New Expansionist Russia Must Be Opposed with Strength, Not Appeasement
Following close on the heels of the Russian invasion of the sovereign nation of Georgia, Russia's top military commander, Anatoly Nogovitsyn has upped the ante by threatening Poland with military action should the former Soviet satellite nation continue in their agreement with the United States to have an anti-ballistic missile system built within their borders.
The threat includes, most disturbingly, the threat of a nuclear strike. America and the rest of the world cannot permit this kind of nuclear black-mail to go unchallenged.
Following the attacks on 9-11 we turned our attentions toward the Middle East, almost to the exclusion of the other threats to our national security. We assumed that with the fall of the former Soviet Union the threat of expansionism from Moscow had ended and that we were all good friends.
Nothing could have been further from the truth. Do to that neglect, Russia has been gradually reverting to its former oppressive, Soviet-style, domestic policies and military aspirations of building a hegemony.
In trusting to the (erroneously assumed) good will of former President Vladamir Putin, the Federation Council, and the State Duma, we in the West, especially here in America, have made a grave miscalculation.
When President Bush met with Putin and "looked into his eyes," he didn't see reality, he saw what he wanted to see. Historically Western democratic leaders have been naive when facing aggressive despots like Putin. Because democratic nations lack any aspirations of conquest, they have the foolish tendency to assume that other leaders and governments share their values.
The only difference between Bush's inane statement about Putin that, "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue," and Chamberlain's "Peace for our time" statement, was the lack of any immediate negative consequences. The same Western naivete was present and has proven to have equal potential for disasterous consequences, as we have witnessed in Russia's invasion of Georgia.
Because of that benign neglect and our American leaders' inability to discern reality from wishful thinking, we are again on the brink of a "cold war."
Russia's imperialistic dreams are no longer driven by the failed and antiquated ideology of Karl Marx's communism, they are driven by a lust for wealth and power. Putin and his puppet government are looking further into their past to the days of tsarist Russia, a no less dangerous and oppressive regime.
As with Hitler and Stalin's Soviet Union, this new Russia must be faced with strength, not negotiation and appeasement. America and the other democracies of the world must send a powerful and unambiguous message that their expansionist desires are not acceptable.
Placing the entrance of Georgia and the Ukrain into NATO on a fast track would be a good first step. Threatening Russia's membership in the WTO and the G8 would be good additional disincentives for their further aggression.
We must not back down in the face of these renewed threats from Putin and his gererals.
We in the West must learn from the testimony of those who have fled Russia for the greener pastures and freedom our democracies offer.
Former KGB operative Sergei Tretyakov warned us of this "new Russia" when he said in his book, Comrade J:
As Ben Franklin told his colleagues in the process of forming the fledgling nation of the United States of America,
There will be many voices of politicians in the West, particularly from those on the Left, that we cannot afford to confront Russian aggression. Those voices, the same voices from which sprang the unilateral nuclear disarmament movement in the 70's and early 80's, are the voices of defeatism and surrender. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.
Even now, in the face of Russia's unwarranted and illegal invasion of Georgia, our Democrat Party leader and presumptive nominee for the presidency has reiterated the Left's undying faith in the failed institution of the UN and proven once more his lack of understanding of world affairs, saying that:
Such dangerous ignorance is further proof that Barack Obama is unqualified for the office he seeks. Once more I am forced to ask how anyone could rationally conclude that Obama should be President...but then we are talking about Liberals, so rationality does not pertain.
Long Live Our American Republic!!!!
The threat includes, most disturbingly, the threat of a nuclear strike. America and the rest of the world cannot permit this kind of nuclear black-mail to go unchallenged.
Following the attacks on 9-11 we turned our attentions toward the Middle East, almost to the exclusion of the other threats to our national security. We assumed that with the fall of the former Soviet Union the threat of expansionism from Moscow had ended and that we were all good friends.
Nothing could have been further from the truth. Do to that neglect, Russia has been gradually reverting to its former oppressive, Soviet-style, domestic policies and military aspirations of building a hegemony.
In trusting to the (erroneously assumed) good will of former President Vladamir Putin, the Federation Council, and the State Duma, we in the West, especially here in America, have made a grave miscalculation.
