Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Reaping the "peace dividend" rewards

It’s a damn lucky thing we took advantage of that so-called “Peace Dividend” back in the 90s after the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union fell like grandpa trying to navigate the freshly waxed livingroom floor covered with the grandkids' marbles in his stocking feet. Had we not taken advantage of it then, cutting divisions, squadrons and ships, we never could have.

Now as we’re engaged in a multi-front worldwide war on terror, the Russians are marching through Georgia and we learn that they really aren’t our friends – who knew. In addition to that, the ChiComs are cheating at the Olympics. Commies cheating? Say it ain’t so Joe. Both of these situations require immediate military action. But alas, due to the “peace dividend” we’re forced to urge NATO to issue a strongly worded rebuke to Russia. That and a UN resolution ought to do the trick.

Apparently this whole thing has to do with an oil pipeline that runs from the Caspian Sea to through Georgia to the Mediterranean. (Is Nan' Pelosi aware that there's drilling going on in the Caspian Sea?) Would that make this a war for oil? No. I know this because I haven’t seen even one of those left wing loons protesting outside a Russian consulate with those incredibly clever posters of oil soaked hands choking some hapless victim. It has to be something else.

Ahh, NATO. That is the very NATO vacillating on what to do about Russia invading one of its democratic neighbors. Georgia, it seems wanted to strengthen it ties to west and was interested in a NATO membership. Russia saw this as a threat. They had it exactly backwards. They should have encouraged Georgia to enter NATO. With Georgia as a NATO member, Russia could have been assured that Georgia would never do one useful thing militarily.

Lessons learned from all of this:
- This may not be a “war for oil,” but war affects oil prices. We’d better wise up and get our own supply on line.
- You cannot trust a Commie – or even a former Commie.
- If you think we’ll have peace in our time, you’d better invest in a few more divisions, squadrons and ships to maintain that peace.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wars over resources go back to the first waterhole. That is the reason Japan attacked the U.S. in 1941. Russia, India, China, and the U.S. are competing for oil. Drill now, drill often,and keep the military ready.