I wonder if Russia is pre-disposed to have a national paranoia re the USA. The Imperialists are percieved to be getting closer (ditto the proposed ABM deployments in Eastern Europe) - old habits die hard. Georgia announces that it wants to be in the EU and NATO; suddenly, The Enemy is at the Gates and South Ossetia provides the trip wire. This could get very messy very quickly, methinks we should have a damn good think before we blunder in.