Does Putin really care? The United States no longer has the military muscle or the moral authority to preach that a sovereign country cannot invade another sovereign country - because this is what the United States did in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bush and McCain can do all the sabre rattling they want, but they have nothing to back up these threats to Russia. Now Mikhail Gorbachev, the Western friendly leader who presided over the demise of the USSR, says that the Whitehouse gave the green light to President Saakashvili of Georgia to invade South Ossetia. If this is true, what were the officials at the Whitehouse thinking? Most of the American boots are stuck in the sand and mud in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US cannot militarily back up Mikheil Saakashvili.
Putin's boots are now banging Bush’s head and saying "go ahead make my day, what can you do," just like Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoes on a table at the United Nations many moons ago. The best the US can hope for is a ceasefire.
I suppose black gold right now rules the world. 30% of European oil is imported from the Russia and European nations are in no shape to make threats to Russia, fearing that oil taps may be turned off. There goes the NATO solidarity. If the UN tries to pass any resolution, Russia of course will veto it. In other words the US ability to take any drastic action is zero, zilch, nano.
While all this is going on, China is laughing at them all as it is going to be the next superpower in the world. China owns a big chunk of US corporate wealth. Moreover China is one of the biggest lenders to the US government to keep it afloat. Who knows, down the road China may hold the puppeteer strings for the occupants of the Whitehouse. All in all it does not look good for the US and Western Europe.
The current situation that the US finds itself in is all because of Bush and Cheney. Bush has spent all his "political capital" nationally and internationally, and he is not worth very much now.
When the Georgian President spoke in Tbilisi, he mentioned McCain but made no mention of George W. Bush. That shows you what a lame duck Bush has become.
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You sure have a narrow perspective. Putin is the new "Stalin" in Russia. The Euros are petrified cause the Ruskies control all their oil and gas.
ReplyDeleteNo one talks about the pipeline across Georgia, from the Crimea to the Black Sea which bypassed Russia. How come you lefties haven't figured it out? The USSR is on the way back, wealthier than ever, and you morons are still talking about Bush/cheney.
Imagine if the US had handed out US passports in say Quebec or Alberta to citizens, then declared they were part of the US, and when Canooks objected they attacked Ottawa . . . you lefties would be crying the blues big time . . .
Putin is in the same league with North Korea, China and Iran . . .
Oldschool, I considered you as one of the smart neo-cons but you have proven me wrong. You're behaving like a moron. If Bush and Cheney had not gotten themselves into the quagmire of Iraq and Afghanistan probably Putin would have not dared to do all this. Although Russia was provoked in this case. As I wrote, "In other words the US ability to take any drastic action is zero, zilch, nano". Given US quagmires it is unable to do anything about Russia. Sarkozi is doing all the negotiations.
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