Now that I am out of camp, it's time to start blogging. It's been a pleasure to catch up on the past summer's posts.
I love Obama, but I spaced out during parts of his speech, and read this.
Any way you look at it, Georgia has become a divisive issue for the United States and Russia. I still believe that the tensions surfacing now are a result of the eastern expansion of NATO and American missile defense systems. At the same time, I do believe that recent talk on TV of a second Cold War is bogus. Any Russian retaliation over the missile deal, such as a threatened attack on Poland or Ukraine, seems highly improbable; however, it does make sense that the Russian government would flip-out over the deal. It creates an interesting parallel to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
To close out, a 1987 quote from Mikhail Gorbachev sent to me by my father:
"Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. "
I love it.
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Having spent the last week in Russia, one thing I no longer doubt is the Russian people's like for the Putin/Mevedyev team. These are people who, much like the Germans in the 1920's, have been trounced and humiliated. Regardless of which course of action we take, this is a considerably dangerous situation that goes beyond tough talk.
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