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# The Wednesday Eudemon
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/6132/
- Published: 2008-07-09T11:15:43.000Z
- Updated: 2008-07-09T11:15:43.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

I'm no foreign affairs expert, but this doesn't make sense to me. [The U.S. has inked a deal to install a radar in the Czech Republic in connection with our missile defense project. Russia feels threatened and it has threatened to use military means to stop it.](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4295309.ece?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

What does Russia have that what we want? The Cold War was fought over Communist Russia's aggressive global aspirations. At this point, Russia can scarcely export a case of beer, much less an ideology. Are they afraid we're going to invade to take over their . . . teeming prostitute industry? Maybe we want a piece of their drug market, or maybe one of those scrunched-up looking cars that everyone in Russia seems to drive. I guess we could want their oil, but surely there are easier oil-rich targets to pick on than Russia.

I guess it comes down to this, Why is Russia any more upset about this than, say, Poland, Greece, Albania, or other countries in the region? I simply don't get it. If anyone with more foreign affairs knowledge than I wishes to weigh in, I'd appreciate it. The comments are open.  
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Lameness Notice: Blogging could get light. The vacation season is at full tilt.  
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Man, this would be a great joke to play on one of my friends: [A happily married couple were stunned to receive a solicitor's letter saying their divorce had been finalised](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm%5F2921728.html?menu=news.quirkies&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Unfortunately, I suspect the State Bar Ethics Committee would fail to see the humor.  
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I think it worked. Oil prices dropped $5 a barrel yesterday, and they also dropped on Monday. ["Our pockets are empty, but we're going to hold on to God!" Twyman, a community organizer from Rockville, said as he and seven other people formed a semicircle, held hands and sang, pleading for divine intervention to lower fuel prices.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/30/ST2008053003189.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)