Thursday, November 29, 2012

No can ignore

The reasons why Russia matters

We firmly believe it doesn’t take more than two columns – and similar spatial intelligence – to understand Russia’s undeniable presence in geopolitics. Strangely, we firmly also believe that George Bush and his advisors lack either of the above [any ‘intelligent’ guesses which?] for the better part of the past decade attempting to ignore Russia’s mammoth power inanely. Dear Mr.Bush, Russia – unlike the 2004 CIA WMD report that leaked how you lied about WMDs to succeed in the Iraq war – can simply not be wished away. Though USSR broke up way back, though Russia has fought its own debilitating internal battles time and again, and though quasi-dictatorial power within Russia has passed quite unstably since the time Andrei Gromyko jumped ship, Russia can ‘not’ be ignored. And why? Russia has 71 million military personnel. No can ignore! Russia is ranked the second strongest military power globally. No can ignore! As per Natural Resources Defense Council, Russia is estimated to possess more than 20,000 nuclear warheads; the largest stockpile of warheads across the world. No can ignore! Unfortunately Mr.Bush, your two terms, like our two columns, are over faster than the world would have wished.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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