Think again.
http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/simple/index.php/t3359.html
Engineer KimovSep 22 2003, 01:13 PM
First of all, here's some disturbing statistics on late 2003.
According to Russian central statistic agency "VTsIOM":
45% of Russians want to live under socialism
23% of Russians want to live under Putin
5% of Russians want to live under monarchy
3% of Russians want to live under capitalist Perestroika
According to "VTsIOM", if Soviet revolution starts today:
43% of Russians will support Bolsheviks
16% of Russians will leave the country
8% of Russians will fight against Bolsheviks
According to "VTsIOM":
53% of Russians think that Stalin played absolutely positive role in Russian history
Taking in account this information, do you think that return of Soviet Empire is problem for American national security? If it is, how it should be dealt with?
OPs4 God Bless America!
Would you like to know why they are nervous?
The country most likely to suffer from the possible construction of pipelines in Afghanistan is Russia, currently a leading member of the anti-terrorism coalition, and a long-time sponsor of the Northern Alliance. Moscow has long been wary about the development of new Central Asian oil and gas export routes that do not go through Russian territory.
There are some indirect signs that the idea of a trans-Afghan gas project is being revived. The United States and Great Britain have recently lifted economic sanctions against Afghanistan. This move, apprehensively notes Moscow economic publication Rossiiskaya Biznes-Gazeta, "can be the first harbinger of the US companies’ intentions to re-join the trans-Afghan gas consortium."
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav121201.shtml
Econimics, is always the key factor. Follow the money, or the resources it buys.
OPs4 God Bless America!