Russia - Looking backwards.

Agent Smith wrote: »

With the recent war in Georgia, and Russian Remarks about the US Planned Missile Defence system.

Is Russia Looking for another cold war.

I think, for once, that Russia is not the belligerant here. She is being forced into a corner due to America developing her completely ineffectual missile shield. However despite the fact that the missile shield can never defend the USA against submarine launched nukes, for example, it does look as if she is sabre rattling. Basically you cannot have world peace when the only super power of note is invulnerable to all but conventional warfare.

Tbh the only reason that we never had a Third World War (and there were some pretty close calls) was because of MAD. However America is now trying to negate her vulnerability to this while exhorting Russia's satrapies to declare independence further weakening the Kremlin.

Now while I couldn't support Russia's actions in Georgia I can totally understand them. Russia needs to flex her might to ensure that other peoples flirting with independence remember that no matter how decayed her armed forces might be she still deludes herself that she's a super power. They have definitely proved that America's assurances of support are so much hot air and because of this their incursion must be looked at as a success.

Also, quite frankly, if Poland, the UK, et al agree to have radar bases established on their territories to help America defend herself from ICBM attack they cannot really complain when Russia targets them. They must be considered legitimate targets.