Living In the Past

In a recent trip to the former Soviet Union U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States and Russia need to get over the Cold War to help current day relations. Clinton goes on to say that both governments have members who can't get over what happened during the cold war. Both the US and Russia can't trust each other now because for the past four decades the two countries have been fighting each other. Neither can agree on issues like missile defense and arms control.
I feel that the United States and Russia do need to move past what happened in the Cold War. Even though the Soviet Union crashed and Russia is no longer Communist, Russia can still be considered a major power and decision maker in the world. The United States can tackle such big global issues like missile defense and arms control alone, the United States need global support to see issues like this go through. The key to success between the United States and Russia is to find common ground on these difficult issues. These two world powers are major world decision makers and we need to find compromise. Common ground between us is what will help not only our two countries relationship but also global relationships.