How Washington's encirclement of Russia threatens us all
The New Cold War Turns Hot
By Antony Black
The flare-up of hostilities in the Caucasus should bring to mind a similar case of the 'guns of August' almost a century ago. Then, a similar flashpoint (in Serbia) signalled the start of WW1. Fortunately, the nightmare conflagration of a WW3 has (hopefully) yet to be similarly ignited - though, truth to tell, it is not for the want of fuel heaped on the geo-political pyre by the global mafia don and its uncritical, cheerleading mass media.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20550.htm
Americans play Monopoly, Russians chess
By Spengler
The fact is that all Russian politicians are clever. The stupid ones are all dead. By contrast, America in its complacency promotes dullards. A deadly miscommunication arises from this asymmetry. The Russians cannot believe that the Americans are as stupid as they look, and conclude that Washington wants to destroy them.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20551.htm
Putin Makes His Move
Accident of geography puts Georgia in Russia's way
By ROBERT KAGAN
The man who once called the collapse of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the (20th) century" has re-established virtual czarist rule in Russia and is trying to restore his country's dominant role in Eurasia and the world. Armed with wealth from oil and gas; holding a near-monopoly over the energy supply to Europe; with a million soldiers, thousands of nuclear warheads and the world's third-largest military budget, Vladimir Putin believes that now is the time to make his move.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20553.htm
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America’s role in the Russo-Georgian war
Boston Globe
by H.D.S. Greenway
08/19/08
In years to come, the short, sharp Russo-Georgian war may be remembered as the nadir of American post-Cold War power and influence - the moment in the closing months of George W. Bush’s hapless administration when all the damage that he has done to America’s position in the world came into focus. The United States encouraged Georgia into thinking it was under American protection, built up and trained its armed forces with a little help from the Israelis, established one of the biggest embassies in the region to make it a center of American influence in the Caucasus, and, despite private warnings, issued public statements of undying support. And now America’s client is wiping blood from its nose. The wreckage of Georgia’s towns and countryside, however, is not as complete as the ruin of Bush’s policies...
http://tinyurl.com/5t9qqn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cold+Ware
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mass+media
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ROBERT+KAGAN
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=H.D.S.+Greenway
By Antony Black
The flare-up of hostilities in the Caucasus should bring to mind a similar case of the 'guns of August' almost a century ago. Then, a similar flashpoint (in Serbia) signalled the start of WW1. Fortunately, the nightmare conflagration of a WW3 has (hopefully) yet to be similarly ignited - though, truth to tell, it is not for the want of fuel heaped on the geo-political pyre by the global mafia don and its uncritical, cheerleading mass media.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20550.htm
Americans play Monopoly, Russians chess
By Spengler
The fact is that all Russian politicians are clever. The stupid ones are all dead. By contrast, America in its complacency promotes dullards. A deadly miscommunication arises from this asymmetry. The Russians cannot believe that the Americans are as stupid as they look, and conclude that Washington wants to destroy them.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20551.htm
Putin Makes His Move
Accident of geography puts Georgia in Russia's way
By ROBERT KAGAN
The man who once called the collapse of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the (20th) century" has re-established virtual czarist rule in Russia and is trying to restore his country's dominant role in Eurasia and the world. Armed with wealth from oil and gas; holding a near-monopoly over the energy supply to Europe; with a million soldiers, thousands of nuclear warheads and the world's third-largest military budget, Vladimir Putin believes that now is the time to make his move.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20553.htm
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America’s role in the Russo-Georgian war
Boston Globe
by H.D.S. Greenway
08/19/08
In years to come, the short, sharp Russo-Georgian war may be remembered as the nadir of American post-Cold War power and influence - the moment in the closing months of George W. Bush’s hapless administration when all the damage that he has done to America’s position in the world came into focus. The United States encouraged Georgia into thinking it was under American protection, built up and trained its armed forces with a little help from the Israelis, established one of the biggest embassies in the region to make it a center of American influence in the Caucasus, and, despite private warnings, issued public statements of undying support. And now America’s client is wiping blood from its nose. The wreckage of Georgia’s towns and countryside, however, is not as complete as the ruin of Bush’s policies...
http://tinyurl.com/5t9qqn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cold+Ware
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mass+media
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ROBERT+KAGAN
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=H.D.S.+Greenway
rudkla - 20. Aug, 06:20
