It all feels somewhat like this year's version of the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Berlin. Admittedly, Hitler didn't invade Czechoslovakia until three years after his Olympics.

The face of the 2008 Olympics varies from the sometimes disturbing, swarming and beehive-like orderliness of Beijing's opening ceremonies and then descends into the ominously goose-stepping precision of Red Chinese military flag-bearers. Initially the Olympics flag was born by adorably costumed children, but then handed-over to Red Chinese soldiers -- as if being a part of that provocative military style was the eventual fate for all Chinese children.

Just when the Free World is playing "hands-across-the-ping-pong-table" with the Red Chinese Giant, that other, formerly Communist and now neo-Soviet Russia is ready to re-instate the Cold War.

How much did -- and does -- China know of Russia's full, expansionist intentions?