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Russia is running the "necessary enemy" game plan to avert its citizens from internal reform.
The Chavez's of the world are encouraging this.
Time for the US to declare all out War on all the Nation's Tyrants, and get it over with.
"Nashi" is the plural of "our". This kind of crap they could keep, and it's nice that it's theirs. I would even think of sending there [as a gift, although it would be nice to charge POD] - some of our, too.
Russia hasnt changed a lick , they are still as paranoid as ever. The cold war never ended they just needed a breather.
Look at russias allies. Yep they suck as does russia. Without petrol and selling garbarge weapons to the worst governments on earth they would have well...nothing. The way I describe the russian governments behavior is"Drunk slavs that will sell their own mom for a buck, while daydreaming of the superpower days and doing anything they can to make life more difficult for the US". That strategy will only get them so far and they will have to pay the piper soon enough. It should be fun to watch.
Who here actually believes that Putin will leave office in 2008? Errrr...not me!
"I looked deep into the eyes of Putin and I saw...Hitler!"
After the Soviets surrendered, we sent Jeffrey Sachs and an army of Harvard Business School graduates to occupy Russia with the intent of teaching them capitalism. The Harvard Business School crew ended up finishing the job that Lenin had started. Russia went from communism straight to a mobbed-up version of crony capitalism without bothering to stop at the plain old capitalism that makes nations successful.
Back in 1973, humorist Art Buchwald looked at the role of Harvard Business School graduates in getting the Arabs to embargo oil. He suggested facetiously that the government shut down the Harvard Business School as a threat to national security.
He was right.
Look closely, and you will see the Nashi, the government funded Neo-Nazi like Pro-Kremlin Pro-Putin group appears in the article.==
"Nashi" (stands for "Ours") ar enot nationalistic but merely patriotic movement. If they Pro-Kremlin that is because Putin goverment is frist for 100 yeras russian patriotic goverment.
If you do not know facts then should go learn them.
White U.S.-Russia relations may got through some bumpy moments, particularly vis-a-vis the War on Terror, it can't return to the Cold War for two reasons. 1) The Russians would have to voluntarily return to communism and too many Russians don't want to live under that sort of control again. 2) Russians have transfered (poorly but definitely) into a capitalist society.
I just don't see them going back to their old ways now that they have so many new freedoms. Surely they understand that a return to communism (as much as the libs would celebrate it) is a death sentence on their country.
Right on. The Nashi and the Nazbols stage fights with each other, but both organizations are controlled by Putin.
I have a feeling that it will be Russia who ultimately takes on Iran.
Like, it's their turn.
This shouldn't be news to anyone other than our clueless policy makers.
This article is areally a bunch of alarmist crud.
The Russian will continue to voice concerns they have, but there will be no new cold war. Sorry.
"Don't be sore winners." (a line from the movie Cnadain Bacon with John Candy)
Russia is enjoying a building boom and an economy (in Moscow at least) that is moving forward at good speed. No one wants to go back to the cold war days. Proof? The goverment officals, including Putin, do nto drive around in Zils any more. The car of choice? Armored BMW and Mercedes. Almost exclusivly. Few poor Russian buy Ladas or Volgas any more. Kia and Hyundai and Skoda are the big sellers here now.