As a result of a breakdown in diplomatic relations between Russia and the US, Russia is threatening to leave the INF missile treaty.

Not a big surprise, you locate a missile defense site that is clearly targeted against Russia, and they don’t trust us. Go figure.

The original treaty only happened because we had missiles in Europe that could hit their homeland. This time, if the Russians do breakout from the treaty, there will be no US Pershings of Tomohawks. Public opinion in Europe will not allow it.

Putin knows the score, and as Lowermanhattanite says at the group news blog, never confuse a poseur (Bush, Cheney, Rice) with the real gangsta (Putin, former KGB, Clinton called him the “Coldest SOB I’ve ever Met”).