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Mike Whitney reports the strange tale of a 'secret' meeting in Moscow between Putin and a whole flotilla of American éminence grise. Kissinger, Schultz, Rubin, Nunn and others were all there two weeks ago.
I think it's reasonable to think that this was a follow-up to the failure at Kennebunkport, what these gentlemen are asking of Putin is still a mystery in its details. I wouldn't doubt that they are trying to bribe him, to get him to play their kind of ball and somehow reverse (with Russia's help) the shipwreck of American policies under the Cheney administration. But I doubt that Putin has forgotten how the US, led by these same gentlemen, used all its power to try to drive Russia into anarchy and oblivion when the USSR fell, and he has told them in polite terms to go fuck themselves, as Cheney might say.
As Whitney points out, it looks like it didn't work, so the Brits started up their bullshit Litvinenko campaign again, for all the good that will do them. (It's really hard to believe the depths to which GB has sunk, lapdog is inadequate as a description.) Russia continues to cement long term deals in energy and infrastructure with Europe and Asia, and the risk of a war with Iran only makes them stronger. Cheney has so thoroughly fucked things up for the US that it really doesn't have any leverage.
Even though the press is kind enough to shield our tender eyes from the spectacle, as there has been no US reporting on this meeting, the facts are out their for friends and foes alike. I would think that Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East crew are realizing that they've been backing a loser, and not just a loser, but an insanely belligerent one that cannot be trusted in the slightest.
So, I suggest that you distinguished gentlemen make better use of your time by trying to rid the world of Cheney and his chimp, and come up with a new foreign policy that has some contact with reality. Better yet, just crawl off into your holes and disappear for good.
(h/t Moon of Alabama)
I think it's reasonable to think that this was a follow-up to the failure at Kennebunkport, what these gentlemen are asking of Putin is still a mystery in its details. I wouldn't doubt that they are trying to bribe him, to get him to play their kind of ball and somehow reverse (with Russia's help) the shipwreck of American policies under the Cheney administration. But I doubt that Putin has forgotten how the US, led by these same gentlemen, used all its power to try to drive Russia into anarchy and oblivion when the USSR fell, and he has told them in polite terms to go fuck themselves, as Cheney might say.
As Whitney points out, it looks like it didn't work, so the Brits started up their bullshit Litvinenko campaign again, for all the good that will do them. (It's really hard to believe the depths to which GB has sunk, lapdog is inadequate as a description.) Russia continues to cement long term deals in energy and infrastructure with Europe and Asia, and the risk of a war with Iran only makes them stronger. Cheney has so thoroughly fucked things up for the US that it really doesn't have any leverage.
Even though the press is kind enough to shield our tender eyes from the spectacle, as there has been no US reporting on this meeting, the facts are out their for friends and foes alike. I would think that Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East crew are realizing that they've been backing a loser, and not just a loser, but an insanely belligerent one that cannot be trusted in the slightest.
So, I suggest that you distinguished gentlemen make better use of your time by trying to rid the world of Cheney and his chimp, and come up with a new foreign policy that has some contact with reality. Better yet, just crawl off into your holes and disappear for good.
(h/t Moon of Alabama)
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