The tea-leaf readers at Stratfor have come up with
an interesting analysis over some recent doings near the Caucasus...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Read it today if you can; after that it goes into the members-only
archive.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Informative, indeed. The impression I got from all that is of
'bullies' (US) that refuse to let the "little guy" (Russia) in on the
game. Despite Putin's assertion, I'm sure he must be pissed that our
military has muscled in.
I wonder why he allowed it? Despite the current war, I don't think he
would have been blamed for either: 1) not allowing the US military in
at all, or 2) with certain conditions.
As for the Georgian PM Shevardnadze, he's acting like a brat:
talking tough, because our forces are there. Eventually, we will find
the al-Queda terrorists we are looking for. (I hope.) We pull out of
the territory. He'll be screwed because Putin won't want to deal with
him, at all. What happens during the next conflict within the country?
We have our own problems to dig out of; we probably will end up
saying, "Deal with it, yourself."
At that point, toss S a shovel, cause he'll be deep in it.
― Nichole Graham, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)