We should be so grateful for being finally allowed to clean up the mess left behind by W's gang. I know, I can hardly stand the excitement either.
Cold war mentality? Let see: two super-powers maneuvering smaller pawn states, Kosovo on my left, Abkhazia on my right. Thousands will die in this Empire game, but who cares? Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.