Удивительное от Пэта Бьюкенена
Aug. 21st, 2008 01:35 amWhen Moscow pulled the Red Army out of Europe, closed its bases in Cuba, dissolved the evil empire, let the Soviet Union break up into 15 states, and sought friendship and alliance with the United States, what did we do?
American carpetbaggers colluded with Muscovite Scalawags to loot the Russian nation. Breaking a pledge to Mikhail Gorbachev, we moved our military alliance into Eastern Europe, then onto Russia’s doorstep. Six Warsaw Pact nations and three former republics of the Soviet Union are now NATO members.
Bush, Cheney and McCain have pushed to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO. This would require the United States to go to war with Russia over Stalin’s birthplace and who has sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula and Sebastopol, traditional home of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. When did these become U.S. vital interests, justifying war with Russia?
Americans have many fine qualities. A capacity to see ourselves as others see us is not high among them.
For a decade, some of us have warned about the folly of getting into Russia’s space and getting into Russia’s face. The chickens of democratic imperialism have now come home to roost — in Tbilisi.
Wikipedia:
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist and broadcaster. Buchanan was a senior adviser to American presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. He ran on the Reform Party ticket in the 2000 presidential election.
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Date: 2008-08-20 09:49 pm (UTC)Just accept that Russia in the whole scheme of things, does not matter much. It will be a lot easier after that. Russia is an afterthough. Once you accept that - everything else becomes easier to understand. Pat included.
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Date: 2008-08-20 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-20 10:07 pm (UTC)чего не перезваниваешь-то?
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Date: 2008-08-20 10:03 pm (UTC)Ничего удивительного
Date: 2008-08-20 10:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-20 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-21 12:08 am (UTC)На Западе есть два странных пророссийских явления.
Ультраправый Бьюкенен и левая газета Гардиан.
И в том и в другом случае мотором пророссийских высказываний явлеется крайняя неприязнь к Бушу и логика "послушай что скажет худрук и сделай наоборот".
Безотносительно к тому, что лично я их в этом вполне поддерживаю.
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Date: 2008-08-21 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-21 03:43 am (UTC)По сути же дела, что бы откалибровать суждения Бьюкенена, надо сравнить его текст о нынешней России с его же анализом событий 30-х годов прошлого века.