Comments on: The Americans Finally Launch ‘Operation Saakashvili’s Salvation’: From Russia’s Novosti

By: timr

timr — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:22:43 +0000

Rico, what else does Russia have? Mega natural resources besides oil and gas plus all kinds of neat military stuff like tanks,personnel carriers, airplanes, and personal weapons like the RPG and the AK series of battle rifles-which are the best in the world.
I did find one very major error in the opinion piece from the Russian. He stated that several US Navy ships had left the Gulf region and were, at that time, cruising off the coast of Georgia. One look at a map should be enough to disprove that statement, as Georgia fronts on the Black Sea, so any US ships would have to go thru the Suez canal then would have to get Turkey's permission to enter the Black Sea. This must be for domestic consumption only as any international reporter who is worth his salt-admittedly few and far between-would point out this falsehood and wonder about the rest of the piece. At any rate, Bush only wanted to send the USNS Comfort-a hospital ship-to Georgia, a plan not only nixed by the Pentagon, but also by Turkey, which has refused entry by any US Naval vessels to the Black Sea as an unnecessary provocation and likely to further inflame the Russians-with whom Turkey is a near neighbor.

By: Ricorun

Ricorun — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:43:43 +0000

It seems to me that the best way to eliminate "BigOil" from power politics is to render oil as irrelevant as possible. We do not -- and never will -- have much leverage on the demand side. As T Boone points out, "This is a crisis we can't drill our way out of". But we can develop significant leverage on the supply side. All we need is the necessary leadership and determination.

I suppose I should also mention I am quite convinced that someday pigs will fly. Lol!

Seriously though, I do think that one lesson we learned from the Cold War (you know, the first one) is that the most effective way to counter a militarily powerful enemy is to bring them to their knees economically. And what else does Russia have besides oil and gas?

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:31:02 +0000

We have no business being in that Hemisphere flexing.

BigOil is the cause of all of it, from suppressed alternative technology at home to lying to Congress about and excuse to invade.

And Russia means to discipline us out of that region, as they should.

We would do the same to them if they invaded Mexico.

At the root of the weed lies BigOil's monopoly and greed. I say, let's pull it out already.

Just say no to BigOil politics. Give Russia the benefit of the doubt folks. Put the shoe on the other foot..