World-News

The Nation
by Mark Ames

10/22/08

You may not have noticed it, but a couple of weeks ago, the New York Times slipped in a story that completely contradicted a narrative that it had been building up for two straight months, one that was leading America into another war — a so-called ‘New Cold War.’ The article exposed the awful authoritarian reality of Georgia’s so-called democracy, painting a dark picture of President Mikhail Saakashvili’s rule that repudiated the fairy tale that the Times and everyone else in the major media had been pushing ever since war broke out in South Ossetia in early August. That fairy tale went like this: Russia (evil) invaded Georgia (good) for no reason whatsoever except that Georgia was free. Putin hates freedom, and Saakashvili is the ‘democratically elected leader’ of a ’small, democratic country.’ Yes, it was only a month ago that we were stupid and crazy enough to think that the United States had no choice but to launch a costly new cold war against a nuclear power, even though we still haven’t closed the deal on a couple of mini-wars against Division-III opponents, and we were on the verge of bankruptcy...

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081103/ames


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The United States is upsetting the nuclear arms balance by failing to offer a fully-fledged replacement for the START arms control treaty when it expires next year, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49571P20081006


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=arms+control
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Chalmers Johnson: "We have to back down unless we are looking for real confrontation with Russia".

http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=237



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chalmers+Johnson

"It has become crystal clear that the solidarity expressed by all of us after 9/11 should be revived through the concepts cleared of geopolitical expediency and built on the rejection of double standards when we fight against any infringements upon the international law - be it on the part of terrorists, belligerent political extremists or any others."

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=138512


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=double+standards

Nicht nur im Irak und im Sudan geht es um Öl, sondern auch im Bürgerkrieg in Nigeria und im Krieg in Georgien. Der Westen will hier Öl und Gas von Baku zum Mittelmeer transportieren – an Russland vorbei.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741684407ms119



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgien

Venezuela and Russia are strengthening their strategic alliance with new plans to cooperate on oil production, weapons and even wireless technology, the governments said as two visiting Russian Tu-160 bombers left for home on Thursday.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/18/ap5443665.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Venezuela

The International Institute for Strategic Studies challenged the Nato secretary-general today by warning against embracing Georgia and Ukraine in the light of last month's Caucasus war.

http://tinyurl.com/4z7q2o


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia

The United States is considering to take further actions against Russia after the latter's invasion of Georgia, Under Secretary of State William Burns said here Wednesday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/18/content_10070999.htm



"Bullying" Russia must be stopped: Condoleezza Rice

The West must stand up to "bullying" by Moscow and keep Russia from benefiting from its military move into Georgia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a harshly-worded speech on Friday.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2088475



The hypocrisy of the West

The dominant Western politicians and media are describing the conflict in Georgia without considering the responsibility of the US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) for unleashing the crisis.

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep182008/editpage2008091890622.asp


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Georgia
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Russian Navy to remain off Abkhazia until U.S. ships leave region

Russia sent warships from its Black Sea fleet (Image gallery) to ensure security along the coast of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia following an attempt in early August by Georgian forces to retake South Ossetia, another breakaway republic.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080917/116885370.html



U.S. intelligence gathering ship enters Sevastopol harbor

The U.S. Pathfinder ship entered on Tuesday the Sevastopol harbor that is home to the Ukrainian navy and Russia's Black Sea Fleet (Image gallery), a Russian naval source said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080916/116831865.html



Russia eyes Mediterranean as alternative to Sevastopol naval base

Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said on Monday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080915/116801633.html



Russian bombers conduct patrols along South American coast

The two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that landed in Venezuela last week have successfully carried out a patrol mission along the South American coast, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Tuesday.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080916/116834364.html



Russia to help Cuba build space center

Moscow is ready to help Cuba develop its own space center, Russia's space agency chief said on Wednesday after talks in Caracas with Venezuelan and Cuban officials, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSLH47851920080917?rpc=401&



Russian Government Condemns "Outside Interference" In Bolivia

"We consider unacceptable the attempts to threaten its territorial integrity, as well as any form of outside interference in the affairs of this sovereign Latin American nation," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

http://tinyurl.com/4wvjxr


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sevastopol
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Jean-Claude Poizat, Le Monde, suggests that Russia's recent moves are no more than commensurate to the examples set by the West led by the United States.

http://www.truthout.org/article/america-and-russia-the-same-machiavellianism