NATO-izing the Old Soviet States for the sake of confronting Russia only creates scenarios of war while placing these countries center stage to destruction. There is nothing so threatening in this world that it can't be resolved with diplomacy. The exception to that is the threat of unresolved terrorist networks.
...In a statement, the Kremlin said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talked with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko, and underscored concern over 'a whole range of problems in bilateral relations.'
Resolving them, the statement said, would require 'careful and constructive' work by experts from both countries 'without politicising existing disagreements.
'After these issues have been resolved, concrete timeframes for top-level meetings can be discussed,' the Kremlin statement said....
There was a time when Russia was strategically involved with the USA war against al Qaeda. That all changed when the plans to defeat bin Laden turned into a war for Saddam's oil.
The 'struggle' so much of Europe and Asia are engaged in to maintain sovereignty and with it peace is directly related to the divisive measures by Bush/Cheney. If they had 'stayed in the fight' in Afghanistan without diverting the USA military into Iraq; Europe, the former Soviet States and Russia itself would not be at odds. We would have defeated al Qaeda and the attacks into Madrid, London, Jordan and Algiers would never have happened. To place into perspective 'the permission' given to war without end by McCain's backing of Bush Policy is to realize how much of a failure McCain actually is and how much of a continued failure he will be.
Monday, 17 September, 2001, 16:44 GMT 17:44 UK
Russia finds 'Chechen link' to Bin Laden (click here)
The Russian internal security service says it has found a computer compact disc in Chechnya which contains instructions for piloting Boeing aircraft similar to those hijacked for the attacks in the United States last week.
The chief spokesman of the Federal Security Service Alexander Zdanovich told Russian media that the computer CD also contained technical descriptions of Boeing 737 aeroplanes.
He said it was found during a raid on a group which had contacts with Osama bin Laden - the man named by the United States as the main suspect in the attacks.
Correspondents say Moscow has been trying for some time to convince Washington that Chechen rebels are linked to the Saudi-born dissident.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
Bush/Cheney and now McCain don't seek resolve to war through strong alliances that provide support for in roads to peace. They continually confront other country's sovereignty as a means to conquer and exploit natural resources of that country. In the case of Russia, its natural resources are the focus to any tensions that exist between the USA, Europe and Former Soviet States.
If Afghanistan and the defeat of al Qaeda had remained the focus of the War of September 11th, Russia would not have withdrawn from alliance with the USA and sensitive to any appearance of a threat to its sovereignty that resulted in the invasion into Georgia.
To realize where we are going with a McCain victory is to realize the folly in believing he is capable of leadership into peace. John McCain is another Bush, he leads into war, not into peace.
We need Russia. We need peace with Russia. Placing Missile Shields at its borders only escalates the 'positioning' for war for both countries. Its "W"rong and more than just an exercise in futility and preparedness. Russia has not been this aggressive in its global relationships for decades and this time it isn't about spreading Communism, its about protecting Russia sovereignty.
We aren't treating our allies right, no matter whom they are. Placing Europe in harms way to confront a 'guarded Russia' is not the act of an ally, its the act of a threat.
I want my country back. And I want its allies back as well. Those allies include Russia. The only enemy this world has to confront is al Qaeda. There are no other enemies, except, greed and a declining USA economy. Americans have to stop deluding their realities. Life is serious, it's not star studded and McCain is not capable of being the President the USA needs.
