I suppose one is only as good as one's advisors, and Obama's advisors include Cold Warrior hawk Zbigniew Brzezinski and Michael McFaul, who sits on the board of Freedom House (which the Kremlin is convinced is a nest of Russophobic spies) and who has some weird personal vendetta against Vladimir Putin, which you can read about here.
As much as I hate to say it, there are logical reasons Russia used to prefer Republican U.S. Administrations. (At this point, I think the Kremlin has just given up hope of any sanity coming out of Washington, regardless the party in charge, though I hear Obama is popular among the Russian kids.) "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
I don't even understand why the question was asked. I'll bet you 99% of the US population wouldn't be able to find Georgia on a map. (Hell, I'll bet you a buck that 70% can't find the state of Georgia on a map in this country.)
It's bullshit, but fortunately I think it's now off the table given that the last debate is on the economy. I doubt very much we're going to hear much about Russia for the next four years. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
