Putin is bent because of that missile defense system in Eastern Europe. His aggression is not a surprise at all. It has been telegraphed for at least a year now. He said that if this missile defense system went through it would re-ignite the cold war and I suppose he meant it. The worst thing about it is that the system is useless as a defense against Russia. It's woefully inadequate against multiple missiles, cruise missiles, and airplane launched weapons. It serves little practical purpose against the Middle East, where a launch of any kind against Europe would be almost like begging suicide. An interception would have to be made in almost ideal circumstances for it to be of real use.
Russia is pissed for the same reason we would be pissed if Russia deployed a missile defense system in Cuba or central America. The other part of this equation is that Europe has become much more dependent on Russian oil. They can ill afford to alienate Russia because of this, so don't expect them to side with us. If Russia decides to cut them off they would be forced to compete more with the US for Middle East oil.
This re-ignition of the cold war comes at a time we can least afford it economically or militarily. I don't know what Bush stands to gain from this monumentally stupid move, I can only guess that he or his cronies will somehow make money from it. Nothing else makes sense.
Yes, right here. Don't know why that keeps happening.
Thanks for the heads up.
"This re-ignition of the cold war comes at a time we can least afford it economically or militarily. I don't know what Bush stands to gain from this monumentally stupid move, I can only guess that he or his cronies will somehow make money from it. Nothing else makes sense."
What bothers me is that the Republican party uses these types of things as fear tactics to remain in power. That whole "making money from it" is a serious issue when corporations purchase elections.
I wish some reporter would dig up to the elbows in Bush family finances. I think the clues would be there. I would put nothing past this man. He's the type who would tell himself that it's okay if he's making a buck because he's "keeping Amurica safe from nucular rogue evil-doers" even as he sinks us deep into the quicksand of another cold war.
Seems like a lot of volunteer researchers over there. The large corporate media folks don't encourage investigative reporting any more.
