Andrew, Wish I could get behind that last post on RF’s and the market but it is over my head.  None the less something tells me that the economy here is really being held by an even thinner thread.  They are scrambling.  I have notice some market anylists making point the EU markets are played out and thus to suggest, US is so low it can only go up?  They are really playing the cards, just like with the poisoned chinese products, that a month before the first product scandle, (not that there is any connections), the UN had tried to pass sanctions against Iran that China vetoed.  After however many chinese product scandles causing market declines, China finally went with the sanctions against Iran.  As said before, several forces here at work and Georgian peoples, rebels and not, are paying the horrendous price.  To get NATO to violate its application processes and accept Georgia or suffer the Murdock empires marketing influences.  Andrew to be brief is important, but could you explain and scale that post down a bit.

US is hurting in its man power.  It has been unable to get NATO to commit more troops.  Those in Afganistan are not in highly action oriented areas, for the most part. To escalate into Pakistan and for that matter to divise getting the rest of Lebanon and Africa, they need more man power.  Georgia conflict, a pawn to isolate Russia, try to trap Nato into further obligating itself to the wests interests by having to protect Georgia, (if Georgia is taken into NATO).  This offer will not happen> RUSSIA HAS MADE SOME BOLD PROPOSALS to NATO and US.  Read here http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/index.html  Obviously EU might be tempted. But the Georgia conflict may be a ploy to lock NATO once and for all into the US’s imperialist interests.  The elites of the western cultures will never forgive Russia for its revolution or bottom line trust it, and for capitalisms advancement that history must be crushed, discredited and wiped from history as much as possible; especially to advance the NWO control of the world.  All forms of socialism must be discredited or silently phased out, as we see happening in all corporate capitalist countries.  Those being EU, US, Canada, Soc. Sec. and universal health care.  As the housing markets get worse and capitalism in the US gets closer to collapse, the lower classes will get squeezed, our youth will fall prey to the military and the corporate backed propaganda of the media outlets.  A Black president who belives in protecting free market interests over seas, will also help to promote black nationalism and military enlistments along with the ethnically poor classes that have fallen deeper into the depths of homelessness and poverty. Obummer backed Joe Lieberman against Ted Lamont in 06 and vote to pass every pro corp bill he could and vote against capped interest rates control of creditcard companies.  Differances between McCane and O-bummer are only a few words apart if the end results are nearly the same, more war and occupation and more genocides for domination under the guise of spreading democracy but only Capitalist Corporation democracy or military dictatorships.  The oldest age of any Georgian goverment official is 37yrs old the leftest leader who was origianlly elected and had to flee after the US backed orange soft revolution is in political assylum in France and a new west puppet leader is installed, how popular or legit is he with his people? But of course his election was ligit, with all that US backed money the elction, the best money can buy.
Gorbachov was promised NATO would not advance east if Russia converted when it collapsed, that promise was obviously violated long ago.  Maybe Russia will be forced to stop protecting further sanctions against IRAN.  I believe Russia did more than go bankrupt its leaders sold it out, thats why there was no counter revolt to its collapse.

The Ministry of Defence of Georgia announces a sale of brand-new M-16’s.  Never fired and only dropped once on the ground.
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In russia:
Have you watched the olympics?
Yes…
Have we won anything besides silver medals?
Tskhinvali.
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Actually the Georgian Ossentia conflict was organized by Americans. Why? To find a way to get rid of the useless thieving Georgian soldiers in Iraq….
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After McCain declared that «all Americans are now Georgians», Mr Saakashvili has declared himself the lawful president of the USA.
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Georgia, as a result of the South Ossetia conflict, has addressed to NATO a request for humanitarian help. 100 tons of pampers have come.
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The International Olympic Committee is considering Georgia’s request to include a world speed record on mass running, established by the Georgian Army, during the 29th Olympic Games, running from Gori to Tbilisi.

Barack sold out to AIPAC a couple of weeks ago.

His dialogues are now currently moderated in function of our “ally”.

So do not expect any changes, he is now on the payroll, saying what he is paid to say.

Black, white, brown, male, female, it all goes to show the office of Prez is just décor, to maintain the myth our vote means something.

As Frank Zappa said, when it becomes too much of a hassle to maintain the decor, they’ll just draw the curtains aside and everyone will be faced with a brick wall.

He sold out to AIPAC a couple of weeks ago.

His dialogues are now currently moderated in function of our “ally”.

So do not expect any changes, he is now on the payroll, saying what he is paid to say.

Black, white, brown, male, female, it all goes to show the office of Prez is just décor, to maintain the myth our vote means something.

As Frank Zappa said, when it becomes too much of a hassle to maintain the decor, they’ll just draw the curtains aside and everyone will be faced with a brick wall.

