To say that these are provocative statements would be more than a reserved opinion. It would be delusional. It makes you wonder why the US doesn't start to serious address this situation with Russia or, more accurately, with Putin. Probably the one reason that made the most sense was offered by an analyst on the radio whose name escaped me. The analyst stated that you simply do not call someone your enemy unless you are currently ready to deal with them. In the case of Russia, "dealing with then" would mean a massive military build up as well as pointing nuclear missiles in their direction. That would, of course, start another Cold War and no one seems to want that especially in light of the fact that the current War on Terror has the US military strained as it is. But if statements like this continue then an eventual declaration of a new Cold War is bound to occur.