Jude 2

The rest of this is for younger folks: If you were born after, say, 1972, chances are you have zero appreciation for the historic shadow that Communism cast over the whole world. By the time the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, if you were not about 21 or more, you probably don't remember why it mattered so much. And you probably don't know why it still matters so much. It was the true beginning of a rapid end to Communist Russia.

Well, a rapid slumber. Communist Russia was the biggest threat to the existence of life on Earth. I maintain it still is, with China. It was during most of your childhoods that the USSR dissolved. You were probably taught in school that it was because of Russia's economic woes and an enlightened view of world peace by Mikhail Gorbachev. The fact is that Russia fell because it had a terribly oppressive communist economy, nothing of any importance in world trade except its weapons to other communist nations, and because it lived on intimidation that, over that vast part of Asia and Europe, it was unable to maintain in the face of an America that would not allow itself to be bullied by Russia. We countered oppression with hope, aggression with strength and resolve, and proved that for every nuclear warhead Russia could build and deploy, we could top it. With no economy, no tax base, no real revenue, they went broke and the people saw through that iron curtain and realized that, with America's leadership, there was hope for a better way of living.

Now, Russia is tired of being the stepchild of world affairs. The introduction of limited capitalism has stoked its coffers some, disputes with nations that used to subserve it (such as Georgia) have rankled its feathers, and our own willingness to condemn powers whom Russia finds friendly (such as Islamic radicals in North Ossetia within Russia and Iran without) have got Russia feeling froggy. Enter Chavez and Venezuelan oil with an offer for a military alliance, which is really "we'll trad you oil for military protection from the USA". (Call that "oil for war", if you will.)

Here's why this matters: This is the restart of not just a cold war, but a hot one. With Obama's pledge to slow down development of combat systems and an elimination of existing nuclear ones, he'll be the absolute lapdog of any aggressive nation seeking to enter our hemisphere. We forced Russia down in 1961 with JFK. With Obama in 2009 or 2010, that won't happen. Our national security is at risk, once again, from Russia, and every would be thug of a tyrant in the world is pulling for him to win because they know, to the person, that it means a weaker American presence. Let the French and Germans and Brits even have the opinions they will of us; our protection of ourselves is on the line. They have all yielded to the influx of Muslim Arabs into their nations such that they can't breathe in a way that offends a Muslim for fear of the consequences. We have to fight that, but we have to protect ourselves against Russia, still. Russia, itself, is both victim (Beslan school massacre) and enabler (Beslan school massacre) of Islamic terror. Where it fits its purposes, it will enable. It fits Russia's purposes to weaken us, divide us. Obama will be the patsy for the bin Ladens and the Marxists in Russia and China.

And, in all likelihood, the party of our next president.

dolfan wrote:Dolfan said on 7/28:

The rest of this is for younger folks: If you were born after, say, 1972, chances are you have zero appreciation for the historic shadow that Communism cast over the whole world. By the time the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, if you were not about 21 or more, you probably don't remember why it mattered so much. And you probably don't know why it still matters so much. It was the true beginning of a rapid end to Communist Russia.

Well, a rapid slumber. Communist Russia was the biggest threat to the existence of life on Earth. I maintain it still is, with China. It was during most of your childhoods that the USSR dissolved. You were probably taught in school that it was because of Russia's economic woes and an enlightened view of world peace by Mikhail Gorbachev. The fact is that Russia fell because it had a terribly oppressive communist economy, nothing of any importance in world trade except its weapons to other communist nations, and because it lived on intimidation that, over that vast part of Asia and Europe, it was unable to maintain in the face of an America that would not allow itself to be bullied by Russia. We countered oppression with hope, aggression with strength and resolve, and proved that for every nuclear warhead Russia could build and deploy, we could top it. With no economy, no tax base, no real revenue, they went broke and the people saw through that iron curtain and realized that, with America's leadership, there was hope for a better way of living.

Now, Russia is tired of being the stepchild of world affairs. The introduction of limited capitalism has stoked its coffers some, disputes with nations that used to subserve it (such as Georgia) have rankled its feathers, and our own willingness to condemn powers whom Russia finds friendly (such as Islamic radicals in North Ossetia within Russia and Iran without) have got Russia feeling froggy. Enter Chavez and Venezuelan oil with an offer for a military alliance, which is really "we'll trad you oil for military protection from the USA". (Call that "oil for war", if you will.)

