's behind the USA's ever-so-overt support of Sakashvili? The Americans were well aware that such a blatant display of support for the Georgian President would provoke Mr Bear, the neighbour with the big house to the north. Sending the US Navy to one of Georgia's Black sea ports was guaranteed to further ruffle Vladimir Paddington and Rupert's fur Now the Russians have mailed a not so subtle "Welcome Card" to the next US President by announcing that joint naval exercises with Venezuela will be held in the Caribbean Sea from November 10-14. This is immediately after the US election and no coincidence.
The rest of us can now look on nervously as the old Cold War adversaries decide whether this just an arm wrestle at US election time or if they really want to climb back into to the ring for a second CW contest.
Depends who will become the next President. Who would you vote for?
