Posts Tagged ‘New Cold War’
McCain Needs New Cold War
Posted by smeddum on August 29, 2008
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German Detente Supporter Bahr Says Cooperate With Russia
Posted by seumasach on August 28, 2008
Deutsche-Welle
28th August, 2008
The West should be seeking to improve cooperation with Russia rather than getting agitated about Moscow’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, according to veteran Social Democratic politician Egon Bahr.
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NATO divided over Georgian conflict
Posted by seumasach on August 28, 2008
Yusuf Fernandez
Press TV, Madrid
27th August, 2008
Georgian tanks near Tskinvali on August 8
On August 19, NATO foreign ministers convened in Brussels to discuss the Georgia crisis, following intense pressure from the US. The final declaration accused Russia of using “disproportionate” military force and “deliberately destructing civilian infrastructure”, but said nothing about the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia that began on August 8 and initiated the conflict.
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Russia takes up US attack in Afghanistan at UNSC
Posted by seumasach on August 28, 2008
- Drafts statement seeking condemnation of US airstrike that killed 90 civilians
- Afghanistan says wants to regulate US troops’ presence and use of air strikes
Daily Times
UNITED NATIONS: Russia, at odds with the United States over Georgia, tried unsuccessfully to push the UN Security Council on Tuesday to condemn US-led air strikes in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians.
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France fears war over Georgia
Posted by seumasach on August 27, 2008
27th August, 2008
AFP
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has told French television that: “We fear a war and we don’t want one.”
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Russia to Respond Militarily to US Missile Shield
Posted by seumasach on August 27, 2008
MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia will have to respond militarily to the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe.
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Russia says number of NATO ships in Black Sea increasing
Posted by seumasach on August 27, 2008
SUKHUMI, August 27 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian naval official reported an increase in NATO warships near the Georgian coast on Wednesday.
“According to our information, NATO ships are in the Black Sea and their numbers are increasing,” said Vice Adm. Sergei Menyailo, commander of the Novorossiisk naval base.
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Russian threat to NATO supply route in Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2008
Jeremy Page
26th, 2008
Russia played a trump card in its strategic poker game with the West yesterday by threatening to suspend an agreement allowing Nato to take supplies and equipment to Afghanistan through Russia and Central Asia.
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Arab Regimes Cautious, Public Eager for Rising Russia
Posted by seumasach on August 21, 2008
“In an interview with London’s Guardian on Saturday, Gul[Turkish President] said: “I don’t think you can control all the world from one center. There are big nations. There are huge populations. There is unbelievable economic development in some parts of the world. So what we have to do is, instead of unilateral actions, act all together, make common decisions and have consultations with the world. A new world order … should emerge.””
Sana Abdallah
19th August, 2008
AMMAN — Arab leaders are closely and quietly watching the unfolding military conflict between Russia and Georgia, while considering its political repercussions on the global scene and potential impact on the volatile Middle East. The Arab street, meanwhile, is openly backing a resurgent Russia and hopes to see the end of a Washington-centered unipolar world.
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Diplomatic rubble
Posted by seumasach on August 20, 2008
Eric Walberg
20th August, 2008
Russia’s firm response to the Georgian gamble in Ossetia is being interpreted in various ways, but the reality is clear, says Eric Walberg
Analogies of the Ossetia fiasco and its fallout with past events are coming thick and fast. Condoleezza Rice — bless her heart — says, “This is no longer 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia.” James Townsend, a former Pentagon official now with the Atlantic Council, compared the situation to Hungary in 1956.
In both cases, the Russians being, well, the Russians. Neocon Charles Krauthammer says Georgia needs “the equivalent of the Berlin air lift.” The Baltic statelets and Poland go back further yet, arguing it is a replay of Hitler and Stalin’s invasions of their territory, prompting Poland to quickly sign on the dotted line for US missiles (against the Iranians, of course).
But the most telling analogy is with Iraq and its ill-fated invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Kuwait indeed had been a province administered from Baghdad for millennia, so Saddam Hussein understandably coveted it, as Saakashvili does Ossetia. Hussein was convinced that the US had given him the green light after he had spent 10 years fighting the US’s latest bete noire, Iran , just as Saakashvili was given a similar ambivalent go-ahead to invade Ossetia . Even Townsend admits, “I think they misunderstand our eagerness and enthusiasm and think we are going to be behind them for anything.” Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said it best: “It is hard to imagine that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili embarked on this risky venture without some sort of approval from the side of the United States.”
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Kaczynski and Sarkozy: war and peace
Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2008
“As Polish prime minister from in 2003-2004, Leszek Miller coordinated Poland’s entry into the EU. The day after Poland was admitted to the European family of nations, he resigned under pressure from his opponents.”
(Leszek Miller for RIA Novosti) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili decided to become a hero on the Olympics opening day. To guarantee success, he drafted 100,000 reservists to fight a 70,000-strong republic.
Instead of looking for ways of peaceful settlement with the unruly Abkhazia and South Ossetia, he provoked a bloody conflict which took hundreds of lives. Saakashvili wanted to consolidate his positions in his own country. Having started the war, he did not expect to be its main victim. Meanwhile, he could see it all in advance. A mere 25% of South Ossetia’s population is Georgian and the rest are Ossetians with Russian passports. Moreover, Ossetians remember how Georgians seized their territory by force after the Soviet Union’s disintegration.
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