I don’t belive the full blown conspiracy models that some people subscribe to, but I do know that down through history minor grievances between people have been preyed upon by those willing to purvey death and destruction for profit.

Soviet meddling was wrong also, but two wrongs still don’t make a right.

Read “Resource Wars: The new Landscape of Global Conflict” by Michael T. Klare and you will be better informed as to what is happening in Georgia, Iraq, Iran and anywhere else there are strategic resources.

The events that have been and will be taking place are the reactions of an ignorant, greedy, and most times stupid species that is steeped in a tradition of religious myth. We as a species have not had the foresight to plan for the future and live sustainably, so now we will reap the results of our folly.

The point is, that any way you want to spin it the problems in that region have been exascerbated dramatically by bungled US covert operations. As I said, even when they bungle things the arms dealers and corporate entities make out well.

Hopefully someday those of you who believe there is some right versus wrong or good versus evil scenario playing out with “god” watching from on high will become conscious enough to see the truth of human existence.

Lot’s of blustery and serious condemnation of Russian aggression. Warnings about the dire, serious, long-lasting, etc. consequences for relationships with the international community.

This will be a necessary public relations maneuver to show global leadership, while at the same time taking the opportunity to maximize the spotlight of international scrutiny on Russia’s aggression to lay a foreign policy foundation for legitimacy of a potential NATO intervention should Russia move on another sovereign nation, Ukraine.

Russia’s biggest battle right now is a PR battle, to convince as many as possible that its action was justified to deflect the international political damage. Russia was willing to pay the price of that damage to forestall any encroaching NATO memberships. It has decided to take its chances on dangling it’s big ace card a la Iran and other more minor gestures immediately following this overthrow.

Meanwhile, let’s just say Mossadegh was allowed to steal and keep power as you wish. Fine. Then Iran spends thirty years in the Soviet orbit. Then Khomeini comes along and kicks the Russians out. Russians either go Afghanistan on Iran or just nuke it. Probably WWIII right there. Damn those commies and their feeding off instability!

But you were only kidding. Funny, too.