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To: TobagoJack who wrote (84334)	12/9/2011 11:03:24 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217591

"Sic transit gloria mundi". "In ancient Rome generals and emperors who had won a great victory over one of Rome's enemies received on their return a triumphal procession through the city's streets. In the procession were slaves and captives, carts loaded with plunder, ranks of marching soldiers and jaunty cavalry... Always in this triumph a slave stood in the chariot behind the victorious general. Over the general's head he held a garland of laurel, signifying victory. Into the general's ear the slave repeatedly whispered a caveat: "Sic transit gloria mundi". "Sic transit gloria mundi"."Sic transit gloria mundi". "Sic transit gloria mundi" means All the glories of the world are ephemeral.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (84334)	12/9/2011 11:15:48 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217591

The question now is, how will (Putin) react to his changed circumstances. Few people are counting on Mr Putin to liberalise, but cracking down could be explosive. Vladimir Pribylovsky, an independent political scientist, says: “He is not the type to liberalise. And I don’t think he can tighten the screws either. He just wants to do nothing and hope for the best.” The humbling of a tsar By Charles Clover Putin is facing the biggest crisis of his rule ft.com Putin elect a boy and hoped to come back. I think that boy pulled the carpet under him and is behind the humbling...

To: TobagoJack who wrote (84334)	12/9/2011 11:29:23 PM
From: Hawkmoon	6 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217591

TJ, those are interesting thoughts, and I would like to concur with Kissinger. But history has shown that when non-democratic rulers (and even democratic leaders) want to distract their populace from internal troubles, it's often useful to create an external enemy and spoil for a fight. In the case of China, this includes the Spratly's/S. China Sea, as well as Taiwan. Currently everything is relatively stable and hopefully a military confrontation will never come to pass. But bellicose rhetoric on the part of Chinese military leadership only drives the local countries in the region into the arms of the US and collective security. I have no desire to see the US go to war with China. But neither do I want to see China bullying it's neighbors, or attempting to encroach on critical international sea lanes. Hawk

To: TobagoJack who wrote (84334)	12/11/2011 12:27:59 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217591

America globalization has created a permanent cosmopolitan class, or the Davos Men, in the late Samuel Huntington's memorable phrase -- the small group of globe-trotting, option trading elites who reap the lion's share of the assorted benefits of globalization. "Davos Man" a new species in the evolutionary ascent of man ? And the new class of corporations ... ...thanks for posting thats led to some interesting reading tonight looking back at World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland and a little reading up on Sam Huntington . en.wikipedia.org