Duct Tape Blues

Bush builds a new "Berlin wall" with Russia.

Bush's lack of attention with Russia is paying dividends for Putin. Chechen separatists were renamed as terrorists after 9/11. Their modified foreign policy declaration of attacking any nation that may endanger 'Mother Russia" was announced after the U.S. invaded Iraq. They have taken every advantage of Bush's aggressive war to justify their actions against a free press and dissenters as they cite America's Patriot act as reason for implementing their form of democracy. Our democracy has become a pseudo-democracy without any checks and balances left which is what Russia is becoming. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.