That would be a very juicy and tempting plum to contemplate for the madmen making policy behind the Oval Office, somewhere down the road...were it not for the fact that the Russians have several thousand nuclear warheads with good delivery systems.

Even Wolfowitz and Cheney aren't that crazy...I hope.

The Russians were in bad shape under Yeltsin. He was a drunk, an incompetent, and a mere political opportunist. Putin is none of those things. He is disciplined, smart, and clear-headed. It's a good thing. We don't need a drunk or a fool in command of Russia at this juncture in history.

- LH