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2004-11-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian President Putin planning to glue together superpower coalition

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Posted by tipper 2004-11-12 9:24:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Russia needs to seriously re-vamp their foreign policy. Consider backing Iran, and before them, Saddam's Iraq. Other than that, both India and China have been inherently distrustful of Russia for say, 500 years. I doubt Putin's glib tongue is going to change that any time soon. Last but not least, the rest of the world has long been puzzled why the US keeps (Monroe Doctrine) eastern hemisphere powers out of Central and South America, *and yet* doesn't ever put its own appendages in that fire. Maybe this time we will let them find out.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-11-12 9:51:14 PM|| 2004-11-12 9:51:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "...this coalition will have an overwhelming influence over the United Nations..."
Ooooh, I'm scared! It might be able to do nothing with six resolutions rather than twelve.

Go ahead, Russia, pour your heart and soul and money into this. You couldn't even hold the Soviet Union together and you think you're going to get anywhere with this cast of characters!

Posted by Tom 2004-11-12 10:06:18 PM|| 2004-11-12 10:06:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The author of this article is on drugs. "Putin has bigger ambitions: a long-term Russian footprint in Latin America"???

Er, Russia not long ago shut down its listening station in Cuba. So you mean Putin's going to establish a base instead in Belo Horizonte? Russia is not a superpower. Russia is not even a great power anymore. It's no more powerful or influential than France or Germany, in fact less so. Putin cannot even defend his borders. In another generation, when Russia's population has shrunk by another 25% (it's shrinking by ~1% each year), the Russian Far East will effectively be ceded to China. So much for Putin's grand ambitions.

Posted by lex 2004-11-12 10:19:50 PM|| 2004-11-12 10:19:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 No surprise here - China financially and materielly supports Nepalese Maoists and other pro-Socialist/Communist/China orgs, includ Muslim orgs, whom according to various sources are intent on attacking and destabilizing INDIA, starting in 2005, and other Asian nations. Chinese expats whom work for both Russian- and Chinese-subsidized Chinese companies are running all over Central and South America, and Africa. BETTER ADD ARGENTINA as when the Russkis talk of Brazil, they also infer Argentina, Chile, and other SA nations. We already know about the PANAMA CANAL and VENEZUELA, and Russia has no intent on relaxing its [anti-American] PC global weapons- and tech proliferation.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2004-11-12 10:22:38 PM|| [http://n/a] 2004-11-12 10:22:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 FASCISM is the "New Communism", if only aesthetically - We have to stop thinking of Russia-China in 1980's terms, espec PROJECTION OF POWER. We must start thinking in terms of POWER DISGUISED AS PROJECTION OF FAILURE/ERROR, as Communism = Islam in that, worse coming to worse, IT IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE TO FAIL THAN TO LOSE FACE OR SUFFER DEFEAT, THAN FOR COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, OR ISLAM TO LOSE POWER/CONTROL. The premise of 1980's GORBACHEVISM > if Communism and the East/Asia cannot be brought up to the standards of America, the West, or Capitalism, the latter will be brought down to the standards of Communism and the East. "The Children feed the Mother" as was said during Yeltsin's tenure - As per MACKINDER'S "WORLD ISLAND" THEORY, which still holds for both Russia and China, EURASIA specifically Russia-China, is the MOTHER, and the World, includ America and the West, are the CHILDREN. OWG > your Dad's punishment when one does something the Mother Asia andor Socialist world family doesn't like.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2004-11-12 10:37:41 PM|| [http://n/a] 2004-11-12 10:37:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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