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2007-07-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Chong Angomp1204 2007-07-14 03:13|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 For the first time in history, there are elements of the US nuclear capability on the European continent. It simply changes the whole configuration of international security..Of course, we have to respond to that. -- Putin.
Spengler in Asia Times has some almost hilarious commentary on the meeting.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-14 09:39|| 2007-07-14 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, this is simply more bilge - the weapons have been there all along. The fact that they're being reduced in numbers is now a matter for which the Russians should be happy, not threatened.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-07-14 11:03|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-07-14 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 What a load of Soviet-style rubbish.

By placing weapons systems and radar on Russia's borders the US will have a critical advantage that will disrupt the essential balance of power. This is forcing Putin to restart the arms race.

Russia makes itself into the enemy through continuing support for terrorist and rogue regimes like Iran and North Korea. To simultaneously assist Iran's nuclear weapons R&D and then decry attempts at securing Europe's airspace is the most base sort of hypocrisy.

Putinwho has watched the destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan from the sidelinesknows that the threat of American aggression cannot be taken lightly.

The "destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan"? Russia's track record in Afghanistan was pretty ghastly and makes American efforts look like the definition of nobility. One can only speculate as to Putin's KGB activities during that era.

The war on terror was basically designed to conceal US geopolitical ambitions in Eurasianot Iraq.

A bit of transference going on here. We need not mask our intentions like Russia so often does.

The personal attacks on Putin are no different than the attacks on Iran's Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

For once, here the author isunintentionallycorrect. All three of these despots are cut from the same totalitarian cloth.

Missile Defense is an expression of Washington's frustration with its own failures. The Global Resource War (aka The War on Terror) has been so badly bungled that Bush will have to initiate asymmetrical strategies to counter Russia's economic triumphs.

Putin's active role in destabilizing global security is a principal reason why there has not been more progress in the War on Terrorism. While Bush has definitely made some missteps, Putin has always been there to grease the skids.

The USSR may be gone but its policy of promoting tyranny and terrorism is very much alive. Tattered as it is, Bush's political legacy will far outshine that of Putin's for many years to come.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-14 13:59|| 2007-07-14 13:59|| Front Page Top

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