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To: maceng2 who wrote (38403)8/11/2008 9:09:34 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 218030
 
The participants here are at a much higher level than that. Thus they don't have to go back to such basic concepts to discuss.

This is not only for you but to all!

Never return to basics to counter argue.

Always go one step higher on your line of argumentation.

Give the burden of learn to the less fortunate that doesn't know.

OK, back to the subject:

ONE: The Europeans want to pass what's their particular problem and wrap it up as Western problems. With all respect to Georgians: but if their country would sink inside the Black Sea tomorrow morning, the world would not notice.

TWO: The West is this place here. The Western Hemisphere. From Alaska to Tierra de Fuego. That thing there, is a monoblock called Eurasia. That's always has been. It is Europeans facing the Atlantic that started calling that thing there Europe to teach second grade students about cartography.

THREE: A Eurasian problem is not a Western problem.

FOUR: These Eurasian developments will not stop and will be more complicated to deal with in the future.



To: maceng2 who wrote (38403)8/11/2008 8:19:39 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218030
 
CUJONES that can be grasped a little tight

"The Europeans have been basically neutralized," he said. "In part, because they've become very dependent on Russian oil and gas, particularly gas. For example, in the case of Germany, [Russia] provides 42 percent of Germany's natural gas. So the Germans, who were probably expected to take the leading role here, have been neutralized."

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