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2006-05-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

FT: Cheney remarks spark talk of ânew cold warâ

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Posted by 3dc 2006-05-05 15:47|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Russia needs an unresponsive enemy badly.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-05 16:55|| 2006-05-05 16:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Official reactions were more measured, but no less piqued. Dmitry Peskov, deputy Kremlin spokesman, said the presidential administration viewed Mr Cheney's words with "incomprehension" â particularly his warning over Russia using its energy might to "blackmail" its neighbours.

Didn't Roosevelt use oil as a weapon against Japan prior to Pearl Harbor? Just asking.

Posted by Angalet Ulating1576 2006-05-05 16:59|| 2006-05-05 16:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Roosevelt, yes; he was trying to use sanctions to convince them to be less warlike.

Anyone else for sanction?

Posted by Bobby 2006-05-05 17:44|| 2006-05-05 17:44|| Front Page Top

#4 *"Drive Russia into the arms of China... get friednly with China" > ahem, thats one of the strategic anti-American objectives what GORBACHEV in the '80's intended to do in the first place.

* "Former Socialist Europe has gone over to the American side" - CLINTONISM > presumes America is a SOCIALIST-PRE/PSUEDOCOMMUNIST NATION ALREADY.
Clintonism > Fascist/Fascism, i.e. Ultra-Rightist or Rightism-based SOCIALISM, = De-Regulated or pro-Competition COMMUNISM/LEFT-BASED MARXISM-SOCIALISM. A Fascist Amerikan ergo = Half-A-Commie/Leftist-Socialist, a Semi- or Partial LeftSocialist or Communist.

"Cordon Sanitaire" or Cordon Solitaire > The Failed Left > its America they want surrounded and isolated. The Commies-Maoists are trying to destabilize INDIA-SOUTH ASIA becuz, among other reasons, they need as much HUMAN CANNON FODDER they can get to offset America's miltech-battlespace dominance, i.e. "America to run out of beans-and-bullets before Communist SOcilaist armies run out of bodies". Other then thier mani of POWER, the Commies and antiAmer SOcialists have got nothing to lose escept the human econ units Leftism-Socialism espec Communism can't take care andor won't take care off anyways - you know, the reason why FIDEL CASTRO is worth US$900Milyuhn, has exclusive expensive resorts ala JOHN KERRY + MANSION-GATE, and has special SPANISH HAMS flown in daily or weeekly [HAM-GATE]while his Cuban people and Army slowly but steadily starve.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-05 22:31|| 2006-05-05 22:31|| Front Page Top

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