It was nice while it lasted.

But our pretend romance with Russia is over and it's right back to Cold War business as usual:

A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported...

"Poland, by deploying (the system) is exposing itself to a strike — 100 percent," (General Anatoly) Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff, was quoted as saying.

He added, in clear reference to the agreement, that Russia's military doctrine sanctions the use of nuclear weapons "against the allies of countries having nuclear weapons if they in some way help them." Nogovitsyn that would include elements of strategic deterrence systems, he said, according to Interfax.

(A hat tip for that particular news item to The Governor ... who still hasn't started a blog, so I can't link to him.)

This latest spate comes just as Russia begins grabbing up the old "block nations" and nobody does anything about it beyond a good, stern finger wagging.

We don't need to worry too much about it, though ... because in November the Chosen One, Barack Obama, will be anointed President of the Citizenry Of The World. Then the US and the European Union and Russia and all the Muslims and Communists will come together with an acoustic guitar and a nickel-bag and we'll all sit around the fire singing John Lennon's Imagine in beautiful three-part harmony.

(Please come back, Ronald Reagan. We are soooooo completely screwed without you.)