U.S. Methods Paying Off

Moscow Times ^ | Monday, Dec. 29, 2003 | Pavel Felgenhauer

[Argus]

That's it in a nutshell.

[rickmichaels]

...the Israelis never achieved full victory; they did not manage or were not allowed by outside powers to occupy the entire territory of the opposing Arab nation.

Damn shame.

[microgood]

A nice look at the big picture. Thanks for the post.

[rickmichaels]

Just before Christmas, a high-ranking French delegation of generals, admirals, defense industry officials and analysts came to Moscow.

And the prostitutes in Moscow were never busier.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From Moscow!

Just Outstanding!

[Thud]

ping

[numberonepal]

Bada boom, bada bing. This is exactly the way it is. The Moscow Times got it right, why can't the NY Times????

[stands2reason]

What a world this is that we ge more sanity and reality from Moscow than from the NYT.

[pointsal]

....Oh, but the question is "Did the girls get paid?"

[NormsRevenge]

Walk softly and carry a big stick.. Bump

[presidio9]

Die-hard antiwar Democrats like presidential hopeful Howard Dean, together with most Russians, still hope Bush will get a bloody nose in Iraq

I find it interesting that there are people in Moscow who see right through Howard Dean.

[Brett66]

Modern precision warfare also seems to be a more humane method of dealing with rogues than traditional decade-long suffocating sanctions.

[LibWhacker]

Nice article. Dead on the mark, too. Moscow Times, eh? . . . Who is Pavel Felgenhauer? Never heard of him. A German journalist working in Russia perhaps?

[presidio9]

I don't know anything about him personally, but I have been aware of him for some time. Probably because of his unusual name.

[Thom Pain]

"The Moscow Times got it right, why can't the NY Times????"

You ask an excellent question!

[sourcery]

An excellent analysis. It's amazing that it takes a member of the Russian press to express the situation so clearly. With greater distance comes greater objectivity, perhaps.

[SandRat]

Wonder what the size of the cleaning bill was for the French and Russian military uniforms that were soiled from the inside? It had to be a big bill and a bigger cleaning task.

Wonder just how many mid grade Russian military personnel were asking the question; "And you wanted us to take the US on in a head to head fight? What were you NUTS?"

[omega4412]

"Modern precision warfare also seems to be a more humane method of dealing with rogues than traditional decade-long suffocating sanctions."

Absolutely. Sanctions are a modern form of siege warfare. And it's always the civilians who suffer most in siege warfare.

[SwinneySwitch]

"Just before Christmas, a high-ranking French delegation of generals, admirals, defense industry officials and analysts came to Moscow."

Friggin french!