Originally Posted by jujuman13

One should see this from the point of view of Russia.
Since the breakup of the Soviet Union Russia has seen that NATO is creeping ever closer to the Motherland.
Russia has been invaded twice in recent times, first by Napoleon second by the Nazi's.
Russians are fearful for their own security, thus they tend to have knee jerk reactions to any move that THEY THINK is a threat to that security.
The USA acted in a very similar way at the time of the Cuban crisis.
Fortunately Russia blinked.
Now she sees herself as being threatened in a like manner.
What do you who write on these blogs, imagine the US would do if say Chavez of Venezuela agreed to the siting of Russian Missiles on Venezuelan territory?
I can just imagine the squeals of protest and outpourings of insistance that the US nuke Venezuela into the stone age.
I am not a fan of Russian Government, it is even more corrupt than most other Governments, but if Missiles are sited in Poland and Radar stations in Cheque republic, then IMO all hell will be let loose.