I was starting to wonder if there were any demonstrations at all, they sure didn't seem to be making local or national news and that is very very worrying.
I'd been glancing at all the news broadcast keeping an eye out for any escalation of the war and no peace demonstrations seemed to be breaking through the
reports of the war, reports on the olympics and the noise of other events.
Peace demonstrations might not have a direct effect on russia's leaders, but russia's leaders know that with extremely rare exceptions the majority of
democratically elected leaders slavishly follow the "herd" when it comes to there decisions and if it doesn't look like the "herd" is
stirred up then ultimately the politicians running a nation won't be stirred up.
If there are no news worthy demonstrations especially in Europe then russia's leaders and military are the type of people to assume they can take the next
step.
Right now russia is in roughly the same position both economically, militarily and socially that Germany was in when Hitler started world war II and like then
it almost certainly looks like the world is more interested in other things like the olympics in China or peace at any price.
I have to give russia's leaders credit the planning, timing and execution so far has been nearly perfect and the leaders of Georgia played right into thier
hands.
China's preoccupied with the olympics and presenting a carefully crafted facade to her people and the world and to that end her peoples energy, her spies,
military and police forces have been focused away from external events especially the russian borders toward internal problems and events.
America is preoccupied with trying to close down a mostly successful war that has never the less been made very unpopular among many American citizens and
around the world. Now add in the fact that America is heading into an presidential election where the retiring president is currently being demonized, vilified
and accused of all sorts of actions by a significant percentage of the American population and you have a nation who's leaders are almost certainly
paralyzed.
howard melton
God bless
I'd been glancing at all the news broadcast keeping an eye out for any escalation of the war and no peace demonstrations seemed to be breaking through the
reports of the war, reports on the olympics and the noise of other events.
Peace demonstrations might not have a direct effect on russia's leaders, but russia's leaders know that with extremely rare exceptions the majority of
democratically elected leaders slavishly follow the "herd" when it comes to there decisions and if it doesn't look like the "herd" is
stirred up then ultimately the politicians running a nation won't be stirred up.
If there are no news worthy demonstrations especially in Europe then russia's leaders and military are the type of people to assume they can take the next
step.
Right now russia is in roughly the same position both economically, militarily and socially that Germany was in when Hitler started world war II and like then
it almost certainly looks like the world is more interested in other things like the olympics in China or peace at any price.
I have to give russia's leaders credit the planning, timing and execution so far has been nearly perfect and the leaders of Georgia played right into thier
hands.
China's preoccupied with the olympics and presenting a carefully crafted facade to her people and the world and to that end her peoples energy, her spies,
military and police forces have been focused away from external events especially the russian borders toward internal problems and events.
America is preoccupied with trying to close down a mostly successful war that has never the less been made very unpopular among many American citizens and
around the world. Now add in the fact that America is heading into an presidential election where the retiring president is currently being demonized, vilified
and accused of all sorts of actions by a significant percentage of the American population and you have a nation who's leaders are almost certainly
paralyzed.
howard melton
God bless