Russia May be about to try to clear the table, Georgia is the first pawn play is a larger game
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August 12, 2008
Sean Lewis
If anyone has been paying attention,
Russia has been getting Rich
China has been getting Rich
The US has been getting Poor.
The reasons?
Exporting technologies via Free Trade
agreements which allowed US companies
to set up state of the art Manufacturing facilities
in China, enriching their population while
trouble shooting and perfecting their industries.
In the process we have decimated our own middle class
and economy.
Exporting technology to Russia to show them how
to cost effectively and efficiently extract oil from the
frozen tundra.
Finally depleting our own wealth via two wars and
exhausting and over extending the military.
This has left the US vulnerable on numerous levels.
(this is my opinion, rough and not representative of any official position of any organization. Just a thought that came to mind that I felt should be voiced based on current events)
One, we are dependent on China to support the US dollar
by buying US Treasury Bonds and holding onto US currency.
We do not have the military resources to engage in a third war or military action.
Bush has eroded the political. moral and ethical leadership
America once could wield in times of world duress with the
unethical, illegal and immoral Iraq war.
China and Russia are about to engage in a global power and
resource grab the US is powerless to stop.
Why now?
The Obama trip overseas.
Yes, the catalyst was the Georgian show of aggression, but
this was Russia's excuse to initiate their plans, like the Neocons and the Project for the New American Century executed their plans for US global dominance once the 9/11 attacks occurred.
The Obama trip showed Russia that America could once again regain the Preeminence Bush squandered. McCain is already showing by his outburst he is more of the same. McCain is a leader the rest of the world will not support.
The Russian or China plan is simple and unconnected.
Let America weaken itself with Bush's 'rope a dope' Economic
and military policies, then simply control the energy supplies via land grabs treaties and economic blackmail.
We are about to see Russia begin to engulf the free satellite nations it once controlled. Russia has the wealth. Ironically we supplied them with the wealth and knowledge.
China will attempt to grab Taiwan and tighten it's grip into Africa and South America. Again ironically it was America who supplied the wealth and knowledge.
Eventually the US will no longer be able to afford the Middle East conflicts and be forced to withdraw. Leaving Al qaeda with a power base and eventual nukes in Pakistan. The Shia will engage the Sunni with Iran and China's support and once the Shia consolidate power, the march to Israel will begin.
The US will be struggling against high energy costs that will cripple the economy and leave America a toothless junk yard dog.
Our enemies will have conquered the US without firing a single shot. They will have done it economically using our own greed to kill the 'Golden Goose'.
However Obama could once again bring America back to world
preeminence. McCain would continue the alienation.
So the time for Russia and China to act is now. War is fear, and fear is good for the Republicans.and McCain is good for our enemies.
Once again during elections Bin Laden is tipping the scales of the election, this time he is doing it with more subtlety. By going after the Pakistan US connection he will force America to over play it's hand, pushing
Pakistan further to bin laden and the overthrow of the Pakistan Government and the chaos of the country with the real payoff being the nukes!
The weakness for the US is our DEBT.
With joined sacrifice the Debt and our weakness can be eliminated, for this to happen, the wealthiest Americans must now sacrifice as our soldiers have done for the PNAC and White House cause in IRAQ and the poorly played hand in Afghanistan.
Sunsetting the tax cuts will go a long way to bringing American back to self reliance. We can no longer believe that wealth is an entitlement born to privilege. This is a temporary measure until fiscal solvency is returned
the the US economy.
The belief that tax cuts stimulate the economy if it is only the rich who get the tax cuts has been proven false by the two tax rebate checks in September 2003 and again in spring of 2008. Both gave the GDP a boost, however the tax cuts to the rich has merely drained the treasury and created a wealthier top 2%.
Enough is enough.