Putin worried by anti-U.S. wave

Putin starts to put the breaks on the Anti-U.S. sentiment juggernaught in the Common Wealth of Independent states. Can he slow it down?

8:39:30 PM    comment   

Tankless Army by 2012?

Maybe not after the proven usefulness of the heavy tanks in Gulf War II. On the other hand, we have reports today on CNN of Bradley Fighting Vehicles knocking out T-72 tanks near Baghdad International Airport.

8:29:47 PM    comment   

Russian hand behind Iraqi defiance?

MOSCOW APRIL 4. Retired Russian generals helped Iraq prepare for war, a media report said here.

Who shall we blame for the stiff Iraqi resistance? Certainly there are many nations around the world who might have hoped the U.S. to encounter a new Vietnam in Iraq. On CNN the other night, it was reported that a retired INDIAN general had trained the Iraqi army. There have been reports that the Chinese built the bombardment resistant fiber optic communication system for Iraq, to prevent a reply of the first Gulf War shutdown of Iraqi Command and Control. During the fighting, there were reports of Russian advisors maintaining GPS jammers for the Iraqi army. Maybe we'll even find some U.S. folks helped out =). Or perhaps the credit just goes to smart Iraqi generals themselves.

8:24:51 PM    comment   

Russia: Experts Say Anti-American Sentiment Over Iraq Crippling Foreign Policy

... Russian public opinion overwhelmingly backs President Vladimir Putin's condemnation of the war in Iraq. Over 80 percent of the population opposes the U.S.-led campaign, a figure critics say indicates society has fallen victim to a Kremlin-orchestrated, anti-Western, media campaign. Meanwhile, foreign-policy experts are warning that continued opposition to the conflict will prove disastrous for Russian foreign policy. ...

... Piontkovskii said the Kremlin must reject this view and realize that the United States is its most important ally in the 21st century. "It's necessary to end the anti-American hysteria that has caught up our media. Especially because it can bring us to a dead end not only in foreign policy but in domestic policy as well," Piontkovskii said

8:08:33 PM    comment