Comments on: Russia Proposes a New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

By: harmonicminer » Israel tries appeasing Russia, too: fruitlessly, of course

harmonicminer » Israel tries appeasing Russia, too: fruitlessly, of course — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:31:19 +0000

[...] The question is not, “What kind of risks are we willing to accept to defend Georgia’s sovereignty?” The question is, “What are we willing to do to stop Russia from retaking former territory of the Soviet Union, and getting a stranglehold on crucial oil pipelines? What are we willing to do to make sure Russia does not believe another Cold War is to its advantage?“ [...]

By: Steynian 228 « Free Mark Steyn!

Steynian 228 « Free Mark Steyn! — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:55:13 +0000

[...] RUSSIA PROPOSES a New Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact …. [...]

By: j green

j green — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:41:19 +0000

When a purported “superpower” has no option but to point a gun at another superpower’s head and demand of him that he be acknowledged as a superpower, this means the purported “superpower” is still only a thug.

And what a rush these Russians are in for this acknowledgment. They think just this one action in Georgia makes them a superpower and, suddenly, the U.S. should be ready to surrender.

This is the liberal’s fault. If they hadn’t kept making us go to the U.N. a thousand times more than necessary to kneel before the Russians and beg them not to wield their veto, their heads wouldn’t have gotten so big. They FEEL like a superpower, and they forget that it was us who saved their economy and their currency after the collapse of their empire.

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:38 +0000

It’s been done, sorta.

Jerry Pournelle, “The Co-Dominium”

By: srlucado

srlucado — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:11:34 +0000

“It will cost America dearly if we fail.”

Not just America, to be sure.

Do we and our allies have the nerve to stand up to the Russians? The Russians have already shown that they’re impervious to rhetoric, and let’s face it, you take away rhetoric and the West (Europe especially) isn’t left with a whole lot.

It’s clear that the US can’t go this alone if we’re talking about actual armed confrontation, but are Germany, France & Co. willing to redirect their budgets from butter to guns? Or will they splutter as Tsar Vlad fattens up on smaller democracies?

Scary times ahead.

By: Edward Naut

Edward Naut — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:26:09 +0000

Who are we suppose to be in this historical analogy? Not the Soviets so that only leaves the Germans. Even at our worst we are not Nazis. The history I would of referenced would have been Munich. The BBC just reported that we have signed a missile defence pact with Poland so I guess Russia will have to stand in for both the murderous Soviets and the genocidal Nazis. “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” Mark Twain.