They never stopped being a formidable enemy.... Russia has been the opponent of freedom for centuries. There has NEVER been a time when Russia could truly be considered a nation which has supported freedom. Under the Czars, they had the most oppressive monarchy on the planet, as the USSR, they repeatedly invaded and took control of free countries, as the Russian Federation, they are showing thier old USSR tactics more and more. Never thnk for a minute that Russia is now or ever has been a friend of freedom.

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

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