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Texas Threats and Russian Savvy? Goodbye America!

Texas Governor Rick Perry stirred the stick of popularism yesterday with his war-cry of secession from the Union during the Texan-chapter of the not-so-great Tea Party rallies. Alas a firebrand pitchfork and torch march on Capitol Hill was not the reality hoped for by hundreds and the mainstream media added just the right measure of [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Military Power Report

The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

A Silver Lining to Economic Crisis – a Quieter Introspective Russia?

With the daily avalanche of doom and hideous gloom battering us from every angle – it’s very difficult (neigh, almost impossible!) to find any silver lining strong enough to tug on with reasonable focus and interest. So when you trip over the odd headline here and foreign-correspondent article there (in quiet corners of the [...]

Russia Reclaiming Lost Strength and Confidence

After fifteen years of introspection, economic and political struggle and despair, Russia appears to be rapidly reclaiming its lost strength – economic and political – and is expressing its renewed confidence as a powerful alternative to the United States in world affairs.
Economic:
Russian president Vladimir Putin used his annual nationally broadcast news conference (1200 reporters from [...]

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