is the Cold War coming back again?
Ahhhh, nothing like a change of pace on a pleasant autumn Sunday afternoon. Today, instead of picking at/on the Iranians, Al Qaida, the GOP, Nancy Pelosi (yet) or Rush Limbaugh, I will take a look at our old friends/enemies, Russia.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former 'operative' for the Soviet era KGB passed away this week in London, apparently the victim of poisoning. During a three week illness, Mr Litvinenko lost his hair, suffered from an accelerated wasting syndrome, and eventually suffered multiple organ failures. A post mortem exam revealed trace amounts of Polonioum in his system. Polonium, an alpha emitter, is considered to be highly toxic.
OK, how did this happen?
Mr. Litvinenko has accused, by name, Soviet President Vladimir Putin of being behind his death. Others has linked this incident to another in October, when a strident anti-Putin journalist was shot to death in her Moscow apartment.
To quote Captain James T. Kirk, "WTF?".
Not to be one that will allow any seamingly trivial occurence in the world to remain so, I have to wonder what is happening with the Russian government and its expatriate opposition? In my opinion, since Mr Gorbachev left office, Russia has tilted back towards the empire building agenda that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, and, to really get inflammatory, Mr Putin reminds me of GW Bush in many ways, but are these incidents really indicative of a resurgeance of the Soviet empire?
Only time will really tell, but I think not. The two killings may be related, and may be a part of a larger anti-government push by somebody, but I don't think that Mr Putin has knowledge of it or is involved. Poisoning by Polonium? This is Lex Luthor stuff, a really high profile way of killing. The act itself draws attention to the killing, and the victim, not what somebody who merely desires to be rid of somebody else wants. If the KGB was behind it, the guy would have disappeared, leaving only scant (disinforming) evidence of some scandal or another.
I have no real stake in this, but I am curious about Mr Litvinenko's health prior to this occurrence. I think that it is possible that he may have done this himself, simply to draw attention to a cause. It sounds far-fetched (from any angle), but the tactic is tried and true in the mideast...
Alexander Litvinenko, a former 'operative' for the Soviet era KGB passed away this week in London, apparently the victim of poisoning. During a three week illness, Mr Litvinenko lost his hair, suffered from an accelerated wasting syndrome, and eventually suffered multiple organ failures. A post mortem exam revealed trace amounts of Polonioum in his system. Polonium, an alpha emitter, is considered to be highly toxic.
OK, how did this happen?
Mr. Litvinenko has accused, by name, Soviet President Vladimir Putin of being behind his death. Others has linked this incident to another in October, when a strident anti-Putin journalist was shot to death in her Moscow apartment.
To quote Captain James T. Kirk, "WTF?".
Not to be one that will allow any seamingly trivial occurence in the world to remain so, I have to wonder what is happening with the Russian government and its expatriate opposition? In my opinion, since Mr Gorbachev left office, Russia has tilted back towards the empire building agenda that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, and, to really get inflammatory, Mr Putin reminds me of GW Bush in many ways, but are these incidents really indicative of a resurgeance of the Soviet empire?
Only time will really tell, but I think not. The two killings may be related, and may be a part of a larger anti-government push by somebody, but I don't think that Mr Putin has knowledge of it or is involved. Poisoning by Polonium? This is Lex Luthor stuff, a really high profile way of killing. The act itself draws attention to the killing, and the victim, not what somebody who merely desires to be rid of somebody else wants. If the KGB was behind it, the guy would have disappeared, leaving only scant (disinforming) evidence of some scandal or another.
I have no real stake in this, but I am curious about Mr Litvinenko's health prior to this occurrence. I think that it is possible that he may have done this himself, simply to draw attention to a cause. It sounds far-fetched (from any angle), but the tactic is tried and true in the mideast...
posted by eccentric recluse at 9:17 AM
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speak American.
What is American and how does one speak it? from what I can tell if one is to speak American then it would sound garbled with Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Russian, English, Japanese and I'm sure quit a few other languages... but because I'm sure you didnt want him/her to say vue puento konnichiwa and so on, you mean English...
Please learn your head from your ass before placing your words on the internet for everyone to see.
Your helping make America look much dumber than we are, and frankly our president does a well enough job already without your words of wisdom.
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