05-10-2006, 03:00 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is quite a simple fact that West that accuses Putin of sabotaging democracy has created a threat to Russia-in its very fragile phase-instead of helping it. So I seriously question the rhetoric emanating from the west.
How in the god's name would expanding NATO-that was seen in Russia as a nilitary alliance opposed to it -to its borders to be interpreted? How does West support the existence of NATO a military alliance-against whom? let alone expansion-I question its existence. If west was serious about Coopting democratic nations or Russians into democracy NATO should have been dissolved, TSP should have been kicked where it hurt most and Chinese needed to have been dealt far more viciously. We see none of that and Cheney comes in and says Putin backtracking on democracy?
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history and the historic rivalry between the West and Russia for several centuries. Indians know this by the name of Great Game.
<img src='http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/007248179x/35299/map15.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/540/ha.../expansion.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/f...299/wpmap25.pdf
The Grand Duchy of Moscovy was about half the size of Maine when it was founded in about 1480. It expanded under Russian czars and then Soviet commissars to become what was the world's largest country.
During the 1600/1700/1800 Russia expanded in southern border and also to the blacksea. The Soviet Union was the peak of Russian expansion in history and the breakup of SU in 1991 started the rollback of that expansion.
The west by using NATO to expand among all the former states of SU is consolidating the rollback of Russia after 300 years and making sure that Russia will never expand south, west or to the east. The west is also using democracy as a tool to get the ex soviet republic to coopt along with the color revolution. The people of these regions have been indoctrinated with ideas of "freedom/democracy/color revolution" with them not knowing what their future will turn out to be.
For the Islamic republics in Central Asia they are using the Islamic revolution with Al queda as a driver for changing regimes and state relations.
How in the god's name would expanding NATO-that was seen in Russia as a nilitary alliance opposed to it -to its borders to be interpreted? How does West support the existence of NATO a military alliance-against whom? let alone expansion-I question its existence. If west was serious about Coopting democratic nations or Russians into democracy NATO should have been dissolved, TSP should have been kicked where it hurt most and Chinese needed to have been dealt far more viciously. We see none of that and Cheney comes in and says Putin backtracking on democracy?
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history and the historic rivalry between the West and Russia for several centuries. Indians know this by the name of Great Game.
<img src='http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/007248179x/35299/map15.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/540/ha.../expansion.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/f...299/wpmap25.pdf
The Grand Duchy of Moscovy was about half the size of Maine when it was founded in about 1480. It expanded under Russian czars and then Soviet commissars to become what was the world's largest country.
During the 1600/1700/1800 Russia expanded in southern border and also to the blacksea. The Soviet Union was the peak of Russian expansion in history and the breakup of SU in 1991 started the rollback of that expansion.
The west by using NATO to expand among all the former states of SU is consolidating the rollback of Russia after 300 years and making sure that Russia will never expand south, west or to the east. The west is also using democracy as a tool to get the ex soviet republic to coopt along with the color revolution. The people of these regions have been indoctrinated with ideas of "freedom/democracy/color revolution" with them not knowing what their future will turn out to be.
For the Islamic republics in Central Asia they are using the Islamic revolution with Al queda as a driver for changing regimes and state relations.