It is a cliche to say that September 11th changed the world, yet in some ways such talk is true. Russian/American relations have changed fundamentally, as Russia's quiet disappointment at America's decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) shows. The surprise is that it took Osama bin Laden's terrorists to reveal that no fundamental differences of ideology, economics, or politics now exist between the two countries.
It is a cliche to say that September 11th changed the world, yet in some ways such talk is true. Russian/American relations have changed fundamentally, as Russia's quiet disappointment at America's decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) shows. The surprise is that it took Osama bin Laden's terrorists to reveal that no fundamental differences of ideology, economics, or politics now exist between the two countries.