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Condoleeza Who?

SCASPARZ: "Achtung Krauze hat eine Meinung über Putin. Ha!"

Was ist deine Meinung? Fressen, ficken, fernsehen?

ANONYMOUS: "And Chavez a dictator?"

Not? Is he a choir boy or a donkey instead?

hey i got a good one. us californians are tired of paying for all the illegal imigrants living off our social system. and not paying social security etc etc. i have no problem with legal imigrants but the truth is most hispanic imigrants are cheating the system. i know of a dozen or so legal and illegal imigrants that are working for businesses in our area that are getting paid under the table thus not contributing to the system. who pays for that the taxpayers do. i heard a funny argument from a hispanic friend of mine the other day. he said california belongs to mexico anyways because we stole it in wartime. i looked at him and said that's funny cuz you don't look like an indiginous mexican. he is from spanish descent so really he doesn't come from mexico. maybe mexico should send all the spaniards back to spain!

You're just another Hack Go back to your blog or where ever they dug you up from boy.

I could agree on Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaja but I still fail to see Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a victim. And Chavez a dictator? Who is paying Krauze?

Achtung Krauze hat eine Meinung über Putin. Ha!

I'm all for intelligent pragmatism, not dogmatism. Except that we do have some principles too, it can't be all pragmatic.

I belivev as others have said that Russia is, by far, the greates benefactor for the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

What we need in the US is our very own Gorbachez!

student: You are right that people used to a great discount from Russia cannot complain as Russia is starting to charge them higher prices, but still well below the world price of oil. they nned to accept that Russia will eventually charge them the world price. If it does not, they must be prepared to pay the price on a different basis.

Noodles and no rice: Please, Rice has done enough damage. It is best to keep her away from other areas, so the damage does not spread. As for the 'cold war', we did win, but the benefits are falling elsewhere ;)

Condi Rice??
That's laughable. She has no self respect. Same as Colin Power who resigned in disgust(after his shameful presentation at the UN with George Tenent sitting behind him like he was holding a gun or somthing and making Colin Power say all those lies).

What I don't get is all this "let's put some pressure on Putin"! Krauze is right. Even if Rice has been such a disaster, her diplomatic skills ARE needed. Only pragamtism will work with Putin. There is no pressuring Russia just as there is no pressuring Iran while our SUVs continue tu guzzle gas.

Above is basically right. Note this post was submitted on another thread but didn't appear, so it may show up there with a delay. My apologies.

In spring 1995, Russia got billions of IMF low interet rate loans from Stanley Fischer at IMF and Larry Summers at US Treasury. The hypothesis is explored elsewhere that Russia had kompromat files Harvard, MIT, Chicago econ, b schools, etc. Search Russia plagiarism files.

The USAO Mass from spring 1997 investigated Harvard econ dept on a grant for use in Russia. Chubais was on the payroll of that grant in Jan 96 briefly in between getting the IMF loans. Harvard and Clinton profs may not have told all to USAO Mass.

By 1998 this was possibly known and used by India to get its nuclear test, Pakistan for its, Russia for more loans, hedge funds to trade Russian govt bonds, neocons to get Iraq Liberation Act in Oct 1998 during Clinton impeachment, etc.

This may have been used as leverage by Bush during Bush v. Gore. Putin has the files on what Russia had on academics back to the 1920's. So it goes on. Putin and the KGB are having fun with Clinton and Bush because they know this. That is where their minds are. The above is all speculation and a hypothesis.

Rice had a narrow speciality on the Soviet Union and its structure and weaknesses of its economic system. That is the past and that era is finished. She has proven herself to be clueless in current and real, present challenges of today's world.

The entire foreign policy machinery in Washington has relapsed to a search for answers in events past. Speech writers recoin phrases from old speeches of Reagan; scenarios are written about liberation of Iraq and warm reception of American soldiers by Iraqis; and of course the old dumb argument about controling oil.

If Rice was so clever and her advice so valuable to Chevron (that they named a ship after her), why is it that NO AMERICAN oil company has been able to strike a decent oil deal with Russia in the post-USSR era, when America supposedly "won" the Cold War? While BP has done so?

Thanks a bunch for sharing, Leon Krauze! Good job!

Indeed, Condoleeza Rice is pretty smart and she's doing a tremendous job! Unfortunately, this is not enough to change the situation in Russia as long as the country is controlled by former KGB agents. The only solution to solve these problems is, is to extend the pressure on the European Union and their member states who are supporting the regime in Russia!

For Gods sake, before you explain why charge 25% of the market price is fine and charge 50% of the market price is petro-bullying DON'T TRY to write anything else. I wonder what kind of monster is Mexica then. For all you dumb witted people who seem to enjoy this statement so much read this and memorize it. THE PRICE OF GAS WILL BE INCREASING further. The instability was produced by the collapse of the Soviet Union. The instability is of the same nature as in your nhl, nba, baseball, etc.. sports. Its all gonna be decided what two men will say. If they agree you will be happy, if they don't, well, who really cares... Weren't you all so happy about the collapse of the USSR? Well accept the consequences and don't post this crap anymore.

Mr. Krauze,

I enjoyed your article. I agree with most of your points. Where I do disagree is that you use two words that their meaning and application has become extremely rare with american politicians.
"Intelligent pragmatism." I think Putin recognizes that he has the right time and the right place to make Russia a big time player again. With Iran, and of course Europe too. The UN can squabble for years over how many bags of rice to send a country stricken with war, and starvation. Our polticians in America have been at each others throats worse than I have seen since Vietnam. Only half measures and symbolic gestures are passed by our politicians. He has to see and hear all of this. He has been moving slow, but methodically in reasserting Russia's political clout. He has spents billions of his miltiary and they are once again starting to resemble the once proud, well trained, and well equiped forces that they were. I think that that in the very near future there will be no doubt what his plans are. But maybe that will be a good thing. Maybe another Superpower who is actively engaged in world affairs will slapped some sense into our politicians. And yes, I think Ms. Rice would be an excellent choice in dealing with the Russians.

I think I know what u mean...
After all, Rice apparently does know a lot about the former USSR. Buuuuut....can she handle this thug? I doubt it.

"Intelligent pragmatism is what’s needed now. Condoleezza Rice has always been a renowned Soviet specialist. It’s time for her to display her talents."

Her talents? As displayed in Palestine? In Afghanistan? In Lebanon? In Iraq? In relation to Iran and Syria,to Venezuela, to Cuba?

The lady better marry, have kids and play the role of the quiet housewife. Humanity would be thankful to her for doing just that, and nothing else.

Condoleezza Rice has always been a renowned Soviet specialist. It’s time for her to display her talents.
HA!!!! GOOD ONE!!! JUST WHAT WE NEED, A RETURN TO COLD WAR RHETORIC.