Asia Times Online :: Vlad the Hammer vs Obama the Wimp
By Pepe Escobar
Make a plan; then make another plan. Both won't work.
- Bertolt Brecht
Brechtian distancing tells us that "ridiculous" does not even begin to describe it. The Cold War mentality is actually impregnated in the Beltway genes - from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon.
The cluelessness of the Obama administration - not to mention US Think Tankland - cannot be overemphasized. Nobody in the Beltway has articulated a sound Russian policy - apart from demonizing Putin. That suits Vlad the Hammer fine; he's busy carefully constructing a new strategic reality not only in Europe's periphery but at the core as well. Russia is back - with a bang.
In this larger scheme of things, drifting towards a post-Post Cold War environment, the Snowden affair is just a piece of the puzzle. And here's where the personal perfectly mirrors the political. Vlad the Hammer knows exactly what he's doing - while Obama the wimp looks like a deer caught in a Trans-Siberian locomotive's headlights
Here's some cool headed sanity. Please disregard the earlier two posts... my bad.
Araghchi to Al Mayadeen: EU move contradicts Tehran efforts with IAEA
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21 Nov 2024 Source: Al Mayadeen By Al Mayadeen English Speaking to Al
Mayadeen, the Iranian FM says Iran has vowed immediate and decisive action
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14 hours ago
Hey Peter
ReplyDeleteapologies for the OT
Pop over to my place and take in the latest Jan interview
I was shocked, to say the least
Some interesting documents...
Jan has more the link is in the blog post
btw
I did leave you two other responses below
clarifying SA and something else
ttyl
Oh Penny, I am soo out of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat is OT?
What is ttyl?
I now know SA is Saudi Srabia, ty :P
Hi Peter
ReplyDeleteOT = off topic
ttyl = talk to you later
believe me I am mostly out of it too...
but, some times it is easier to use these short forms
not everywhere
but, here, you can dig it! ;)