Lets not forget, in the quoting of Solzhenitsyn on the subject of “human rights, democracy, and freedom” that Alexander weighed that against the need for strength, honor that every nation wanted and concluded that the US had kicked Russia when it was down and all but guaranteed that it’s aggression against Russia and it’s slimey backing of the corrupt opportunists that looted Russia would guarantee Revanchist Russian foreign policy.
In 2007, Solzhenitsyn told Der Spiegel how fortunate it was for all Russians, even longtime haters of the KGB, totalitarianism, and Cosmopolitans – like him – that Putin had brought Russia back.
“Putin inherited a country ransacked (by the West and the Oligarchs), with a poor and demoralized people. And he started to do what is possible – a slow and gradual restoration. Those efforts were not noticed, or appreciated, immediately. In any case, one is hard-pressed to find examples in history when steps by one country to restore it’s strength were met favorably by other governments (happy and hoping that another power stays prostrate).
And all the Neocon fans waving their little sabers and poring over Google maps – when they are not opposing any new taxes or a Draft needed to fight the 14 or so new wars they advocate the US get involved in soon, overlook this: (from Mike Goodwin)
But America also needs to get its own act together if we have any hope of rallying the world against the new rise of totalitarian regimes. Russia was clearly emboldened not only by its newfound oil and gas wealth, but also by our obvious weakness.
We are hobbled in the world and divided at home, dependent on others for our energy, much of our food, manufacturing, and even for our financing.
We are going deeper into debt with each passing day, our future mortgaged with commitments we cannot possibly keep. And yet the solutions our leaders offer are no match for the scale of the problems. We don’t even demand that Obama and McCain offer honest ideas that would halt our alarming decline, let alone put us on the path to security and prosperity.
One result is that, if this is the start of a new Cold War, we’re in no position to fight it with even the same commitment and resources we used to win the last one.
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RAH – Rather than argue others are stupid or idiots lets argue and discuss their points. Not whether they are plants or never served, when they believe in the military might of the US.
Its a little hard to avoid that when you have idiots that say we have no choice but to launch our military in strikes against Russia and start WWIII “to avoid another Munich!”.
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