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US Clash With Russia
Comment by Larry Ross, July 25, 2007
As stated in other articles, stationing US missile defence systems on Russian borders, within old USSR satellite states, is a prescription for a new cold war that can quickly heat up and become World War III.
That and the US programme to militarize and dominate space will also start a new arms race.
I don't think the US will quietly accept a deterioration in its status as its imperial objectives seem to be military domination of the world. The one area of superiority in which the US is the leader is in weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons.
Other articles show the US intends to use nuclear weapons against Iran, then install a US dictatorship to better deal with domestic dissent, and be a position to wage further wars against other states.
Once the nuclear war machine is triggered into motion there will be no going back. Those who prefer another alternative for our world had better act now to impeach Bush and Cheney while there may still be in time to stop this madness. All the other concerns should have a much lower priority.
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Putin's War-whoop: The impending clash with Russia
by Mike Whitney, June 22, 2007
What is a "unipolar" world?
It is a world in which there is one master, one sovereign--- one center of authority, one center of force, one center of decision-making. And at the end of the day this is pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.
It has nothing in common with democracy, which is the power of the majority in respect to the interests and opinions of the minority.
In Russia, we are constantly being lectured about democracy. But for some reason those who teach us do not want to learn themselves.” (Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to the Munich Conference on Security Policy 2-10-07)
The deployment of the US Missile Defense System in Eastern Europe is a de-facto declaration of war on the Russian Federation . As Russian President Putin said in a recent press conference, “If this missile system is put in place, it will work automatically with the entire nuclear capability of the United States . It will be an integral part of the US nuclear capability.” This will disrupt the current configuration of international security and force Russia to begin work on a new regime of tactical nuclear weapons. This is a very serious development. Russia will now have to rethink its current policy vis a vis the United States and develop a long-range strategy for fending off further hostile encroachments into former-Soviet states by NATO.
Welcome to the new Cold War.
Putin cannot ignore the gravity of the proposed system or the threat it poses to Russia 's national security. Bush's Missile Defense is not defensive at all, but offensive. His plan would put American military bases--with nuclear infrastructure and sophisticated radar-systems-- right on Russia's doorstep giving the US a clear advantage in “first-strike” capability. That means that Washington will be able to intimidate Russia on issues that are of critical international importance. Putin cannot allow this. He must force Bush to remove this dagger held to Moscow 's throat.
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