No Question Now – Back in Cold War with Russia and Hot War in Middle East!
August 22, 2007
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We are now watching the end of a brief era which followed the economic collapse of the vast Soviet Union. Now that era is abruptly ending. It was an era keyed to the belief Israel could defeat all the Islamic nations with one hand tied behind her back, that Russia’s former KGB man, President Putin, had become such a fantastic buddy with President Bush surely everything was going to be alright and, finally, the unrealistic dream of believing we would be able to create a democracy in Iraq between Iran and Syria. Our position of being the only world power is ending, and it does not look good for us in the Middle East. I have warned that Iraq would be one of the ten horns of Daniel’s stature for 33 years. The excerpt from BBC article 1 shows how fast the Iraqi President is slipping into the power crescent of Islam, which extends from Tehran to Baghdad to Damascus to Hizbullah tin southern Lebanon and to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Article 2 from the Jerusalem Post shows the return of Russia to fill the void in world power left by the economic collapse of the Soviet Union. The “friends” that the Shiite Iranian President will “seek” elsewhere, will be Russia, China, Syria and Iran.
Begin Excerpt from BBC Article 1
‘Seeking friends elsewhere’
Mr Bush’s speech came as Mr Maliki (Iraqi Shiite President) was moved to defend his administration in the face of US criticism.
“No-one has the right to place timetables” on the Iraqi government’s performance Mr Maliki said, blaming the US presidential election campaign for many of the negative comments being made.
Speaking at the end of a visit to Syria, he said Iraq would pay no attention and could “find friends elsewhere”.
On Tuesday, Mr Bush had appeared to distance himself from Mr Maliki’s government for the first time.
Mr Bush said the people of Iraq had made a great step towards reconciliation.
However he added that there was “a certain level of frustration with the leadership” of Mr Maliki and that his government now had to perform.
End Story from BBC NEWS
Begin Jerusalem Post Article 2
2 RAF jets shadow Russian military plane near UK air space
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
August 22, 2007
Two Royal Air Force jets shadowed a Russian strategic bomber that approached British air space, Britain’ s Mini
stry of Defense said Tuesday.
The incident occurred Friday, the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin flexed his military’s muscle by placing strategic bombers back on l
ong-range patrol for the first time since the Soviet breakup.
Britain’s defense ministry issued two photographs on its Web site showing one of the two RAF Typhoon F2s flying near the Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber, nicknamed the Bear, over the North Atlantic Ocean.
The ministry provided few details about where and why this happened, but the Russian warplane apparently was in international air space and approaching Britain’s skies when it was shadowed.
Last month, two Russian bombers briefly entered British air space but turned back after British fighter jets intercepted them.
Typhoon F2s are responsible for carrying out the quick-reaction alert policies of British and NATO air defense in Britain, the ministry said.
Menzies Campbell, leader of Britain’s opposition Liberal Democrats, expressed concern about the photos on the defense ministry Web site.
“These pictures convey disturbing echoes of the Cold War,” he said in a statement.
“They emphasize the importance of vigilance, the protection of our air space and the effectiveness of the response of the Royal Air Force.”
In Russia on Friday, Putin announced that 20 strategic bombers had been sent far over the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans – showing off Moscow’s muscular new posture.
“Starting today, such tours of duty will be conducted regularly and on the strategic scale,” Putin said at the time. “Our pilots have been grounded for too long. They are happy to start a new life.”
Putin said halting long-range bombers after the Soviet collapse had hurt Russia’s security because other nations – an oblique reference to the United States – had continued such missions.
Soviet bombers routinely flew missions to areas where nuclear-tipped cruise missiles could be launched at the United States.
They stopped in the post-Soviet economic meltdown. Booming oil prices have allowed Russia to sharply increase its military spending.
Eleven Russian military planes – including strategic bombers and fighter jets – carried out maneuvers west of NATO member Norway on Friday, a military official said.
Norway sent F-16 fighter jets to observe and photograph the Russian planes, which rounded the northern tip of Norway
and flew south over the Norwegian Sea toward the Faeroe Islands before turning back, said Brig. Gen. Ole Asak, chief of the Norwegian Joint Air Operations Center.
A pair of Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers approached the Pacific Island of Guam – home to a major US military base – this month for the first time since the Cold War.
Last month, Norwegian F-16s were also scrambled when Tu-95s headed south along the Norwegian coast in international air space.
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