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This whole idea of China being "forced" to hold dollars in order to protect their own economy is short term at best.

The pressures of depletion will very soon create enough incentive for China to v ...

I'd love to know what can US do if Russians are to shell that base, say, because they believe that there are terrorists hiding inside.

Will US declare war on Russia?

Russia is a safe enemy.Maybe Russia should try not to make it so easy to view them as the enemy. Same deal with Venezuela, Iran, etc...
or they can make playing enemy with them less safe.

For example, in 2007 China will likely be able to buy Venezuelan-sourced oil via the euro-based Iranian oil bourse and conduct those transactions in euros.

can you please get into a little bit ...

So do you really believe that NATO (means US) will go to war with Russia over Abkhazia and Ossetia?
I doubt that very much. Why to risk a suicide for some irrelevant territories very far away?
I bel ...

Will the West Europeans or the Americans risk their own necks for their new found Eastern buddies?
This has nothing to do with Georgia anymore. This is evolving into a confrontation between global p ...

Escalation will be the name of the game.Escalate to where and by whom? There are plenty of West Germanies for Russia to attack but no East Germany for US to retaliate on.Where'd you get the idea the G ...

Escalate to where and by whom? This has gone beyond regional. We are looking at a NATO-Russia shooting war on the horizon. Also, don't forget the SCO. We will quickly see nations taking up sides, ...

Escalation will be the name of the game.
Escalate to where and by whom? There are plenty of West Germanies for Russia to attack but no East Germany for US to retaliate on.

If nuclear weapons will be used it will be NATO first that uses them. The current Black Sea NATO task force cannot dislodge Russian forces from South Ossetia and Abhkazia and the associated buffer zo ...

There is this old game for the Amiga system and probably many others, called Nuclear War, maybe you should indulge for an hour or two, cool off and then come back.
cannot get a hold of the game. but ...

This is all fine and dandy as far as plans go, but don't you think the united states is in the wrong continent to "insert itself between Russia and "old Europe" and control the pipelines between the t ...

Frankly, I don't think they plan to leave. You don't start something like this if you plan to be gone in 5 months. I shouldn't be surprised. After they stole the last 2 elections, I knew it was over ...

Georgia prepares large-scale provocation – RF military intelligenceMaybe but I sincerely doubt that.
Saakashvili does understand that after further provocation Georgia may well cease to exist and end ...

Very good post gmin,the US hate EU and want it to be weak. The more countries the EU has the more difficult it is for them to act. In my opinion the EU should define Europe as a cultural boundary,whic ...