U.S. Ties With Russia Being Reassessed, bu$h* Aides Say

aside from the pot calling the kettle black, is bu$hco overreacting? and why didn't bu$h* & putin work something out while playing at the olympics?


WASHINGTON — Russia’s military offensive into Georgia has jolted the Bush administration’s relationship with Moscow, senior officials said Thursday, forcing a wholesale reassessment of American dealings with Russia and jeopardizing talks on everything from halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions to reducing strategic arsenals to cooperation on missiles defenses.

The conflict punctuated a stark turnabout in the administration’s view of Vladimir V. Putin, the president turned prime minister whom President Bush has repeatedly described as a trustworthy friend. Now Mr. Bush’s aides complain that Russian officials have been misleading or at least evasive about Russia’s intentions in Georgia.

Even as the conflict between Russia and Georgia appeared to ease on Thursday, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said the Russian attack had forced a fundamental rethinking of the administration’s effort to forge “an ongoing and long-term strategic dialogue with Russia.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15policy.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

The most scathing condemnation of the neocons from an insider.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3799966

Piss away Reagan's Legacy you fuckwad! (note: I hated Ronnie too, but it is a meme that needs to go viral)