Fox News is reporting on the aggressive posturing of the Kremlin over the issue of Poland and the Czech Republic allowing the installations of a U.S. missile defense system designed to destroy missiles launched by “rogue nations.” While the nation the U.S. has in mind is undoubtably Iran, Russia is attempting to use the hosting of the U.S. system as an excuse to reignite cold war tensions and develop new weapons to “counter” this perceived threat to the region.

Publis Pundit has two excellent posts detailing why Russia’s European neighbors should be worried about an increasingly belligerent Kremlin, and how far down the road to soviet style dictatorship Putin has taken the “former” communist nation. A return to 50’s era tension between America and Russia seems more and more likely with each passing day.