<> MOSCOW (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has put Russia on guard that the United States will not ignore any retreat by Moscow from democratic reforms. During a visit that sent a chill through relations Rice declared that Putin had too much power and she spoke out over the absence of independent television channels.> "Rice showed her teeth during talks in Moscow," read a caption in a Russian daily newspaper Thursday, beneath a photograph of a beaming Rice meeting President Vladimir Putin. With plain speaking that left Russia's establishment aghast..."
What if anything would this mean to the Russians? We will not "ignore?" Hey Russia, look out, our intelligence communities are paying attention to you. You better be careful because Rice, one of the seriously most incompetent Soviet scholars in history(she failed to predict to any degree whatsoever the collapse of the Soviet Union when working for Reagan/Bush), is giving you a stern something. And the US has all this power to do what exactly to you?? Maybe we could threaten to not buy their oil? No can't do that, cause then we wouldn't have enough. Shoot. Uuuhhh maybe the US might suggest to the Russians that we would not cooperate with them regarding Iran or China? Well that wouldn't work, since both of the those nations plus India have a vested committed need to handle Iran in their own best interests. Really, there is not one thing the US can do if Russia "retreats" from its so called democratic reforms. So why is Ricesheit making these veiled threats? For us of course, for the Bolton, DeLay news cycle, for the TV audience and the Fox pundits. It is all another scam spin spam, and it is starting to really suck.