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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dybdahl who wrote (10269)	8/13/2008 12:27:13 PM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71454

so it ok for the US to screw with anyone they want Iraq/Afganistan but no one else that is capable can do anything unilaterally- double std imo- ps- dont go down 911 track- or the terrorist track either- we continue to interfer/intervene where we see fit-

To: dybdahl who wrote (10269)	8/13/2008 12:27:22 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71454

Yes, that is correct. Russia is in power demo mode protecting its interests. It runs well with the electorate, which is why Putin became so popular (besides life getting better due to oil) Russia is bathing in oil/commodity cash and could care less about the international community - US now OWES Russia 400 billion or so. Compared to 1991, the tables sure turned. However, when it comes to the question WHAT actually the interests were - they were what they stated them to be. It's still a democracy. However, Russia historically does not want to align with the US. Cold war stuff is still alive there as well, and the tendencies intensified after US Iraq invasion. US is seen as a World bully after that. Now the interest of not having Georgia, a NATO member, near the border, is also understandable. US violated UN in Iraq first, so I guess Russia considers this permissible now.