"Russia Has Only Two Allies, The Army and Navy"

The heading for this blog is a quote from Czar Alexander III of Russia, and one of Russian President Putins' favorite quotes.
His speech last week in Munich,Germany at the Bayerischer Hof hotel showed he really believes in provoking his other "alleged" allies.
Putin tore into President Bush and America for proposing to set up a "Star Wars" missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic to ward off any nuclear missile launch from the Middle East.
Putin, has recently sold advanced surface to air missile defense systems to Iran, capable of shooting down any airplanes that we send to take out their nuclear production sites. If it comes to this ultimate option. He and his former ex-KGB agent filled government have been supplying weapons to Syria for use in Lebanon by Hamas, and small arms from Russia are being used in Iraq by the terrorist forces. He has little to complain about us in this regard.
Reagan with his armament build up helped to bring an end to Communist Russia's "Cold War", even though this blogger believes Communism just "went to ground." It did not die, and still thrives right here in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. It is disguised as many Causes and Organizations, but it lives!
Now it appears Putin is threatening to start it again. He appointed Sergei Ivanov, former KGB agent with Putin, as First Deputy Prime Minister for Defense. At the same time, General Yuri Baluijevsky, Chief of the Russian General Staff has indicated Russia intends to pull out of the IRNF treaty that was signed by Gorbachev and Reagan in 1967.
With France and Germany failing to support whole-heartily our effort in Iraq, and the opposition party in England voicing strong opposition to Prime-Minister Blairs' support of President Bushs' Mission to eliminate radical Islam. It becomes more obvious that we have only four friends and allies. Our Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. May they always be strong and prepared!