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August 24, 2008 - 3:41 pm - by Richard Fernandez
buddy larsen
2008-08-25 11:43:07

Rune, it’s not Denmark, it’s the EU that is swimming into focus with a lot of us over here. Like, now with the Rus invasion, it ought to be crystal clear that a western presence in Iraq is the only thing standing in the way of a Persian Gulf added to the Caspian Basin –basically the globe’s oil supply –being under one rather self-interested kremlin thumb. Now, USA is a whole lot of blood & treasure into OIF, and all along the EU –bigger, more populus, richer, closer to the trouble zone, and more needful of its oil than the USA –has for all intents & purposes just ciphered out, apparently certain that USA will fix everything without even making them hop off the moral equivalence fence. EU ought to have from the get-go been in this 1:1 with USA, troops as well as costs. Then the Bear wouldn’t dare be so aggressive –and that’s just for starters on the virtuous cycle that would result from a forward leaning Europe.