Irresistible force meets immovable object

Barack Obama is off to meet the Wicked Witch of the East. Pictured is the cocky American mounting the red carpet of Air Force One for his excellent adventure in Moscow, as seen by The Economist. I often used this magazine's excellent pieces in my essays for War in the Modern World, and now I've added it to my blogroll ('The Blogs of War', below and to the right). Okay, it's not a blog, but I check it regularly as I do the others on that list. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford