Re: An article by V.Landsbergis

vkarlamov@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
The only force that will be able to stop the
World from getting raped by Islamic and American extremists for the
next 60 years is China. Russia will have too little power to stop these
two super-plagues.

American neo-trotskysts won't last that long. At the moment they are
following their old world revolution pattern. Like once in Russia they
will ruin their new host and disappear in academic circles. Like once
WW1-Germany the USA will simply get out of money and quit.
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
But Islamists won't stop their "cheap" jihad, so Osama (real or
virtual) will proudly proclaim his victory over Great Satan. This might
necessarily lead to great mess outside USA and Europe (perhaps also
India) though. I suppose that post-commie Russia (aka Dead Satan) and
cautious China aren't Osama's prime targets. Here's a BBC
Clausewitz-style analysis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4943842.stm
Al-Qaeda jihad vs US 'long war'
Analysis
By Paul Reynolds
World Affairs Correspondent, BBC News website
Monday's bombings in Egypt fit in with the philosophy of war laid
out in a 7,000-word document by Osama Bin Laden which appeared
recently in the form of an audio tape.
And in turn, the tape came within weeks of the publication in February
of the Pentagon's "Quadrennial Defence Review" which stated:
"The United States is a nation engaged in what will be a long war."
We therefore now have two almost simultaneous documents from
the leading forces in the war and they are worth comparing.
[long comparison]
What the review does not get into, because it is not meant to,
is the place that military tactics occupy in the wider strategy in
such a long war.
The document does allude to this at the end by stating: "The
United States will not win the war on terrorism... by military means
... simultaneous, effective interaction with civilian populations will
be essential to achieve success."
And of course the lesson from the Cold War is that it was not won
by military means, though military strength certainly played a key
role. It was won by one system collapsing.
And we know how it happened. It's the economy, stupid! :-D

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