Here's why this matters: This is the restart of not just a cold war, but a hot one. With Obama's pledge to slow down development of combat systems and an elimination of existing nuclear ones, he'll be the absolute lapdog of any aggressive nation seeking to enter our hemisphere. We forced Russia down in 1961 with JFK. With Obama in 2009 or 2010, that won't happen. Our national security is at risk, once again, from Russia, and every would be thug of a tyrant in the world is pulling for him to win because they know, to the person, that it means a weaker American presence. Let the French and Germans and Brits even have the opinions they will of us; our protection of ourselves is on the line. They have all yielded to the influx of Muslim Arabs into their nations such that they can't breathe in a way that offends a Muslim for fear of the consequences. We have to fight that, but we have to protect ourselves against Russia, still. Russia, itself, is both victim (Beslan school massacre) and enabler (Beslan school massacre) of Islamic terror. Where it fits its purposes, it will enable. It fits Russia's purposes to weaken us, divide us. Obama will be the patsy for the bin Ladens and the Marxists in Russia and China.

Russia is so very predictable, isn't it? The last week has been an instant replay of the Russia we all grew up and learned to love to hate. (Aside: The Russian people who love their country are right to do so. When I speak of "Russia", I mean the government, not those teeming scores of people who suffer under it daily but who, because it is their land, love their nation in spite of its faults. That's good and right, I suppose.)

And now, they're blaming the Georgia situation on a Cheney-directed conspiracy to help McCain defeat Obama!!!! That's like Kim Jong Il news reports of hitting multiple holes in one for like 800 yards (true N. Korean news story, that). Russian Communists and the Democrat Party (or, as Ted Kennedy called it, "the hope of the world", which bordered on blasphemy IMO): two sleazes as a god. Same playbook. Same agenda.
This, folks, AIN'T your father's Democrat Party; but it is your father's Communist Party that'll convene in Denver in a couple of weeks.

And, in all likelihood, the party of our next president.

dolfan wrote:Karen, I hadn't read that report yet. It is typical of so many antichrist societies, primarily Muslim ones.

I am concerned for the Ukraine. A missionary I know -- somewhat -- in Moldova still sends me emails although I've had no contact with her otherwise in a few years. Ukrainians are afraid now, and God has saved many people there in the past few years. I think we forgot that, as we once praised God for opening the door to the former Soviet republics, we once knew that the day would likely end. After so many years, after so much work that God has done through missions to those areas, the openness appears in some jeopardy right now. I pray God keeps it open.

dolfan wrote:Russia is so very predictable, isn't it? The last week has been an instant replay of the Russia we all grew up and learned to love to hate.

dolfan wrote:Pat Buchanan is a Jew-hater from way back. The guy is a great spokesman on many things, but he's using the Russia-Georgia conflict in the same manner that Russia is using the conflict --- to slap Israel.

dolfan wrote:The conflict with Georgia is old, old, old. Russia could've picked any other time to do this, but has waited until now and there's at least one reason for it. Iran is one. Oil is another. A third one is to power its way into its old Soviet territory to put NATO at bay. I personally believe that Iran is the key reason for the timing, and the other two are key reasons for the tactic itself.

In that tactical sense, it is old Russia being old Russia. That it is Georgia is just a cover, point to the continuing conflict over South Ossetia, meanwhile zig over toward Ukraine and threaten anyone who would accommodate NATO and missile defense that "this could happen to you". Classic Communist Soviet strategy.

dolfan wrote:I'm not suggesting that Russia and Georgia's battle is a new development. I'm suggesting that Russia is doing it now to protect Iran from Israel. I acknowledge readily that I could be wrong about that. Of course Russia wants these two provinces for itself. This is a timed warning to stay out of Iran, IMO. Israel has had military advisors on the ground in Georgia for some time, and has sold weapons to them. Russia's actions force Israel out of Georgia, and will force them to reconsider or even forego an attack on Iran. Russia has been promising to sell Tehran air defense systems for some time, and it is believed that Russian military advisors have been in Iran for years. Israel announced that it will delay further weapons to Georgia.

Now, as for them using the same moral logic as NATO, I don't see it. First of all, it assumes that communists use moral logic. They don't. They feed on raw power and control and that's it. There's no moral logic to it. Secondly, Russia's unilateral act in Georgia is incomparable to the NATO aid to Kosovo. Russia and Chinia failed to get a UN resolution passed that condemned the NATO attack on Serbia. As soon as the combat stage ended, the UN gladly took over without criticism of NATO and endorsing the outcome. The UN now governs Kosovo, basically. I don't see Russia asking for the UN to come govern Abkhazia and S. Ossetia. The moral equivalence would be if we turned around and invaded Cuba because people from Miami have relatives there and we want to protect them from Communism and mistreatment.

I'm suggesting that Russia is doing it now to protect Iran from Israel. I acknowledge readily that I could be wrong about that. Of course Russia wants these two provinces for itself. This is a timed warning to stay out of Iran,