Thank you Chuck for speaking some sanity into this discussion…I have started a blog to expose one of the most rabid people out there, “La Russophobe”, who basically runs a smear blog that cannot be dismissed as someone’s hobby…but rather seems to be the product of a professional PR machine like Randy Scheunemann’s Orion Strategies.
“The USA and Russia need one another right now. We need their oil and resources, and frankly their boot down on a very troublesome part of the world. They need our might to give them time while they restock their maternity wards. Otherwise they’ll be a district of China. This partnership won’t be a love affair but rather a practical arrangement based on mutual interest and mutual respect could be very advantageous for both parties. The northern hemisphere could be a zone of mutual prosperity and mutual security, with the EU as a sort of themepark between Washington and Moscow–I think our European “allies” would like nothing better. Too bad the US is sleepwalking back in the days of the Cold War and Russia is thinking with the chip on its shoulder to see it. Maybe Vladimir the Great gets it, in which case he would deserve the title you ironically gave him.”
My thoughts EXACTLY. “kabud” and other fans of La Russophobe are either using her to make their own kneejerk anti-Russian position appear moderate in comparison, or they are certifiable John Birchers who really do think that the real world is like that Simpsons episode:
“The Soviet Union would be happy to host your wayward vessel.”
“The Soviet Union? I thought you guys broke up?”
“That’s what we wanted you to think! Bwahhahahahahahahaaha!” (cue Evil Empire music, Berlin Wall going back up, Lenin resurrected)
