Some Friend

From Pravda:

Yet more proof that Russia yearns for the good old Soviet days. This article celebrates the life and death of Portuguese communist named Alvaro Cunhal. I particularly like this:

Today's world is a vindication and justification of the ideals of everything which Alvaro Cunhal represents and the guidelines of his Project continue to be relevant and pertinent. At a time when public services enter in collapse in the capitalist-monetarist world, at a time when the forces which detain power launch murderous attacks across the globe as they try to grab its resources by the throat, at a time when western society stands at a crossroads not knowing which way to turn, searching for values, the path which Alvaro Cunhal showed us makes more sense.

So, under capitalism public services collapse, and the United States has launched a murderous attack across the globe to grab resources by the throat. How can Russia claim to be our allies if they think of us that way? How can they deny that they miss the old days of collectivism? How can we trust Putin and his government? Pravda is not the New York Times; it does not represent independent beliefs in Russia. It may not be under as tight control as it was during the old Soviet days, but it still acts as a mouth for the Russian government.

It should come as no surprise that the Putin regime has repeatedly done us dirty. Read this editorial from Pravda about Georgia`s request that Russian troops withdraw from their (sovereign) territory. The Russians show what they think of us, and what they think we are doing:

The U.S. aims to build up tension in the Caucasus. Georgia is becoming America's most important tool for achieving the objective. Washington does not care about consequences that Georgia will have to take sooner or later. The future of its vassal states normally does not concern the Americans for they are simply going to dispatch yet another republic of the former USSR into a post-Soviet fire that is designed to clear away territory for installing the New World Order in Eurasia. The Russian military bases have been the only force that prevented Georgia from falling apart and sliding into chaos.

So, we hold Georgia and the other former Soviet Republics as vassal states solely for the purpose of sticking it to Russia! This is Russian paranoia at it`s finest! Why, pray tell, do they think we care enough to do this? Why would we bother? Talk about delusions of grandeur!

Russia claims to be our friend and ally; some friend!