Putin It To Us
There is a good analysis at Tech Central Station of Russia`s rising international strength and the trouble they are wreaking on U.S. policies in Central Asia and elsewhere.
Comrad Putin and his Dancing Teeth are trying to re-tyrannize Russia and return the Great Bear to her former bedeviling glory-at America`s expense. Putin seems to think that a statesmanlike policy is to imitate the French by finding new ways to scr, er, undermine the United States. This, to Putinoccio, is the path to national greatness. That he is making the world a more dangerous place and is endangering Russian national security seems lost on our man-who-would-be-king, and his government is ignoring the great dangers Russia faces-such as depopulation, illegal immigration, Islamification of traditional Russian areas, Iran, etc. He, like the Democrats and the mainstream press, thinks that the Bush administration is the real danger to the world; he`s been reading too much Time.
The problem is, we NEED Russia. We need a free, prosperous Russian ally. Putin seems determined to reinstall the old order under a new, corporate face. He, and indeed much of Russia in general, doesn`t understand the importance of civil liberties, the Rule of Law, and free-market economics. Russia seems incapable of embracing a decentralized system; they have endured too many centuries under a dictatorship. We could help them learn-if they would only be willing to listen.
We need to get Russia to engage. IF we could find a way to bring them on board in a real solution to Iran, that might get them to see us as partners. The problem is Putin is too interested in sticking it to us. Also, Iran is a lot closer to Russia then to America; Putin may think Dhimmitude is safer than defense.
We need to take steps to get Russia to be Putin him out to pasture; perhaps we can funnel money to the opposition to get someone else elected. Any way you look at it, we need a free, prosperous Russia as a bulwark against both the Chinese and Islam.
Someone in Washington really needs to take action.
Comrad Putin and his Dancing Teeth are trying to re-tyrannize Russia and return the Great Bear to her former bedeviling glory-at America`s expense. Putin seems to think that a statesmanlike policy is to imitate the French by finding new ways to scr, er, undermine the United States. This, to Putinoccio, is the path to national greatness. That he is making the world a more dangerous place and is endangering Russian national security seems lost on our man-who-would-be-king, and his government is ignoring the great dangers Russia faces-such as depopulation, illegal immigration, Islamification of traditional Russian areas, Iran, etc. He, like the Democrats and the mainstream press, thinks that the Bush administration is the real danger to the world; he`s been reading too much Time.
The problem is, we NEED Russia. We need a free, prosperous Russian ally. Putin seems determined to reinstall the old order under a new, corporate face. He, and indeed much of Russia in general, doesn`t understand the importance of civil liberties, the Rule of Law, and free-market economics. Russia seems incapable of embracing a decentralized system; they have endured too many centuries under a dictatorship. We could help them learn-if they would only be willing to listen.
We need to get Russia to engage. IF we could find a way to bring them on board in a real solution to Iran, that might get them to see us as partners. The problem is Putin is too interested in sticking it to us. Also, Iran is a lot closer to Russia then to America; Putin may think Dhimmitude is safer than defense.
We need to take steps to get Russia to be Putin him out to pasture; perhaps we can funnel money to the opposition to get someone else elected. Any way you look at it, we need a free, prosperous Russia as a bulwark against both the Chinese and Islam.
Someone in Washington really needs to take action.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
When will America open its eyes and embrace the obvious?
Quit pining after Russia and start wooing Ukraine instead.
She's more than willing, for crying out loud! Unlike Russia.
Hi anonymous!
I agree; we should have made every effort to bring Ukraine and the other former Soviet vassals into our orb, but we haven`t. Ukrainians are eager to be our allies, and they would be a lot more loyal and helpful than most of our ``good friends`` like France and Germany. In fact, I think that we should pull all of our military personnel out of those countries and resettle them in more agreeable places like Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.
That said, I do believe that we can ill-afford to allow Russia to fail; we have too many real enemies who are waiting to dine on the Russian corpse. Russia encompasses so much of the Earth`s land area, and holds both geostrategically significant land and huge, undeveloped natural resources, as well as the remainder of the old Soviet nuclear arsenal. All of these make Russia an attractive target for our enemies-like radical Islam or China.
What will we do if, in 50 years, China takes control of easternmost Siberia? Given the Demographics, it`s entirely possible. Russians are fleeing Siberia en-masse, while Chinese have been quietly filtering onto Russian lands. Alaska is a hop, skip, and a jump across the Bering strait; are we prepared to defend against Chinese encroachment on America? It may not happen now, but could in a few decades.
Radical Islam could colonize Russian central Asia, too, and leave us with a larger enemy to fight. This would imperil Russian oil fields (which we need) as well as endanger us because Russian nuclear facilities could well fall into Jihadist hands.
In short, we have to take steps to insure Russian stability, like it or not.
That doesn`t mean we can`t do more with Ukraine and other former Warsaw Pact countries. We need better diplomacy and strategy all around.
Thanks for stopping by!
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