Vlad The Inhaler

What has Putin been smoking?

In a fashion typical with bullies everywhere, "Pooty-Poot" -- annoyed that the West is not taking him "seriously" -- is rattling his little plastic sabre and threatening.... an arms race???

With a $2.08 trillion economy, Russia is threatening the US ($13.86 trillion) and the EU ($14.44 trillion) with an arms race? Forget the Euro-peons for a moment; they don't have the guts for another confrontation. But the US? Been there, done that.

Uh, Vlad.... you might want to have a chat with a guy named Gorby. He'll set you straight on these things. (Does anyone know how to say "Never take a knife to a gunfight" in Russian?)

Somewhere, Ronald Reagan is laughing.