RE: The votes that he DID win back in 2000, came from the Al Gore count. Viola, you got the fuckers that we’ve been stuck with for 8 years! Now he’s running again, knowing damn well that he cannot take ANY votes from the Repug crowd behind McCain, and so he cannot WIN against McCain. He can ONLY jack-up the thing for Obama. NO! You do NOT realistically have any other choices, so if you keep talking crazy, and throw your vote away, you might as well kiss your ass goodbye.

Tough talk, Cyrena. Yellowbird’s turn to be disciplined. Come on, Al Gore didn’t even carry his own state, which would’ve gotten him the electors he needed, then he didn’t show the guts to fight to the end when he knew he’d been screwed. What does it mean to give in for “the good of the nation” or some such rot? Hell, it wasn’t for the “good of the nation.” He should have defended the constitution and the disenfranchised voters. I’d have liked to see him take it to the streets, but them who was in his corner? Oh right, Leiberman, ‘nuff said…we’ll we’re off topic, aren’t we? Here’s the latest on the scene in Georgia (below). If the black-ops faction doesn’t back off trying to goose Putin every other week, we may all be kissin’ our asses goodbye.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20508.htm

Barack Obama’s statement was weak and evasive, given the fact that Georgias actions have been given various types of training and green lights from the White House.  One only need compare the immediate remarks of this administration for restraint and its delayed remarks of no restraint in regaurds to Lebanon and the destruction Isreal laid on destroying half of that country.  Russia showed much restraint and this action has numerous objectives.  Also another line of betrayal of promises the west has not kept.  Such as that made to Gobachov that Nato would not extend east if the USSR converted.  Kosovo was one warning.  Choices for the elections are: do not give your choice of free speech away to two Imperialists who want you to decide over which war is more important of two current illegal genocidal occupations, Iraq or Afganistan.  By NOV they will probably have us fully in Pakistan as Obama wants or finish building the worlds largest embassy in Iraq the country we had no intentions of staying in.  Obama wants 65000 more troops and 20,000 more marines, sounds like a man who wants to talk at the table?  WE have choices if we will get behind them, as they do not have corporate sponsured interests behind them.  Voting for a 3rd party whether they win or not, sends a message that they do not want out there.  They are counting on the sheep and herded effect.  Learn what it means to say No.  It means in the long run some day some one who feels as you do, will be able to win.  It means it may cause, some of the sheep to stop and think, before they just give their voice away to hubris and war mongures. Vote for who you are not for who the media and corporations say you have to vote for.

Very good and insightful article.  The only additional comment is that there is one other beneficiary of this “war” – President Saakashvilly.  He got rid of two break-away provinces that were of absolutely no use to Georgia and managed not to lose his face in the process.  In fact, he has become a national hero.  The opposition fully supported his actions.  Georgia (and, thus, Mr. Saakashvilly) will receive more U.S. and other international aid.  Georgia has put itself on the map (there is no such thing as bad publicity – just think of Borat and Kazakhstan). Etc., etc.  Very clever move by the U.S. Government.  The only short-term losers in this whole affair are the Russians, who have clearly become the victims of the image war.  But do they care?  I don’t think so.  After all, they’ve got the oil and gas.

RF Plc (ex CCCP Amalgamated Industries) has the pleasure of releasing its Annual Accounts to its shareholders. 

The empire did not crumble. It went through Chapter XI reorganisation, spun off a few non core operations, negotiated a new money line, and hired a PR firm to design a new corporate logo. The mission of adding value to shareholders remains the same, within a new downsized and streamlined operation that no longer cross subsidizes loss making subsidiaries.

RF’s round of renegotiations with its creditors has resulted in refinancing at new favourable market conditions of low interest rates further underscored by its AAA credit ratings.  This, coupled with an injection of mezzanine finance has resulted in an improved a capital adequacy ratio of 0.48.

RF’s 250% increase in operating cash flow since 2005 means that RF Plc has a healthy debt servicing ratio of 4.75 and P/E ratio of 22.  RF Plc is currently reconfiguring its oil export channels via secure All-Russia pipelines to Europe and China, and is evaluating potential strategic acquisitions, even if they should necessitate hostile takeovers and proxy fights.  It appears likely that the competing BTC pipeline through Georgia will be acquired via hostile takeover and shut down as it is incompatible with RF’s integrated Glavtransneft network.  BTC management will be laid off with no golden parachutes.

Market Analysts however are speculating on RF Plc’s substantial holdings of Currency Stabilisation Fund and Sovereign Wealth Fund portfolio (c. EUR 500 bn).  It is rumoured that RF Plc are considering selling off an estimated 75% of the Fund which is estimated to be in worthless US Government Securities funding the Iraq Occupation, and using the proceeds to accelerate the commissioning of 6 Yuri Dolgoruki class SSBN submarines and 4 new aircraft carriers.  Meanwhile, US F-22s and B52s are fully loaded with bombs yet idle on the tarmac due to empty fuel tanks.

