Making Up Is Hard To Do

Unless you really need to steal some technology:

Russian President Vladimir Putin, bitterly opposed to a U.S. missile shield in Europe, told President Bush on Thursday that Moscow would drop its objections if the radar-based system were installed in Azerbaijan.

Putin told Bush he would not seek to retarget Russian missiles on Europe if the United States agreed to put the system in the central Asian nation of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic.

Sure. It just happens that Puty has a Russian facility in Azerbaijan all prepped and ready to go for missle defense. How fortuitious!

The stupid missle shield doesn't work, but I'll bet there's a pretty fair amount of technology that the Ruskie's would love to get their hands on. And of course we know that it would be safe to let them have it because Bush looked Putin in the eyes and declared him a good guy! It's so nice to see the boys getting along again.