Analysts react to the president's speech.
Failing, falling and burning to bits On its red-hot deathbed, the Mir space station helped us root for misery, a good story and fiery debris. The end of the affair Russia's support for the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic reflects a desire to cut its losses, not a pro-Western change of heart. I can imagine Albert Einstein giving up the crucial equation for the chance to stroke her razorback shin.