In the new fireworks between the US and Russia, the rhetoric is straight out of the Cold War. The US wants to put a missile defense system on Russia's doorstep. Moscow is howling.
Vladimir Putin is talking about American "imperialism" and comparing the US to Nazi Germany. President Bush is firing back that democratic dreams have gone off the rails in Russia. Even the language of nuclear strike and counterstrike is back.
Now, Bush says "let's not hyperventilate." Too late. In a week of gripping-and-grinning at the G8 Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not smiling.
Listen to a discussion on On Point about the Cold War sound and fury of the new US-Russia standoff.
What in the world is going on with the US and Russia? We’re talking nuclear missiles again? We’re hearing talk of first strike capability, second strike capability again?
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