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2010-04-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Bear is Back; Poland's Tragedy, Russia's Gain

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Posted by Tom--Pa 2010-04-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Ukraine's a lost cause - even the democratic leaders there are completely corrupt - and the 'stans were never going to be part of our orbit. But Barry's decisions on nukes, missile defense and Iran are retarded.

The Russians are now paying us back, in spades, for 18 years of Russian retreat and degradation. And President KickMe is determined to help them any way he can. Jackass.

Posted by lex 2010-04-17 09:43|| 2010-04-17 09:43|| Front Page Top

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The plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others is a tragedy for the Polish people and a loss of a good friend for the United States. For Poland's neighbor Russia, however, it's an opportunity to push for hegemony over Eastern Europe, as in the Iron Curtain days.

The premise ( that Russia is returning to its Soviet days, the geopolitical hegemony ) is insane.

So many factors were at work then. Soviet control of eastern Europe was the Soviet reward for their part of the victory over the Axis powers. Soviet attempts in expansionism in the Middle east was in response to Pan-Arab socialism, which was an answer to Islamic hegemony.

I don't see any of that now. What I see is Russia fighting an intra-border war with Islam it should have fought directly after WWI but for the CPSU.

What I do see is a nation emerging from a dark time, and finding its footing as a republic for the first time ever. The first of the "Freedom Babies" are coming of age as I write this and Russia is regaining a sense of its very culture as a republic.

That's why I have said that Russia must own up to the calamity it caused in 1940 in Katyn,and it must pay compensation to the families who suffer this mini-holocaust.

It is also why Barak Obama's giving away of the farm in nukes is such a cynical betrayal of the US. Russia didn't need the agreement and we couldn't afford it.

Posted by badanov 2010-04-17 12:03|| http://www.freefirezone.org 2010-04-17 12:03|| Front Page Top

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