Cold War 2?

The Globe and Mail’s European correspondent Doug Saunders has just wrapped up an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the President threatened to target Europe with nuclear missiles if the US went ahead with it’s plan to build a missile shield in Eastern-Europe.

So Putin is nostalgic of the Cold War, why am I not surprised. For god’s sakes, this man got his training from the KGB and has been engaging in ruthless bullying of weaker Eastern-European countries for the last few years. He’s the kind of man who played soldier as a kid and who still finds guns cool. He’s dangerous, that’s the bottom line. He won’t blow up Berlin, but he could easily cause some serious international havoc.

Anyhow, it’s obviously impossible to get rid of Putin. Even if the Russian people wanted to dump him, he could still buy the elections with the help of his oligarch friends. So, let’s simply keep our eyes peeled and see where this situation goes. With some luck, he’ll get bored with politics and move to a stately home in the countryside, but I’m not counting on it.

Oh, and by the way. The Conservatives are now attacking Dion for eating a hot-dog with a knife and fork…