US attempts to get Georgia into NATO, coupled with its desire to erect an anti-missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech republic would give it first strike capability towards Russia. Moscow sees this as a national security threat against the sovereignty of Russia. Political economist F William Engdahl believes this is the geopolitical endgame being played out in Georgia. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
This guy sounds like Noam Chomsky. The Russian invasion of Georgia shows why we need NATO. The first strike business is a flat out lie. Having a small anti missile force in Europe does not significantly affect Russian ability to blow us all up. They have so many missiles that they can easily overwhelm this defense. The Russian interest in Georgia is to get control of the oil pipelines so as to control the flow and keep the price up. Russia is run by a mafia type government that uses murder and intimidation to get what it wants. Without a countervailing force, like NATO, they will run wild.
