Originally Posted by cykoe6

We are gong to have to agree to agree on this. The Russians don't have much choice but to respond to such an aggressive move from the US. I think the US is making the correct move to place the missiles (to counteract Iran), but the Russians don't have much choice but to respond or else look helpless. Putin certainly knows this. Of course Obama is so far out of his league when it comes to a geopolitical chess match with Putin that it would be funny if it was not so dangerous.