Comments on: Georgia on Our Mind http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/georgia-on-our-mind/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john andrews http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/georgia-on-our-mind/#comment-26321 john andrews Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:45:44 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2514#comment-26321 The supply of energy to Europe is of course a factor, but I wonder if there is another? Bush's new missile 'defence' system proposed for Eastern Europe is rightly getting a deal of opposition, mainly because the 'need' for it has not yet been manufactured. Possible link? The supply of energy to Europe is of course a factor, but I wonder if there is another?

Bush’s new missile ‘defence’ system proposed for Eastern Europe is rightly getting a deal of opposition, mainly because the ‘need’ for it has not yet been manufactured.

Possible link?

]]> By: Michael Kenny http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/georgia-on-our-mind/#comment-26282 Michael Kenny Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:10:46 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2514#comment-26282 I think Mr Berg is right to say that Saakashvili overplayed his hand and that diversification of oil sources is a factor in all this. However, I think that he tends to fall into the classic American error of assuming that US and European interests are fused, rather than merely parallel. The reason why Europe does not like being totally dependent on Russia from energy is that it currently suffers from the US stranglehold on the world economy, which allows the US to blackmail into supporting policies that are contrary to its interests, and does not want to see that stranglehold replaced by a Russian stranglehold on its energy supplies. I think Mr Berg is right to say that Saakashvili overplayed his hand and that diversification of oil sources is a factor in all this. However, I think that he tends to fall into the classic American error of assuming that US and European interests are fused, rather than merely parallel. The reason why Europe does not like being totally dependent on Russia from energy is that it currently suffers from the US stranglehold on the world economy, which allows the US to blackmail into supporting policies that are contrary to its interests, and does not want to see that stranglehold replaced by a Russian stranglehold on its energy supplies.

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