[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

This post is all about the Changkufeng incident. As you can see from the giant front page headline this was taken very seriously by the world, although we now see it as merely a skirmish. Much of the reporting relates to reaction by Germany and the U.S.

I apologize for the feast or famine nature of my posts for the last few weeks. The reason is that when I went to the library to collect stories for July and August I ran short of time so I just printed out a bunch of stories for one day and skipped ahead four days and printed some more. I will plan better for September and so the presentation should be more enjoyable. Please bear with me through August. Just keep you fingers crossed that all the international crises can be resolved through negotiation and war can be averted. Well, maybe it's too late to avert war in China, but you know what I mean.

[randomhero97]

The only comfort extended to the Tokyo spokesman, it has been learned , was that Germany’s sympathies in the present clash naturally were with Japan and she would always champion Japan against the Soviet whenever the issue involved bolshevism.

Hard to disagree with that.

[ETL]

"The crisis was sparked earlier this week when Georgia sent troops into the breakaway province of South Ossetia to quell a Russian-backed separatist uprising."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Russia-On-Verge-Of-All-Out-War-As-Troops-Clash-In-Georgias-South-Ossetia/Article/200808215074261?lpos=World%2BNews_4&lid=ARTICLE_15074261_Russia%2BOn%2BVerge%2BOf%2BAll-Out%2BWar%2BAs%2BTroops%2BClash%2BIn%2BGeo

Putin on "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century":
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html

Russia, China flex muscles in joint war games
Reuters: Aug 17, 2007
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29030120070817?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships
Monday, February 11, 2008
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330362,00.html

From National Public Radio (NPR):
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764

From the Russian News and Information Agency:
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html

From WorldThreats.com:
"Chavez pledged that his country would 'stay by Iran at any time and under any condition,' state television reported. Ahmadinejad said he saw in Chavez a kindred spirit." "'We do not have any limitation in cooperation,' Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. 'Iran and Venezuela are next to each other and supporters of each other. Chavez is a source of a progressive and revolutionary current in South America and his stance in restricting imperialism is tangible.'":
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/world/main1847331.shtml

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(the collapse of the Soviet Union represented) "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century"
-Vladimir Putin (2005) on the so-called 'collapse' of the Evil Empire

"'The Black Book of Communism,' a scholarly accounting of communism’s crimes, counts about 94 million murdered by the supposed champions of the common man (20 million for the Soviets alone), and some say that number is too low."
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmY0MjI1MDgyYjg1M2UwNDMzMTk2Mjk5YTk0ZTdlMWE=

[Fiji Hill]

The newspaper Asahi said it had been reliably informed that Marshal Vassily Bluecher, commander of the Far East Red Army, had arrived at Novokievsk

Before the year 1938 was over, Marshal Bluecher (also spelled Blyukher) would be dead--a victim of Stalin's purges.

[dfwgator]

Marshal Bluecher Said to Have Arrived to Lead Siberian Troops

"Neigh!"