"Eugene Holman" <holman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article
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> <cedrins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Russia meets its aspirations of becoming a responsible and
>> constructive
>> power on the world stage in the post-American age."
>>
>> Too funny.
>
> But not off the wall. If we have learned anything during the past twenty
> years it is that a country cannot become a global player without
> transparency, some semblance of rule of law, a serious currency, and a
> high level of give-and-take with the surrounding world. Russia, China,
the
> EU, even India have all learned this. In the US, on the other hand, a
> group within the Republican Party is trying to derail John McCain's bid
to
> become the candidate and make a strong case for arch conservative and
> isolationist Ron Paul
> (http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/17374639.html)
or
> some similar but less radical candidate, while frivolous issues (see
> below) are hampering the Democratic Party's ablity to choose a
candidiate.
>
> Is this (http://www.cbs46.com/news/16250318/detail.html)
the kind of
crap
> that you expect in a political campaign for what is still considered to
be
> the most powerful political position in the world?
>
> The United States is on the wane, and the vultures are circling, looking
> for the choicest pieces while they are still fresh. Tha sixty-odd years
of
> American hegemony will be a hard act to follow, and no country will be
> able to immediately fill its boots. Russia, China, and a few other
> countries and groups of countries are doing everything that they can to
> assure that they get a piece of the action, which, it seems will soon be
> dominated by regional superpowers and alliances. Its hardly surprising
> that Russia aspires to be a major player in this already begun
realignment
> of world power.
>
> Vladimir Putin did not annoint a man like Dmitry Mdvedev to be his
> successor for nothing.
>
> Regards,
> Eugene Holman
Oh dear, oh dear - the future is bleak and bleaker.
Not all is lost, however, there is still Putka.
Putka, putka - rah, rah rah.
Russkies have tanks now - sis boom bah!
Best - - Henry
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