tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post8920341648366288367..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: Pro-Soviet Propaganda Oozing from the Dominion PostLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-75644850182819254432008-08-15T17:46:00.000+12:002008-08-15T17:46:00.000+12:00Personally, I think the Americans are in no better...Personally, I think the Americans are in no better position to act on such a promise than Chamberlain was. <BR/><BR/>Not to worry though - he won't be bothering Poland until after he's finished with Ukraine, and presumably the Baltic republics. By that time even the EU will have figured out they have to do something about it.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-28177617303953995812008-08-15T17:25:00.000+12:002008-08-15T17:25:00.000+12:00PM, that's why they are getting a permanent US bas...PM, that's why they are getting a permanent US base and the anti-missile defence system.Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-88919483810818884012008-08-15T16:43:00.000+12:002008-08-15T16:43:00.000+12:00The funniest thing about it is that Putin's model ...The funniest thing about it is that Putin's model is Hitler, not any of the Soviet leaders. When you look at what he says about his intentions for Russia, you get a picture of his job being to ensure that his country is not merely strong, but dominant and feared; democracy is a recipe for weakness, not strength, as demonstrated by the weaklings running western European countries; diplomacy is simply a handy way of sowing enough doubt about your intentions that you get more time to carry them out; and the bottom line is strength and the will to use it. You have to look to Hitler and Mussolini for similar approaches - forget the Soviets. <BR/><BR/>Re the diplomacy part, look at Medvedev being the gracious diplomat with Chamberlain, er sorry, Sarkozy - talking ceasefires, while Russian troops take up positions around Gori (as filmed by an English team and shown on TV3 last night). The talk's helpfully providing time while a beachhead inside Georgia can be established and a fait accompli delivered. You can call Godwin's Law all you want, but that's Hitler to a tee. <BR/><BR/>The memory of Trotter backing this stuff will stay with me a long time.<BR/><BR/><I>...additional guarantees that the US would come to Poland's aid if attacked</I><BR/><BR/>The Poles are slow learners, then? Once bitten, twice shy, you'd think...Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.com