Not necessarily - Bush has a lot up his sleeve! Here's what I think would play out nicely:
After we get done bombing the pi$$ out of the Afghans, the Russians will swoop in and "beat" us to Kabul (just like Germany and Berlin)
We don't want Afghanistan anyhow, we just want to kill some folks who need killing, and make a point - don't f*ck with us! We'll pulverize them and take down their defenses with our airpower, and the reds will "beat" us going in on the ground, and lose THEIR men mopping up.
We'll turn our heads while THEY settle old scores - lots of dead enemy, and WE didn't do it, Russia did.
We won't get stuck with occupation or trying to prop up a new Afghan government that will eventually fail anyhow, since all the factions hate each other.
We let the Russians do the occupation as well as the dirty work. THEY get the "prize", as well as the blame for the new government falling in a few years. Let Russia occupy the $hithole while we move on to Iraq or whoever else needs stomped next.
Just some thoughts I wanted to post so I can say "I told you so!" Flame away!
Letting the Russians take the point on our behalf in the Bin Laden hunt is totally ridiculous!!
Frankly, I don't care who gets Bin Laden. And with all the different gangs in the Northern Alliance, I'm afraid fighting will continue after the Taliban is overthrown. Maybe Russia would give some stability to the region. India would have a hissy fit because Pakistan seems to be more aligned with Russia than India is. If we do let Russia dominate the region, it may come back to haunt us years from now, just as our support of the Mujahedin (sp) in the '80s has come back to haunt us (Bin Laden).
Scariest book ever written New Lies for Old. For twenty-five years I have kept hoping that Golytsin might be wrong, because he failed to take into account that those formerly oppressed by communism might actually prefer freedom, and that once they had a taste, there would be no going back.
However, the man's predictions for the post-Soviet world have been eerily accurate. Unfortunately, I believe he was a victim of intelligence service infighting in that whole Angleton-Mole-Hunt Debacle that ruined the CIA for quite a long time ...perhaps permanently.
Golitsyn’s prediction in his 1984 book, “Before long, the Communist strategists might be persuaded that the balance had swung irreversibly in their favor. In that event they might well decide on a Sino-Soviet ‘reconciliation.’ The scissors strategy would give way to the strategy of ‘one clenched fist.’ At that point the shift in the political and military balance would be plain for all to see.”
McAlvany Intelligence Advisor
| October 10, 2001 | Don McAlvany
Just a tad OUTDATED! Why is someone posting 2001 news that is inaccurate? Bored?
Oldie but goodie bump .....
Why are we still following the START Treaty when Russia suspended their part of the bargain?
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Shot-Fired-Jan-Kozak/dp/189264701X
Editorial Reviews
The New American magazine, July 5, 1999 Communist and socialist elements within a parliament initiate "policies and legislation which strengthen the hand of grassroots revolutionaries." They also connive to punish those who oppose the planned coup. "Meanwhile, grassroots revolutionaries whip up the appearance of popular support" for the revolutionary agenda "through strikes, rallies, petitions, threats, and - sometimes - sabotage. The 'pressure from below' by the small number of revolutionaries and their larger number of dupes is then used to 'justify' the centralization of power in the hands of the executive branch of the state. Wishy-washy politicians are intimidated, and the 'pressure from above' intensifies.
Each legislative victory results in new demands for even stronger legislation, which is relentlessly pursued by communists and their dupes in parliament - who claim that they are acting in the name of the popular will. The cycle continues until opposition is completely powerless, intimidated, or liq! uidated - and the revolution is a fait accompli."
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Jan Kozak explains how the people of Czechoslovakia were manipulated into voting themselves into slavery. Through targeted mass agitation, a free government was transformed into a totalitarian dictatorship -- legally! Today more than ever, the revolutionary methods described by Kozak are being targeted against American liberties.
The above site keeps their eye on this very topic. I highly recommend this site. I am under the understanding that, the Admins are a FReepers too.
Russia has recently built a new missile that can sneak past our anti defense missiles. But know this, the Russian lie early and often. Early in the Cold War, we thought they had more deliverable nukes then they actually had. If I remember correctly, they only had four that may have hit their mark, but they told us they had many more then that. BTW, their missiles were not accurate and that is why they built big nukes (more megatonage).
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