Originally Posted by crockett

This is something the Russians always did and we returned the favor by meeting them with fighter jets. It's typical cold war jargon..

Russia's old allies are slowly moving toward the west and Putin is acting out like a short North Korean dictator.

Even Iran came forward today, to say they would willingly sell gas to European nations if Russia tried to raise the prices.. Iran of all countries it seems a long political friend of Russia is even moving further toward the west.