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gamahuche5 months, 1 week ago
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Most of what was agreed was based on on-going discussions and negotiations and the signatures were a formality. Strategically, as the current game is being played right now the best "gift" to the US was the right to overfly Russian territory, enabling the United States to transport military personnel and equipment to support U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Most striking for those of us who would be directly affected by the proposed missile-shield was the agreement of further discussion between the US and Russia on a joint missile-defence system. Should this be a fruitful discussion obviously the current proposal, which has been infuriating Russia, will become moot and a HUGE sigh of relief will be heard in the Czech lands.
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deathray5 months, 1 week ago
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look at this thing in a larger context -
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the current kremlin leadership is rabidly anti-american; in the past they could hide this by appearing to be anti-george bush...but he's no longer around for them to hide behind.
the kremlin leadership are afraid of barack obama (i have this from an excellent source in the russian foreign ministry) and don't know yet how to deal with him.
after dealing with the bush 43 administration for eight years, it was easy for the kremlin to go their own way, now they have to deal with an outstretched hand, or be viewed as the uncooperative party.-
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gamahuche5 months, 1 week ago
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Yes DR!
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I am seeing it in that context too - and I absolutely agree with your anaysis!
The Russiam bear is definitely NOT a tame bear yet - perhaps never will be - but Barack's strategy must appear like a paradoxical intervention to them.
Much more puzzling than the "I've got a bigger stick than you approach" of caveman diplomacy.. -
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hyperbola5 months, 1 week ago
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What outstretched hand? Apart from the rhetoric, there is very little difference between Obama's foreign policy and Bush foreign policy.
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Indeed, because the media is giving the Obama administration a pass, this administration is already fighting more wars or more fronts than the Bush administration.
And, is just as active or more in fomenting "color revolutions" in any country that resists our military/economic imperialism.
And, has to borrow even more money than the Bush administration to keep the imperialism bubble going.
So far the Russians would be exactly right to regard the Obama administratin with EXTREME scepticism.-
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CHAM5 months, 1 week ago
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Thanks Hyper. I voted for Obama, but am already disappointed in that I haven't seen one thing that he promised ( other than the Russian Diplomacy thing ) that he has done or even tried to do.
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Most distressful to me was his signing statements, the last one of which claimed unbounded and unfettered freedom to ignore the Constitution and the Rule of Law.
To me that is more dangerous to America than Russia ever was or ever will be.
I have already called for Impeachment and think the people's Representatives should get about the task.
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