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To: Jacalyn Deaner who wrote (4353)	4/18/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<John - what will happen is the radicals will take over and they will not hesitate to let NATO and the west get recipricol treatment. They have had 10 years of capitalism drilled into them that has completely failed and the country will mobilize around the extreme that give them a mission and belief. The majority of the country is already united in belief against the west and are being whipped up into a frenzy>> I wouldn't call what is practiced in Russia capitalism, Jacalyn. The state still controls major industries, the state subsidizes favored major corporations owned by friends of politicians while making it virtually impossible for small business to operate. What this "capitalism" has produced in Russia is a speculator elite with huge offshore banking accounts who dine in opulance with their bureaucrat friends that would have shamed the Czar . This isnt capitalism it is cronyism and statism no different than what was practiced in the USSR, only now the doors have been opened for a few more to eat off the plate of the misery of the Russian people. People see this, they see the US and Europe backing this and feeding money to these crooks. This will be how we "lose" Russia. The Russian people, no doubt, see this as a plot to destroy their country. IMHO, its just sheer stupidity on the West's part for backing ridiculous "reform" plans that arent reforms at all! Its a mess to be sure.

To: Jacalyn Deaner who wrote (4353)	4/19/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 17770

Jacalyn, It constantly amazes me how astute some of the people are that post to these SI threads. Yea, the situation in Russia is bleak. The nationalists are becoming the hot political powers these days. I think Bill Clinton is blind to reality. The guy spends more time on the golf course than anyone I know. The world is at the brink of a nuclear war and Bubba is shooting six over par. -John ps It looks like the ultranationalists have won the election in Turkey. I wonder if they are going to hunt the last of the Armenians now... "Who rembers the Armenians?" -Adolf Hitler