Hi Jay - I don't really have much insight into power politics, by which I mean the type of thing you raised in your post, military hostility of one type or another. I think I've recommended Thomas P.M. Barnett to you before. He teaches at the US Naval War College, and has a lot of insight into the thinking in the Pentagon. He doesn't think the US has any particularly hostile intentions towards China, India or Russia. They're all in The Core with us, and we need to work together. The enemy is in The Gap. His latest on China:
thomaspmbarnett.com
I do keep up regularly with various pronouncements by the Bush administration and the Neocons, and haven't run across anything that would lead me to believe that the present administration has any particular hostility towards Russia, China or India.
I could point out that, while there is support in the US for Yushchenko in Ukraine, his big backers are Madeline Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton, a Democrat), Zbigniew Brzezinski (Secretary of State under Carter, a Democrat), and George Soros, who spent millions trying to get John Kerry elected. Albright and Zbigniew Brzezinski were also supporters of John Kerry. Not sure how that plays out since Bush was reelected, but I assume that Bush would support Yushchenko if he were elected. But, Bush does like Putin, at least as a person. |
