ok didnt people just get thru saying how Bush was a retard for saying he "saw into putins soul" and thought he was a good guy- thus giving up all US leverage against Russia in exchange for some "feel good" time with puutty put....
then Putin proceeded to block resolutions against iran for 8 years and try to get old warsaw countries back into their sphere of soviet influence....
so now obama comes to the stage and what does he do?
friggen uniltarally withdraw the plan that pissed the russians off more than anything else we did and really forced our leverage against them?
so obama just says ok well give up that plan , im not saying im against that, but how can it be wise to UNILATERALLY ANNOUNCE that your giving up the biggest irritant to a competitor country that has been BLOCKING your serious efforts for 8 years... in the "HOPE" (obama oh man it sounds so silly at this point) that Putty putt will be nicer and help us out this time.
why didnt we make a treaty and each agree to do something good for the other- rather than just give up all our leverage and hope russia will abandon 200 years of history and start to be alltruisic and not follow its own national interests....
....if and when we realize that we didnt get shit for doing this and russia just played obama the same way it played bush, i think obama should definately take a serious amount of blame for this seemingly foolish move. how did hillary clintons state department let this happen - i mean i had assumed she was
reasonably competant and experienced in such matters even if Big O isnt.