J. R. Nyquist "The Danger is Not Fully Appreciated" 09/12/2008

Global Analysis - J. R. Nyquist "The Danger is Not Fully Appreciated" 09/12/2008

Firstly, I should say that featuring the above article is not intended as an acceptance of it. Rather, it is being held up here as a talking point, a juncture at which we may discusss possibilities more extreme than are usually entertained. In this case, it is the possibility that Russia is in fact preparing for a conflict with the USA, be it 'cold' or 'hot' and that the USA knows it- has known it for some time. What might Russia's motives be? Perhaps to re-establish their lost emminence as a power, perhaps revenge for their defeat in the former Cold War. Perhaps just to reassert the power they have. Either way, here we examine the possibility- in the intuitive and some might say rambling Starfire style- that Russia is indeed ready to go to conflict and is 'awaking' in a danger way.

Recently, some very strange and extreme events have emerged. Thinking along Apocalyptic lines, it would seem that there could well be forces aligned, using secretive short-selling tactics, designed to bring the US to their knees, financially speaking. Of course, it could all be an unlucky co-incidence and the appearance of 'untrammelled greed' on the part of groups of investors. But a more sinister possibility exists- that, along with the invasion of Georgia, a hard-line KGB is viewing the US government as a mortal enemy, despite all the processes that have happened since the end of the 'cold war'.

Venezuela has hosted Russian strategic bombers in recent days and has brazenly threatened war in response to the missile shield being erected in Poland. I followed the media and believed it was designed for 'Rouge States'. But in the thought of the Cold War, there were no 'rogue states', just ones aligned with the Soviet Union or the USA. Certainly, if mishandled, Russia may well seek to return to that strategy- in fact, as I speak, they have threatened to do so.

A cornered animal is all the more dangerous. With the expansion of NATO to their doorstep, Russia may well be feeling just that way. A media that harps on about neo-colonial conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq as if they were vital battles on the scale of WW2 may have a lot of people fooled. Yet the wiser can see that this is, like so many other incidences, a symptom of the world power-play between the great powers for vital resources and to establish 'friendly governments' in areas where there are none.

Rival powers remain the real threat- a rogue state alone is no more than a psychotic trouble-maker. Direct battles between the titans of global politics still pose risks of much greater destruction. An increasingly authoritarian Russia is a threat from the past that haunts the present like never before.