This is a little crazy. But no one seems to be paying attention since our economy is sh1t and we've got an election coming up.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/22/russia.venezuela.ap/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- A Russian navy squadron set off for Venezuela on Monday, an official said, in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War.
The Kremlin has moved to intensify contacts with Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American nations amid increasingly strained relations with Washington after last month's war between Russia and Georgia.