Russia Capitalizes on New World Disorder- opinion from Germany

[alfredo]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,572059,00.html

The war in the Caucasus is a truly global crisis. Russia's action against the western-looking Georgia testifies to an extreme craving for recognition and is reminiscent of the Cold War. It reveals the reality of the chaotic new world order -- a result of the failures of President Bush's foreign policy.

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Part of the truth is that the United States had rather relished treating Russia and its then president, Vladimir Putin, as yesterday's superpower and leader. US President George W. Bush withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and invented a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. The revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia, reverberations of the revolutionary fall of 1989, were made possible by the gracious assistance and coaching of American foundations and think tanks. There was nothing wrong with this approach, but America, the overwhelmingly superior superpower, was petty enough to gloat over its achievements.
A Touch of the Old Cold War

John McCain, who hopes to become the 44th US president, has come up with the spectacular idea of establishing a league of democracies that would address the world's problems whenever the United Nations is gridlocked, in other words, whenever there is an important issue on the table. If this league existed today, would intervention forces already have been deployed to the Caucasus? And now McCain has come up with the no less original idea of excluding Russia from the golden circle of G8 nations. Does anyone have any other bright ideas on how to punish the miscreant?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Humiliation and contempt always breeds hate in the end.

If Bush could have been a better diplomat, Russia wouldn't be an issue.

[DFW]

2. Dip-lo-mat. That's three syllables

If Bush could pronounce it, he might have had a shot at being one.

Instead, he looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul (if not his battle plans).

Putin looked into Bush's eyes and saw the back of Bush's head. No wonder he didn't
feel he was risking much in South Ossetia.

[alfredo]

4. Ha!

[alfredo]

3. It was clear he wanted a return to the cold war. War profiteers make a

lot of money from the fear of total destruction. It's also about controlling us.