[aaus-list] What is Amazing is Putin's Preparing the Russian People for War

[Steve D]

 It can clearly be seen that
Ukraine was either #1 or #2 supplier of weapons for Georgia.

Thank God for someone with guts to stand up to Ras-Putin.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Kravchuk, Bob <rkravchu at uncc.edu> wrote:

> Dear Vadim:
>
> Okay. The reports from Moscow are both interesting and informative.
> Thank you.
>
> So, if I understand you, what you are saying is that Russia is preparing
> itself for a showdown with the West?  But there are a few unanswered
> questions here: What is the threat to Russia?  Where is the threat?  Why
> now?  How are we in the West to interpret this war hysteria in Moscow?
> If V. Putin is not a warmonger himself, then why prepare the Russian
> people for this supposed eventuality?  None of this makes any sense,
> unless Russia is fixing for a fight. It is the only reasonable
> explanation, no?
>
> The entire premise of the Moscow exhibit appears to me to be a false
> one. There is no good reason on God's green earth that there should be
> war between Russia and the West. If Russia's objective is to avoid
> having a border state that is also a NATO member, then it can propose a
> major international conference to redraw the European security
> apparatus, perhaps on the basis of the OSCE (with a military component).
> Giving Russia a seat at the table would go a long way to allaying any
> lingering cold war fears that they may have about encirclement, etc. But
> Russia's recent behavior seems a strange way to go about engendering its
> own security.
>
> Simply put, it is no way to make friends.
>
> -Robert Kravchuk
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aaus-list-bounces at ukrainianstudies.org
> [mailto:aaus-list-bounces at ukrainianstudies.org] On Behalf Of Vadim
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:03 AM
> To: aaus; ukrainians
> Subject: [aaus-list] Amazing... just like Saakashvili
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/19/dorm.death.ap/index.html
>
> The title of the above article...
>
> I visited Moscow in the last couple of days and met quite a few simple
> Russian people. Everybody seems to overwhelmingly support annexation
> of the Crimea in favor of Russia.
>
> The Central Museum of Armed Forces has a substantial exhibition of the
> captured Georgian supplies, weapons, ammunition and vehicles  -- that
> draws large crowds. Russians talk about the stark significance of NATO
> weapons killing Russian citizens en masse. It can clearly be seen that
> Ukraine was either #1 or #2 supplier of weapons for Georgia.
>
> Russian newspapers write about Cold War #2, cite Churchill's speech in
> 1946, Kennan's letters, rejection of early NATO membership aspirations
> by the Soviet Union... but totally forget about the Soviet promise to
> hold free and fair elections in Poland.
>
> McCain is considered a warmongering nutcase. Russia is spiritually
> ready for the ultimate World War #3.
>
> V.Gorbach
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