we spend seven times what the russians do. our forces are vastly superior. they are operating very old equipment. when we see them modernizing cruise missile capability that s something we need to look at. it has a counter part nuclear weapon as well. it can be used to deliver either a conventional warhead or nuclear warhead. it does give them increasing capability combined with aggress iness. we need to be watching this. i don t think this is something we need to be worried about of an attack tomorrow. it is very a discomforting thought that the abilities that russia s possessing them. bob you have a lot of people saying this has bit of a deja vu feeling to it. this could be sort of a cold war, i guess, rerun in way.
our own dow rumbling, old up, gold up, and still, still, still, no one knows what is up but protests in egypt have had it with crushing poverty and clueless leaders. where have we heard that before? the former head of the c.i.a. osama bin laden unit. i got a deja vu feeling with this. what is happening in the middle east is a revolution toward islam unfortunately. and we have put for 50 years all of our cards on dictators and fascists like mr. mubarak and the saudi monarchy and the government of tunisia. it is now slipping away. we have no control over anything. neil: you are saying be careful what you wish for if this democratic movement holds and something some say was unleashed by president bush