The once super power of USSR has been shattered by the hammer of Gorbachev and the main dictator of the USSR, Russia has been reduced to a paper tiger, as Chairman Mao would put it.
Whether Gorby acted on his own or induced by the western powers to open the Pandoras box of Perestroika and Glasnost is now matter of academic interest.
Yelchin presided over the chaos and confusion and transferred power to Putin, who, with iron hand, brought the country under control.
But why he and now his protege, Medvedev are not taking part in the international conflicts, is a mystery.
Do they not want to be a super power again?
Or Communism, the inspiring idealogy gone, there is no motivation to play a dominant role in international affairs, leaving the USA to be the sole country to police the world?
Whether Gorby acted on his own or induced by the western powers to open the Pandoras box of Perestroika and Glasnost is now matter of academic interest.
Yelchin presided over the chaos and confusion and transferred power to Putin, who, with iron hand, brought the country under control.
But why he and now his protege, Medvedev are not taking part in the international conflicts, is a mystery.
Do they not want to be a super power again?
Or Communism, the inspiring idealogy gone, there is no motivation to play a dominant role in international affairs, leaving the USA to be the sole country to police the world?
Look at Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
ReplyDeleteIf the Internet is the base for organizing popular uprising outside USA, it could as well be for inside USA as well.
We do not know whether 2012 would return the Democrats or the Republican to the White House.
Is it not wise to watch from the sidelines so that USA could face a popular revolt in case the Republicans assume Federal power?