Not only the Democrats are celebrating

guardian.co.uk ^ | 11/11/06 | Dilip Hiro

[Tailgunner Joe]

The popular rejection of Bush's war in Iraq, the centrepiece of its foreign policy, has emboldened other powers to sidetrack, or even defy, Washington in a manner they had not envisaged before. This is particularly true of Russia and China. ...

Gone are the days when Russian leaders referred to "a strategic partnership" with Washington.

Now Russia is a crucial energy supplier to Europe as well as an influential investor there. Under President Putin, the state has regained control over the nation's oil and gas reserves, thus facilitating the Kremlin to use the energy card to further its diplomatic aims, and regain the ground it lost to Washington in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The diplomatic talk in Moscow nowadays centres round Sino-Russian partnership. The two neighbours have expressed their belief in a multipolar world. More specifically, they share the common aim of frustrating Washington's agenda to dominate the central Asian region.

The joint Sino-Russian military exercises conducted in China's Shandong peninsula in August 2005 formally unveiled the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, followed by 2006 being celebrated as "the year of China in Russia" through an extensive exchange of artists, writers, intellectuals and academics, and cultural events.

In April 2006, the Kremlin broke with the Bush White House on the issue of the Hamas government in Palestine by inviting its leaders to Moscow, arguing that it was crucial to communicate with a movement that enjoyed such popular support. The Kremlin now opposes the US demand that Hamas recognise Israel as a precondition for the international talks to resume on the Palestine issue.

There is also increasing coordination between Russia and China in the portals of the United Nations security council in New York.

The case in point is Iran's nuclear programme.

[dgallo51]

This might provide an alternative perspective I submit for your review.

The Emerging Russian Giant Plays its Cards Strategically
by F. William Engdahl
October 7, 2006
GlobalResearch.ca

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=WIL20061007&articleId=3408

[MNJohnnie]

Of course. Now that the International Round Heels party is back in power all the thugs are lining up for their chance for a tumble.

Really a stupid mistake for them to be making on the basis of a 5,000 vote margin of victory when more then half our side did not even vote. But any news that reminds the sheep why the poodle Dems cannot be relied upon to keep the wolves at bay is timely

[Democratshavenobrains]

We should have let the Russkies stagnate for a generation in their stupidity after Communism fell. They seem pretty ungrateful for anything we've done since the 90's.

[Bon mots]

Yep. The Europeans are elated.

Kennedy: Europe to be in loop on foreign policy...

"There is a new game in the United States now."
                            - Ted Kennedy, Nov. 2006

[WOSG]

The media and the liberal elites will magnify this narrow margin into the image of an important mandate.

And who will tell them otherwise? The only ones will be the Republicans and Bush, *IF* they have the balls to stand up and say "The Democrats are dead wrong, they are undermining America, and we won't let it happen."

[Cacique]

btt

[doug from upland]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=agMaBD1MoRg

[Nancee]

This is just so scary!!

Nancee

[Thunder90]

Ted Kennedy---spy for the KGB since 1977!!!