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2008-08-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Vladimir Putin's mastery checkmates the West

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Posted by john frum 2008-08-14 14:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Nowhere was such taunting more wounding than in Ukraine and Georgia

The Russians feel the need to be worshiped. Whether we should accommodate them is another matter. We get taunted by the Canadians and the Latin Americans all the time. If we reacted as the Russians did, we'd be constantly in a state of war. The truth is that Imperial Russia needs to improve its table manners. And my hope is that it will stop short of a land grab too far - a land grab that will see Russian and American cities burned to the ground, and the Russian empire hacked to pieces by neighbors resentful of numerous past Russian atrocities.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-14 15:13|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-14 15:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Hello Hell? I need to set up a conference call with Bobby Fischer and Dick Nixon.

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-14 15:22|| 2008-08-14 15:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Another one who says that Russia outsmarted us, beat us, we should bow down, acknowledge their superiority and quit the game.

Posted by tipover 2008-08-14 16:48|| 2008-08-14 16:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Michael Binyon: "Notice how structured the suface is, with a multitude of crossing lines, all aroud the circumference. At the bottom of this marvelous pillar, white, translucent objects are strewn as in votive fashion..."

Me: "It'sa elephant in porcelain, you idiot!"

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-14 19:37|| 2008-08-14 19:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Gracious - "Checkmate"? More like P-Q3.

Posted by Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division 2008-08-14 19:42|| 2008-08-14 19:42|| Front Page Top

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