17th August 2008, 03:24 PM
I can't help but think that the whole situation is going to get far worse before it gets better.After we saw the fall of communism all the old Warsaw pact countries are now part of NATO,including the three Baltic states-and now both Georgia and the Ukraine want in as well.
Although Putin is not the president it is prety clear who is actually in charge and calling the shots!Russia has been re-arming itself with new weapons and the conflict in Georgia has given them the chance to test them,has any-one heard what the official Chinese responce is? though I expect them to be agreement with Putin (especially after that big army exercise between the two last year),once Georgia has been bullied into line and a more pro-Moscow president is in power it looks like the Ukraine could be next.
One snippet of info,it's not just the USA that helped re-arm Georgia,but the Israelis as well!and somehow I don't think the russians will forget (or forgive) this.
Although Putin is not the president it is prety clear who is actually in charge and calling the shots!Russia has been re-arming itself with new weapons and the conflict in Georgia has given them the chance to test them,has any-one heard what the official Chinese responce is? though I expect them to be agreement with Putin (especially after that big army exercise between the two last year),once Georgia has been bullied into line and a more pro-Moscow president is in power it looks like the Ukraine could be next.
One snippet of info,it's not just the USA that helped re-arm Georgia,but the Israelis as well!and somehow I don't think the russians will forget (or forgive) this.