interesting , but again , who cares what russia or the other nations of the world think ?
Obama has to, there's a overwhelming crisis of confidence if he doesn't. He will be pressured from Washington, the military, etc.
We have our own problems that we must deal with , the russians , their demands and their interests take a back seat to our econmic problems ... now if they want to expand trade that's fine ...
Thats not exactly how the russians are viewing it...unfortunately.
You see if the russians REALLY wanted to test him they'd do something that would affect the ECONOMY ... that's what we now care about , not military issues ... if the russians want to live in the past , i say let them ... if obama were to "back down " he wouldn't lose any credibltiy here .. we're still the most powerfull nation on earth , but our miltiary power cannot save our economy.
I know what your saying, but whats in our heads and in theirs is another story.
. just because the russians are trying to goad us doesn't mean we should waste hundreds of billions of dollars to build a missle defence system just to say to them " there! we defied you , how do you like that !?" meanwhile our citizens will be starving on the streets .
Unfortunately that seems to be the reality. We cant show others that we are the most powerful nation without proving it.