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To: koan who wrote (83169)	8/14/2008 1:43:42 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (4) of 116555

Koan there are small differences between 1938 and today no matter of the arms available for self destruction. So lets agree that we differ on this point Secondly please let me know where is India's sphere of influence for example and please explain why Russia who is 0.12 of India population should be treated differently same I can say about Indonesia with twice the population of Russia From an economic point of view how big is Japan sphere of influence or Germany or the UK or Brazil. What in heaven has Russia except a history of brutal aggression that the world should relate to this 140 million pop. strong very highly corrupt country with a GDP of 1.3 trillion which is smaller than Italy GDP for example a status of power and sphere of influence above that of Italy for example?? So following this venue why at all give Russia a bigger "sphere of influence" that they deserve? Like within their borders. The fact that Siberia is still under Russian control is a big enough sin of the world at large - where are the rights of those many nations living there and where Russia plunders their natural resources on a daily basis?? Ask the ordinary people in Ukraine or Kazakhstan etc. what they think of Russia if under the Tsarist regime, Communist Regime and now – then you will understand how wrong it is the way the Georgia crisis was handled to date!! Relating to Russia as a world power vis a vis the US is wrong and there are ways that I am not privy to that can cut Russia's aspiration and should be done quickly. Russia must be forced by all means into understanding the new world order and that they are way out of sync in a serious way when compared let say to even the old EU not to mention the new extended EU Keep in mind and for adequate comparison Russia as a world power is less in GDP contribution to the world than France Germany Italy each country alone by itself and about the CEE countries counted together. Who is Russia leadership now except of a assembly of tugs who where former KGB types? To stick to the old world order which took so many wars and economic hardship and throw away the achievements of the last generation is utterly wrong. I would not offer my specific advice about how to bring Russia back to its senses & imaginary size and eliminate their aspiration of grand mania as it would be very amateurish. There are enough people employed to do just that and trust me there are the solutions available that this whole process can be resolved quite quickly - the problem we have in front of us is lack of cohesion in the US and also in Europe which Putin knows and exploits it to his benefit. And in summary if we get now to the extreme that military force is needed to resolve once and for all the issue of Russia expectation to return to their cold war influence over their neighbors then better do it now before it would be to late and much more expensive and much more lives will be at stake!! Teaching Russia now where they are and that if they want integration in the world economy and social fabric will also resolve the Iran issue as Iran can not achieve what they want with out outside help which in this case is Russian help. Iran is now one of the first beneficiaries of what happen in Georgia and the proven impotent conduct of the EU – Iran will now “piss” on all the world knowing nothing will happen to them. There are several old saying in Romania about Ivan which I can not translate properly but in a nutshell the conclusion is that Ivan must be kept forcefully within his natural boundaries. History does not repeat itself it only rimes In an educational process slapping your child is very bad but some times it is needed if he does not get it!! after all it is human nature

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