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To: TobagoJack who wrote (50359)	5/23/2009 10:15:11 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 219870

The author of the article on Russia assumes that the policies of the US towards Russia were wrong because they alienated Russians. Nations rarely have friends, they have interests. Great Powers have even fewer friends. Even the relation between the US and Britian did not count enough during the Suez crisis, when Eisenhower decided stop Britian and France from re-establishing colonialism. One of the few anti-colonialist acts after the immediate post WW II period. A weak, but not too weak, Russia is in US interests. It is also pretty nuch the interests of the EU and China, though I expect there are differences in details. Exaggerating, for the EU and China, Russia is a giant buffer state against Islamic expanison. A role once held by Poland.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (50359)	5/24/2009 1:45:01 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 219870

Finally some reasonable assessment of Russia. Unfortunate Putin is the main obstacle to cooperation

To: TobagoJack who wrote (50359)	5/24/2009 3:48:54 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219870

Only simpletons think resets are solutions. Simpletons do know, neither grasp the concept of process versus events. They think only in terms of events. They reason that by creating an event, a reset in our case, solves the problem. It does not. Modern globalized world is a complex construction. It can move on based on a sequence of events (involving various mindsets Anglos, Latinos, Asians and Blacks). It is only based on processes that, apparently, is not moving but if looked under a holistic perspetcive is moving a fast speed. For simpletons, it must be demonstrated on an Excel sheet with numbers in it. But numbers do not display the complexities that lies underneath. For them, it must be shown that, it was there yesterday, it is here today and tomorrow will be over there. Stupid! It moves, ahead, stops, moves sideways, moves back wards, sudden jumps ahead and it will get there. It has always gotten there. Simpleton is Bush administration. Go do a Shock and Awe. No one shoots back. Enter the country. People wold line the streest throwing flowers at the liberators. Remove Saddam. Land in an aircraft carrier. Say: Mission accomplished. Put puppet pliable government. Show some reconstruction work. But we knew from day one that this is not going to ahppen and said the best course of action was to end the damn thing in pizza. Russia and Iran one must first try to understand what is inside the head of the collective people. Not in the program or speeches of the politicos. Need to understand what make them happy. What make them worried. What they think under a given circumstance... This is complexity. This is not something that can be put on a Excel sheet or described on a sngle A-4 page. Simpletons will always lose. Just given them time and a rope and they hang themselves.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (50359)	5/24/2009 8:40:16 AM
From: dvdw©	Respond to of 219870

This piece ; A 'Reset' Is Not Enough By E. Wayne Merry International Herald Tribune May 23, 2009 (consider this reply as input to your inbox.) Is sophistry. Its got all the elements of mouthpiece. Its simple projective identity cast out as possessed of actual meaning, cast to the framework of latent potential.(most probably produced as in bought and paid for) Nothing in here deals with anything about Russia. Period. Say something often enough and it becomes true? Nope....... in light of what has been written by lives come and gone, this borders on little more than wishful thinking where history regrets its own telling and thus needs a reset.