Hmm. Fair dos. An urban myth got out of hand. It is an interesting chart for the ebbs and flows of the various supplier and my crumb of comfort is that we're even further down the list (although not far enough).

People's bafflement at America's foreign policy is thus in part based on misconceptions such as this though, not sympathy for Russian arms manufacturer's losses. But then I'm guessing there won't be a lot of common ground between us. It amazes me how wildly far apart America and Britain are politically, as Dave Cameron sets his policies well to the left of Howard Dean.