Oh, I’m exaggerating am I ? Please take the time to read all the words of this news-article . . please

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889152,00.html

President Bush FAILED to get help in his blood thirst land grab wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. As does President Obama.

Timothy R. Anderson

I think the role of being a military recruiter, today, here in the United States Of America, has descended itself into a
very, very lonely position …….

Some recruiters are killing themselves.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20081223/NEWS01/812230323

The upbeat mood of those who defend our current President , President Bush is at odds with the reality. Reality is that President Bush failed to “rally the world” to the cause of his Global Assault On Terrorists And All Who Dare To Live Near Them .
It costs money to chase bad guys far far away. It would’ve helped if President Bush could’ve persuaded numerous other countries’ government leaders to send in their military personnel. It costs a lot of money to chase bad guys far, far away ; perhaps the result would’ve been different if the Bush Administration could’ve got other countries to spend their money……………

President Bush failed at getting help. Now the American military
has a very, very difficult task to master.

Timothy R. Anderson

By Emily Feder, AlterNet. Posted August 18, 2008.

I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.

Full article:

http://www.alternet.org/rights/95351/at_jfk_airport%2C_denying_basic_rights_is_just_another_day_at_the_office/

The conflict that has erupted in the Caucasus has set alarm bells ringing because of Georgia’s pivotal role in the global energy market.

Georgia has no significant oil or gas reserves of its own but it is a key transit point for oil from the Caspian and central Asia destined for Europe and the US.

Crucially, it is the only practical route from this increasingly important producer region that avoids both Russia and Iran…

The BTC pipeline, which cost $3 billion to build, is a key plank of US foreign policy because it reduces Western reliance on oil from both the Middle East and Russia.

Full article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4484849.ece

It would be a serious mistake for the international community to regard the dramatic escalation of violence in Georgia as just another flare-up in the Caucasus.

The names of the flashpoints may be unfamiliar, the territory remote and the dispute parochial, but the battle under way will have important repercussions beyond the region…

The West, in particular America, has stoked the regional fire. At the Nato summit in Bucharest this year it pressed for Georgia and Ukraine’s membership of the alliance. The move was blocked by the Europeans but Nato did give a commitment to offer the two countries membership later. That move was seen in Moscow as a challenge to its dominance in what it calls the “near abroad”, the former Soviet republics.

Since then Russia has made clear in word and deed that it will do anything to prevent Nato’s expansion on its western and southern flanks.

Full article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4486297.ece

The fighting in Georgia has answered the question that world leaders have been asking since Vladimir Putin stepped down as President this year: who runs Russia?

…The Kremlin’s opposition to Washington’s plans and its new-found self-assertiveness were two key traits of Mr Putin’s eight-year presidency. Russia’s strong reaction to the crisis is meant to send a bullish message to Washington: “This is our backyard. Stay away. We know your game.”

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4499726.ece

Neocons are people that see danger everywhere and seem to crave military solutions in all cases. They endlessly blather about how we need to stand firm against bullies or other threats (Russia being near the top of the list), and protect our brave allies on the front lines, and along with them, democracy, freedom and our honor. They mock cowardly European who think appeasement (read – any diplomacy) might have a chance. They fuel conflicts and perpetually tout military options.

And yet, whenever given the opportunity to stand up to their words (and sent other people to fight, of course, they don’t do that themselves), the results are surprisingly poor.

After the catastrophic invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the neocons have just lost a third war, in Georgia.

Full article:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/10/73347/0903/840/565639

by Jerome a Paris
Sun Aug 10th, 2008 at 05:08:31 AM EST

Just as a bit of background, let me state here for the record that I wrote my PhD on the independence of Ukraine, and have thus studied how Russia behaves with its neighbors rather intensively. Following that, I worked for several years financing oil&gas projects in Russia and the Caspian; in particular, I worked on te financing of the BTC pipeline that goes from Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia (I wrote about it on DailyKos 3 years ago). Oil companies don’t need the money: what they want is for other parties like banks to share the political risks associated with their projects. Which means that in turn, the job of a banker working on these projects is to understand those political risks. And it is quite obvious that the relationship between Russia and the Caucasus countries, including Georgia, was at the heart of my work.

Full article:

http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/8/9/102157/8633

By Pravda

09/08/08 “Pravda” — The US administration urged for an immediate cease-fire in the conflict between Russia and Georgia over the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia.

In the meantime, Russian officials believe that it was the USA that orchestrated the current conflict. The chairman of the State Duma Committee for Security, Vladimir Vasilyev, believes that the current conflict is South Ossetia is very reminiscent to the wars in Iraq and Kosovo.

“The things that were happening in Kosovo, the things that were happening in Iraq – we are now following the same path. The further the situation unfolds, the more the world will understand that Georgia would never be able to do all this without America. South Ossetian defense officials used to make statements about imminent aggression from Georgia, but the latter denied everything, whereas the US Department of State released no comments on the matter. In essence, they have prepared the force, which destroys everything in South Ossetia, attacks civilians and hospitals. They are responsible for this. The world community will learn about it,” the official said.

Full article:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20469.htm