tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post364368007320678711..comments2024-03-29T04:12:59.495+11:00Comments on The Red Wombat Hole: Russia finds eco-friendly way to massacre millionsRed Wombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post-59800926738619969042008-08-23T18:48:00.000+10:002008-08-23T18:48:00.000+10:00well I agree with your point here, except that I d...well I agree with your point here, except that I don't think it has been settled that Russia is an imperialist country, in the marxist sense. It might be, but I'm reticent. Yet in general I think your point still holds if ussia is only a very large and powerful capitalist country.Michael Karadjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229703725079267371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post-16935745537690117782008-08-22T19:35:00.000+10:002008-08-22T19:35:00.000+10:00Arguably not. I'm not sure of the scale or targeta...Arguably not. I'm not sure of the scale or targetability of the US explosive vs that of the Russian bomb, but I assume that the Russians have "perfected" certain aspects of the device so as to increase control over its deployment.<BR/><BR/>So, simply a more effective (and enviro-friendly) form of inhumanity.<BR/><BR/>I'm not inclined to any particular confidence in the Russian oligarchy, but I do wonder if much of the left is struggling to adjust to a world of "multipolar" imperialisms that bears - in some ways - more resemblance to the situation a century ago than to the more familiar ground of the Cold War.<BR/><BR/>That is - the US is still the Big Baddie of Imperialism, but how now do we react to the Medium and Little Baddies when they come up against the Big one, and thousands of people get caught in the middle? (A rhetorical question, but perhaps one that sheds some light on where the left is at).Red Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post-15471073154319555332008-08-22T18:29:00.000+10:002008-08-22T18:29:00.000+10:00That's a pretty good argument against anyone incli...That's a pretty good argument against anyone inclined to give the Russian oligarchy any confidence over its "protection" of the South Ossetian people against Georgia's extermination campaign.<BR/><BR/>That said, is this actually any different to the fuel-air explosives long used by the US, particularly in Gulf War I in 1991?Michael Karadjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585990229556349122noreply@blogger.com