Will Obama start Cold War Part 2


	Will Obama start Cold War Part 2

bookwormy

11-18-2008 8:20 PM

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obama, war, russia

bookwormy says:

Under Bush, relations with Russia deteriorated. Obama may not do much better.

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11-19-2008 12:25 AM

tommy2balmy

I have hope that he will see the wisdom in not further antagonizing Russia. There are no positives to be gained from it. Even if that's not the case, I'm hoping expanding NATO is very low on his priority list at least.

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