>Everybody says that the US would have done the same had the situation been reversed. But it once was reversed: In the 1970's a Soviet reconnaisance plane had mechanical problems and made an emergency landing at an American airbase in Alaska. The US helped them repair the plane and refueled it. Never interred the crew, never set foot on the plane, knowing full well at the time that it wold have been a violation of international agreements.

Pride is not precisely the word that comes to mind here.

Alex