On Monday, the Justice department announced the arrest of ten Russian agents that were part of a spy network. The group had established deep cover, even having children while residing in the United States. The children reportedly had no idea that their parents were spies, and why should they considering the Cold War has been over for a long time now.

A part of me read the story and pined for the old days when we hated the Russians. They were much better enemies than these suicide-bombing terrorists we have to contend with now. I mean, can anyone from my era imagine Rocky Balboa fighting an Al-Qaeda operative? Of course they can't, but Rocky beating the snot out of that evil Russian in Rocky III made me feel darn good about being an American.It also made me appreciate how underrated the band Survivor is.

As if Rocky was not good enough, what about Rambo? He was a true patriot from an era when we were fighting with the Afghan rebels against the Soviet Union. In fact, in Rambo III Stallone is fighting with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviets. Fact is, when we hated the Soviet Union everybody loved us, especially those Soviet citizens who had to wait in line for six hours for a roll of toilet paper.

Now it turns out that while we are eating hamburgers with the Russians, they are infiltrating our government and media with spies. According to early reports, their mission was to obtain information by becoming part of the Washington establishment and getting information from policy insiders and think tanks. They were especially interested in information about U.S policy regarding nuclear weapons in Iran and the development of bunker busting nuclear weapons.

The Russians have denied that the ten people arrested were spies, and I respect the Russians for doing that because that is what every government does when their spies are caught. This may mean that U.S and Russian relations sour, and that can only mean good things for the video game and movie industry and maybe James Bond will get back to doing what he did best, fighting Russian spies and courting lots Russian women.

Of course, there may be a downside to renewed Cold War hostilities. A whole new generation of kids will have to learn how to jump under their desk in case of a nuclear strike. We may also have to dust off some of those old "Fallout Shelter" signs. Then again, if the Russians stole the bunker busting nuclear technology, fallout shelters may not do much good.

It just goes to show you that one should never let their guard down. Just when you think somebody is your friend and you want to treat them to a burger and fries, it turns out they only want to use you for your military secrets. Sounds like the story of my life!