Journalists jeered, but President Bush was right when he made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former KGB agent talks tough, but he can't afford to fight missile defense.
Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else.
By electing Vladimir Putin president, Russians chose a product of the same repressive police state that has cost millions of lives -- because being a superpower is better than being a Western plaything.
Guilty as charged
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