blogspot.com...]

"I won't be stopping off for a Subway any more.

[Link: www.dallasnews.com...]

While serving in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army Reserve, Leon Batie Jr. dodged roadside bombs and scrambled to safety when rockets pierced the night sky.

When he returned to Dallas in early 2006, another battle loomed.

As Batie was returning from Afghanistan, he learned he was being stripped of the two Subway restaurants he bought before mobilizing.

The stores were sold to Subway insiders, with one transaction yielding a Subway executive a $100,000 profit, according to a lawsuit Batie filed last year in state court in Dallas County. One issue in the case is set for trial this week.

If the business was doing that poorly it wouldn't have sold for so much profit.

Using his absence and the alledged poor business skills of his brother, Subway has made a profit from a serving soldier."

re: #14 MandyManners

Are you moving to Georgia or Ukraine this summer?

Yup

Putin doesn't give out freebies.

Putin did it for a set of Obama Commemorative Plates.

re: #20 Racer X

What do you mean?

I went to Goggle news -- was able to read the article without registering.

re: #12 wee fury

When I clicked on the link above -- NYT page says I have to register to read the article.

Don't fall for it. The free toaster is crappy.

This part of the article was interesting --
"But Russia wants to tie the negotiations to the dispute over American plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. While Washington maintains the system is intended to defend against a future threat from Iran, Moscow sees it as aimed at itself and wants the agreement that Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev sign to link limits on offensive and defensive weapons."

re: #20 Racer X

Then the allowed flyovers are not a welcomed development.

re: #19 wee fury

I would like to read the article -- but, I refuse to register with that . . . . %$#@** newspaper.

I usually use this handy tool, which generates a link that doesn't require registration:

[Link: nytimes.blogspace.com...]

But this article is still too new to show up in it.

#31 Charles
Thanks for the info.

re: #26 Nevergiveup

What do you mean?

We made a deal with Russia to not support Iran sanctions. In return Russia allows U.S. military flights over it's airspace into Afghanistan.

Allegedly.

re: #24 researchok

Two things about Putin - all his deals are raw deals, and he never sells unless there's a huge profit to be made. He had a thick commie shell, but underneath it he's gangster all the way through.

re: #8 DistantThunder

Clearly, this is related to throwing the eastern european missile defense shield, and therefore, the citizens of eastern europe - under the bus.

O stands for obvious, and Obama cynical and dangerous politics are obvious.

Well, it's all about him, the center of the known universe.

//

re: #6 Ojoe

Perhaps the world is not making the mistakes of the 1930s over again after all.

Putin certainly doesn't want to make the mistakes of the 1980s again, that's for sure. Or at least he wants to avenge them.