There are more choices besides the doupoly the Corpaorate media and corporations have placed at the table.  As far as Nader the spoiler, that is two party control dogma.  That election we were taken, illegal and it was decided illegaly by the Supremem Court to perform a coup as the Florida supreme court was going towards a Gore ending.  Obama is a Imperialist and his voting record proves it.  His statements about Jeruselum were inflamatory, he is as close to the right as Hilary was, but the elite think his being a black man 1st is more influencial on, moving the war on terror,Ha, and Imperialisms interests forward for both US and EU Capitalism domination and HERDING THE PUBLIC IN THE DIRECTION THEY WANT.  It will send a false flag that our elections here in the US still work.  Recently he has emphasized more on keeping the military option on the table than his being at the table as a talker. What would really show that our elections work still would have been to not block Dennis Kuchinic from the debates in Las Vegas, or for a real anti war canidate to get elected NADER or CYNTHIA MCKENEY, not unlike what happened in the Spanish elections. Corporation backed canidates are going to back the corporations.  Obama has been able to hide some of this and his talk against lobbiests, yet those lawyer firms who were some of his biggest contributers were firms who have big corporations as clients.  Lawyers don’t have to file as lobbiests.

@jackpine savage, August 13 at 3:28 am #

“In the minds of US political leaders, Monty’s advice is meaningless because the US is different and far superior to any country that has ever existed.”

I do hope you meant militarily.  If so, I agree.

This conflict may just be the beginning of an even greater and more destructive one that looms just over the horizon; the struggle to exploit and dominate Eurasia. Russia is a key player in this new great game and the prime “fly in the ointment” seen from a Western perspective. A Strong, confident and revived Russia is on a collision course with the West over the future of Eurasia and the continents as yet untapped and vast storehouse of energy and other vital raw materials.

A number of powers; India, Russia, Europe, China and the United States, all recognize the significance of Eurasia for their future economic development. Specifically Russia believes it is being slowly encircled by the United States and its allies, an empire greedy and desparate to gain unfettered access to Eurasia’s energy and other resources, and after Iraq the nervousness of the Russians is understandable.

It appears that the United States is determined to gain access to energy resources one way or another. Whilst the Europeans seem content to simply purchase what they need from Russia and other states, the United States seems to want more, to actually control and dominate the region for strategic and not purely economic reasons. If the US is going to remain the planets richest and most powerful country, a giant among dwarves, it simply has to gain control of Eurasia or see its position in the world decline. At least that’s the theory and the motivation behind much of what passes for US foreign policy towards the region at the moment.

Whether this is a wise or even rational goal is another question. What’s certain is that the Russian ruling elite have absolutely no intention of ceding control of their country to outside interests without a monumental struggle, a struggle that is starting now.

another color revolution - this one with hubris - these can only go so far - the cia/mi6/mossad nexus seems to have reached the end of the line, in term of how much geopolitical instability it can provoke

The possiblity exists that the US is going to attack Iran and this war was merely a diversion to keep
Russia occupied.

All this discussion, yet no one seems interested in remembering that it was Georgia that invaded South Ostetia [sp] not the Russians. They seemed to think the Olympics would keep Putin occupied.

Big E said it is the same lesson the Kurds learned after the 1st Gulf War [i.e. depending on promises made by us] I think it more similar to the harsh lesson Saddam Hussein received after he invaded Kuwait with our tacit permission - Or is that another piece of history conveniently forgotten in the fogs of war?

This tempest in the remnants of the USSR does highlight an important fact for those among us who want to invade any country all the time: Our military is stretched so thin we would have extreme difficulty defending our own borders with conventional forces.

I think it is time the Empire took some time off from its foreign adventures and concentrated on getting the home front in shape. We need to end our dependence on carbon fuels more then we need another ‘small’ war in the Mid-East.

Think about it…

to majkazuki:

well, I tend to think of Georgia as being similar to Cuba, in it’s geographic postion, it’s right on Russia’s doorstep, friendly to U.S. interests and has an oil pipeline, as well as being in a position to monitor what goes on in Iran, Iraq, and anyone else in the region…it also makes for good “democracy creation’ talking points.. I’m sure Russia likes that as much as the U.S. did when Russia was in around Cuba in the 60’s ....

The Georgians are learning what the Kurds learned after the first Gulf War, direct U.S. support after tacit approval for conflict tends to be non-existent…

American Imperialism at work.  Kosovo was a set up and provoked for the purposes of busting up the old USSR and get more military satilite bases in close to control Russia. Was also a economic manuver and all previous state owned factories were auctioned to mostly US corporations.  If they can comre up with a reason to intervene for humanitarian reasons they figure their own public will allow it, an the victims. Tangled web of deciept

You are under the assumption that if Georgia was granted Nato membership earlier this year.  That Russia would have still attacked. I respectfully disagree.  Other than that point your article was great.