Not too long ago the US had "atomic cannons" (with white barrels) pointed across the borders into the eastern bloc where many tanks were, as reported by my high school Army Reserve history teacher "cannonman" (one on "Roadside America" is pointed at Eisenhower's homestead in Abilene, Kansas). It is good to see that "detente" and that perestroika has had positive results begun with the removal of the missiles in Cuba and the listening posts in Turkey, a mutual standoff under President John Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Back in 1991 the Society of Professional Archaeologists in America (now the Register of Professional Archaeologists) American archaeologists, a former boss one, visited with the Russians to exchange information about archaeology in the "Old" and "New" world. I wasn't too sure however if he was coming back, during the Russian White House siege, when President Boris Yeltsin came to lead the new Russian Republic, defying the coup in August 1991. Mr. Putin is up for election in March of next year, (Ed. - no he isn't he's constitutionally barred unti 2012) and this should be an interesting time in our relations, Pravda the other day announced the United States has its first dictator!
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