tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post4498908937158774656..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: Moments of Transition: OverloadCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-44879690174890234962009-07-15T20:17:37.601-04:002009-07-15T20:17:37.601-04:00Oh, I've maintained for a while now that the E...Oh, I've maintained for a while now that the Empire didn't see others as either friends, or partners - only as servants or (potential or current) victims. Russia clearly refuses to be a servant.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-80395518381969825662009-07-15T19:30:34.182-04:002009-07-15T19:30:34.182-04:00Without deliberately wanting to plunge the discuss...Without deliberately wanting to plunge the discussion into the gutter, I think the only sort of 'partnership' possible between these two (to the US' satisfaction at this stage) would be somewhat pseudo-masochistic. Leaving Russia in a gimp suit, handcuffed to the bad debt in the attic.<br /><br />The only thing a partnership with the US will get at this stage is buying more US debt and an abstract war on something somewhere. Now that the Hope has come and they lie that the Depression is getting better, (tell that to Los Angeles) America wants people to 'buy in' again.<br /><br />Green shoots for everyone!Mark Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258689353256383213noreply@blogger.com