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Cold War II as Comfortable Shoes
August 29, 2008 | 7 Comments
A colleague sent me this cartoon from the 1 September issue of the New Yorker. It’s quite an appropriate addendum to “Loving Cold War II.”

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I’m not saying that I’m hell smart and all this
Just some comments that I made at the first hours of “new page of modern history” (sorry, in Russian but with some explanations in Eng.). Watch dates and timing!
Ликбез – ЛИКвидация БЕЗграмотности, a project in early Soviet days to eliminate illiteracy.
Now read this
http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=19303
It is really funny cause many Saak fan insisted that “peaceloving” Mishiko would never ever use force there as this might close NATO’s doors for him….
And this was my PLAN
http://m-yu-sokolov.livejournal.com/419614.html
Well, forcing to peace appeared to be more complicated that I assumed (from my far-far away place). But in general – I could be a good general
So was all this done under US control? No doubt.
Was all this a part of Republican presidential campaign? No doubt.
Is is a good plan? It was but there is one flaw in the plan. It didn’t take into account how fast and how hard Russia would hit back.
PS. By US I don’t mean the USA nor Bush (he is not that “smart”). But there is a group of eggheads in current administration who planned all this. Timing was perfect.
Short term bonuses.
1. Although “Russian invasion” gives BOTH candidates the ground to claim who is more patriot, it gives current administration chances to show that they can do something “in time of crisis”. Well, it is not their fault that time of crisis was so short.
2. It couldn’t be started later – for both military and political considerations. Autumn in mountains is hard time for war. Autumn in US – prime time for prime show Barak vs. John/Sarah not Saakashvili.
3. Small free gift to China (as poject “free tibet” failed).
Long term bonus
1. Bring “peace and democracy” (Iraq style) to Russian door.
PS. I’m not paranoid. I just studied eggheads long enough…
Am I or am I not [paranoid]- that’s the question!
У Мишико точно башню сорвало….
Mr Brown said both the EU and Nato should review their ties with Russia
“When Russia has a grievance over an issue such as South Ossetia, it should act multilaterally by consent rather than unilaterally by force,” he said.
“My message to Russia is simple: If you want to be welcome at the top table of organisations such as the G8, OECD and WTO, you must accept that with rights come responsibilities.”
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PS. I heard Brown’s rating is so high that it’s higher than Mugabe’s one. This explains why he can afford to live in his own magic world. : ))))))