[Clive]

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[Diddle E. Squat]

I dunno. The author doesn't seem to consider the impact of the big players(China, Russia) egging on/utilizing the small states as mercenary disruptors, while maintaining plausible deniability.

[Southack]

There is some part of truth to this article.

[avg_freeper]

Thank you for this post.

It does put the actions of Russia and the U.S. into perspective.

I for one am not too happy about the friends we plan on making to confront the sheep stealers.

I'm not too sure if Russia and the U.S. are ready to play nice.

I know that Putin has been presenting him self as a Russian version of a born again christian.

OK, good for him. I'm not going to judge the man's faith but I do believe he has cause to do a little soul
searching.

At the same time instead of getting into stupid UN messes like we did in Bosnia, we should of relied
more on Russia for guidance.

[Brian Allen]

..... the West may be uneasy with some measures Russia is liable to employ against the Chechens, or China against the Uighurs, but it will keep its unease to itself .....

It will?

Only if we're lucky .....

[okie01]

Yet another essay arguing for a renewal of the colonial principle -- "shako" mandates for "sheep-stealer" provinces.

[WaterDragon]

You know, this article makes a lot of sense, but the writer loses me when he lumps Israel in with the "sheep stealers" as though there is moral equivalency between terrorism and national defense. The writer seems to have thrown Israel into that mix for the purpose of holding on to the attention of Muslims and socialists, but it's still unforgiveable.

[madrussian]

I disagree with the wholesale lumping of all "sheep-stealers" into one big heap. I'd say that once the big powers work out their differences they will scale down their "special relationships" with such countries as Israel and various "freedom fighters" that were used in their play against their opponent.

That also point to why small players would like to maintain animosity between larger players and stir the pot. The neocon Trotskyite Krisol-Podhoretz-Safire clique is on a mission to keep America involved in local wars in order to keep America engaged with Israel.

[185JHP]

A good example of the sheep-stealers idea of character and decency is, they named a bridge after the guy (Princip) who assassinated the Archduke, which led to a World War. Sheep-stealer cultures are often perverse, and always inferior. Left unchecked, sheep-stealer cultures have a "Gresham's Law effect" - they drive out good cultures.

[glc1173@aol.com]

Just proves the Canuck "mainstream" media is naive as hell.

How does Australia rate as a "significant" power - while nuclear-power Israel is a "minor dysfunctional nation?" How does Canada rate as a "significant" power - while also-big-oil-exporter Saudi Arabia rates as a "minor dysfunctional nation?"