The turbulent and worsening relations between the United States and Russia must worry us all. There are of course more areas of cooperation, including robust partnership on the International Space Station (thank goodness!) and the so-called war on terror to mitigate our fears. Yet, it is on this question of security (both national and global) that things are coming badly off!
Oh, never mind the photo ops: things are falling apart between Moscow and Washington. And we better call these folks to order before they fall totally apart. The build-up is not funny at all. A domineering USA and a resurging/reasserting Russia: typical clash of the titans? Tough.
The saddest part is that things are drifting dangerously towards the "ego zone" which can very quickly escalate into the "cold war realms"!!! God forbid.
Our greatest worry is that the world is rather so polarised these days that it will most readily shuffle and melt into opposing "camps", to the eternal dismay and regret of the non-aligned us. We better rise promptly to the challenge NOW.
As the statesmen they ought to be, Presidents Putin and Bush should rein in the forces, return to their friendship, prepare for their political transitions, cement their superpower cooperation and give the world true leadership.
We need both to solve the world's intractable problems, NOT become one!
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