The Second Coming of the Soviet Union

Well, the South sure as hell hasn't risen again but it looks like there are plenty of people in Russia who are positioning themselves for the second coming of the Soviet Union. The chief of Russia's general staff issued a warning to the United States against using military force against Iran if they continue to pursue their nuclear weapons program. Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky made the following quote regarding the danger of the United States launching a strike against Iran, "This may stir the whole world, and it is crucial to prevent anything like that."

Seems pretty harmless but if you read between the lines what the good general is telling his comrades here in Amerika is that a strike against Iran would be a lovely opportunity for Russia to intervene in order to prevent a global conflict. Thus setting the stage for the rebuilding of the Iron Curtain.

Oh yes, the good old days when the United States shared superpower status with the Soviet Union. In a way it wouldn't be so bad. With another superpower around to take some heat off of us maybe the United States can get itself out of this perpetual war on terror and get to work solving some of our domestic issues.