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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please look into how Putin came to power before you
think Russia is again becoming a land grabbing dictatorship. It is not true
period.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are becoming </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>a
superpower in oil and gas. But the army budget gets less than 30 billion dollars
annually. Please all the stuff used in the war in Georgia were very old
and from the it's cold war days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Not like America where we have a volunteer
army, RUSSIA has a draft and it's soldiers (all male by the by) earn
almost nothing. Does that say something about American</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> training and American equipment. Georgia has
the building in Washington DC re-thinking about both our training methods
and our equipment/</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. When you had a problem with your local
government like Burger King did in St. Petersburg you went to the West's
government man to fix it, and it got fixed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The west's man in ST.
Petersburg V. Putin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Everyone in Russia knew that Yelestin was a
drunk and in the West's pocket, and when he picked Putin to succeed
him it was at the West bidding. They even made a movie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> of how he (Yelesin) won the his
last election using Western political methods.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. When Putin came to Power he spent
time in Crawford Texas discussing with George Bush what the WEST(meaning
the US) was expecting of him now that he was our man</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>, Yes he was told what to do and what we would do
when he did it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. And for the last eight years Russia has used
it's oil revenues to gain not one foot of land from the former
USSR.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. Russia has democratic elections, more on the up
and up than south America and Africa, just because you don't like there outcome
you can't say the are no valid.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6. RUSSIA did not invade Georgia, Georgia moved
first and was victims of a fool for a government. Georgia was warned by Rice if
you invade S.O Russia will attack you BACK</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> still they invaded anyway
thinking that Russia would not do that and they figured wrong.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7. When asked concerning problems with the EU
about Georgia, Putin replied they will not be a problem for Russia as Russia
supplies 35% of EU's power, and they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> the EU will look out for
number one. And they did.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>8. It is rumored in Russia that Putin has
Billions in Swiss banks, and wants just to get out, for if he did not they
would have rewritten the laws just like New York</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> is doing for Bloomberg if he
wanted to stay.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>9. which come back to the final point, without
a strong Russia and a strong China, we would not need that big building in
Washington playing war games.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>10. We always need to have someone to hate, but the
Russian's are nice people, I been there and married one, so if you need to hate,
pick on China</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frank</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>