Cold War Déjà Vu

I am having flashbacks to the Cold War...my heart is wrenched by the happenings of our international foreign policies with other nations. Our good reputation smirched by Bush's foreign policies...the cowboy diplomacy that harkens to sheer irresponsiblity. I am a strong advocate of diplomacy...seems to me that this current administration is in favor of war...and we all know war does bring back a slumped economy.

Seems to me also that any type of domestic aid and assistance in terms of jobs, social welfare, and stable education for the next generation has critically fallen to the wayside...............................Where are we going with this? All the hostility...the arms race back in full swing...for it IS...Bush talking about WWIII if we do go at it with Iran...Tensions between the United States and Russia ratcheted up another notch Thursday, with accusations flying over ballistic missiles and human rights. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States' increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons.



MAFRA, Portugal (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.

"Analogous actions by the Soviet Union, when it deployed missiles in Cuba, prompted the 'Caribbean crisis,"' Putin said at a news conference at the end of a European Union-Russian summit in Portugal, using the Russian term for the Cuban missile crisis.
"Such a threat is being set up on our borders," he said.
At the same time, Putin suggested the tension was much lower than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis because Russian-U.S. relations have moved on since the Cold War. He also said he believes the United States is listening to Moscow's concerns about its missile plans.
Putin said his relationship with President Bush helps solve problems in relations with the U.S., calling him a friend.
The U.S. plan would install a radar base in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland -- both former Soviet satellites that are now NATO members. It is part of a wider missile shield involving defenses in California and Alaska which the United States says are to defend against any long-range missile attack from countries such as North Korea or Iran.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/26/russia.missile.ap/index.html