When President Bush met with Putin and "looked into his eyes," he didn't see reality, he saw what he wanted to see. Historically Western democratic leaders have been naive when facing aggressive despots like Putin. Because democratic nations lack any aspirations of conquest, they have the foolish tendency to assume that other leaders and governments share their values.
The only difference between Bush's inane statement about Putin that, "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue," and Chamberlain's "Peace for our time" statement, was the lack of any immediate negative consequences. The same Western naivete was present and has proven to have equal potential for disasterous consequences, as we have witnessed in Russia's invasion of Georgia.
Because of that benign neglect and our American leaders' inability to discern reality from wishful thinking, we are again on the brink of a "cold war."
Russia's imperialistic dreams are no longer driven by the failed and antiquated ideology of Karl Marx's communism, they are driven by a lust for wealth and power. Putin and his puppet government are looking further into their past to the days of tsarist Russia, a no less dangerous and oppressive regime.
As with Hitler and Stalin's Soviet Union, this new Russia must be faced with strength, not negotiation and appeasement. America and the other democracies of the world must send a powerful and unambiguous message that their expansionist desires are not acceptable.
Placing the entrance of Georgia and the Ukrain into NATO on a fast track would be a good first step. Threatening Russia's membership in the WTO and the G8 would be good additional disincentives for their further aggression.
We must not back down in the face of these renewed threats from Putin and his gererals.
We in the West must learn from the testimony of those who have fled Russia for the greener pastures and freedom our democracies offer.
Former KGB operative Sergei Tretyakov warned us of this "new Russia" when he said in his book, Comrade J:
"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Russia entered into what was supposed to be a new era of cooperation. The Cold War was behind us. We could become friends. Many in the U.S. believe today the old Spy-versus-Spy days are finished. The September 11 terrorist attacks shifted the American public's attention away from Russia toward international terrorism, especially Islamic fanaticism. Russia was suddenly, and is today viewed as, an ally, even a friend of the U.S.In 2007 Tretyakov amplified his warnings, saying:
In speaking out, I hope to expose how naive this is. During the Cold War, in the Soviet military doctrine there was the definition of the MAIN ENEMY, which was also used by intelligence as a basic guiding principle. It was the United States, followed by NATO and China. What is the official guiding line for the modern SVR today? The terms have changed. It is now called the MAIN TARGET. But it is exactly the same: the United States, followed by NATO and China. Nothing has changed. Russia is doing everything it can today to embarrass the U.S."
I want to warn Americans. As a people, you are very naive about Russia and its intentions. You believe because the Soviet Union no longer exists, Russia now is your friend. It isn't, and I can show you how the SVR is trying to destroy the U.S. even today and even more than the KGB did during the Cold War.Western democracies can no longer afford to assume the good will of nations like Russian and Communist China. Hostility must be met with strength, both strength of political will and military strength.
As Ben Franklin told his colleagues in the process of forming the fledgling nation of the United States of America,
"We must all hang together, or surely, we will all hang separately!"We cannot be fooled by the political fog coming from the propaganda machines of these hostile nations. Direct confrontation, not political concession, is the only means of dealing with Russia.
There will be many voices of politicians in the West, particularly from those on the Left, that we cannot afford to confront Russian aggression. Those voices, the same voices from which sprang the unilateral nuclear disarmament movement in the 70's and early 80's, are the voices of defeatism and surrender. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.
Even now, in the face of Russia's unwarranted and illegal invasion of Georgia, our Democrat Party leader and presumptive nominee for the presidency has reiterated the Left's undying faith in the failed institution of the UN and proven once more his lack of understanding of world affairs, saying that:
"We should continue to push for a United Nations Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate end to the violence. This is a clear violation of the sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Georgia – the UN must stand up for the sovereignty of its members, and peace in the world.Yep folks, he really is that stupid. He doesn't even understand that Russia is one of the Perm 5 on the UN Security Council and will block any meaningful actions by it.
Such dangerous ignorance is further proof that Barack Obama is unqualified for the office he seeks. Once more I am forced to ask how anyone could rationally conclude that Obama should be President...but then we are talking about Liberals, so rationality does not pertain.
Long Live Our American Republic!!!!
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