That unspoken help us develop or we ll let the Chinese do it threat is a logical development of Prime Minister Putin s homily at this year s World Economic Forum in Davos, where he advocated decisive action to end the world economic crisis.

He does look good, because kids need structure, and the trick I play in all of my school appearances is that when I get through with my little homily to the kids, I then invite them to ask questions, and when they raise their hands, I say, Come up, and I make them come up and stand in front of me.