Thanks for making this available,Chris.I've been thinking the same thing myself for about 6 months.My take on this is they want the resources in Russia and have since the break-up of the Soviet Union.Putin put a stop to the attempted rape of his country facilitated by Yeltsin and the perpetrators didn't like it.Also,I get the feeling that there's a school of thought in the US military that they were robbed of a showdown with the Russians in the cold war and they want to conclude the 'unfinished business',jebus help us!!!