Link to NYT article.
I thought it was very simple minded thinking to talk about the return of the Cold War. That image is totally inappropriate because the conditions for returning to that no longer exist other than the Russians possessing too many nukes.
But the shape of the new permafrost in relations between the Russia and the West could be taking shape from the way which the Russians are retaliating against the sanctions coming on the them. None of these would have happened if they had not accidentally shot down MH17. When that happened we lose control of the situation and it now run itself on a dangerous dynamic. It was untenable not to respond to the downing of MH17 and the Russians would not bear to lose face without retaliating on sanctions against them. I am always afraid when nations are prepared to cut the nose to spite the face. This is the sort of prideful actions that leads to war. A similar dynamic could be incubating on our side of the world between China and Japan.
This situation bears very careful watching as it has the potential to destroy every assumption on how we are investing and running our economies.
let's pray we wouldn't fall prey to the perpetuator of war - it will benefit no one except the one who pitches brother vs brother and then come forward as the "saviour"
ReplyDeleteIt is ironic that President Obama in his West Point speech posited that the US couldn`t be the world`s police, and intervene in every single dispute all over the globe; and yet his foreign policy approach has ended up getting involved in every single dispute all over the world.
ReplyDeleteBut then, isn't that exactly what they scheme and wish for?
http://www.econmatters.com/2014/08/the-us-needs-to-stop-meddling-in-russia.html#more
I have no wish to change your mind but please look at this article and make up your own mind.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.globalresearch.ca/systematically-reconstructing-the-shoot-down-of-the-malaysian-airliner-mh17-the-guilt-is-clear-and-damning/5395070
This article is from Global Research.