Quick US Question

[StrayRogue]

Has the increasing hostility between the UK and Russia had any airtime in the US?

[Drew]

Yes.

[Drew]

On our nightly news programs and on the 24 hour news channels.

[Back]

Yep. Well, at least I’ve heard of it. Its over the expelled diplomats and the Litvineko poisoning. Just a couple of weeks ago it was a row with Bush over missile shields in Poland.

[StrayRogue]

Cool, thanks.

What about them pulling out of the conventional armed forces in Europe treaty?

[Drew]

I thought the saber-rattling with them flying their bombers close to England.

[Back]

My unlearned opinion: The Bear is back. Or at least trying to reassert itself as a dominant world power. It never really went away. It was in hibernation.

[Ignot]

I havent heard to much about it. what has been going on?

[TheSmooth1]

There's hostility between UK and Russia? Elaborate plz.

[Gan]

Putin is playing the game thats most familiar with him. Yes its been getting airtime over here. The man has set a nation thats still backwards, back another 50 years.

[Clove]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6909056.stm

[Clove]

I don't really understand the reason for the question? I mean aren't we supposed to get world news here?

[Gan]

I think the OP is referring to the topic's allocation of headline space. I would imagine that its received a majority of the UK's headline spots. Here, its been in the headlines, but not repeatedly.

[TheEschaton]

I loved the Russian quote which was like "Had we expelled British diplomats every time Britain refused to extradite someone, there would be no British embassy left in Russia."

There's been pretty strong saber-rattling, for diplomats, on both sides.

-theE-

[Warriorbird]

Given as he was reputedly Bush Sr's agent during his CIA days...hopefully the dual Bush Putin meeting worked well.