With Russia's mentality sounding like the old Cold War thinking it's not really smart to cut back on military funding. Projects like the F-22 will be needed to show Russia we are staying strong and will not be intimidated by their tactics.
"Deputy Defense Minister Col. Gen. Alexander Kolmakov was quoted by Russian media on Monday as saying that the Caucasus 2009 exercises were adjusted as a result of the NATO games and would be "quite major, as compared with those that were conducted in Soviet times."
Obama should be concerned about protecting the masses looking to keep their democratic independence or seeking it. Instead he gives legitimacy to leftist dictators with his weak and improper responses(IE: Isreal, Iran, Honduras...). Now here's another situation with countries being intimidated or threatened by Russia and hopefully Obama will take a strong stance with Russia.
