The Medvedev Doctrine

Einstein once proclaimed that the 3rd world war will be fought with sticks and stones. We exploded the first nuclear weapon; through cheating, they caught up. They threatened us by trying to put missiles in Cuba; we stood our ground, in other words they knew Kennedy was going to vaporize them all. They faked Sputnik, we went to the moon, they never recovered from that. Ever since then, we have been 30 years ahead of them. They are still going around killing people with Radioactive tea, threatening sovereign countries who dont want anything to do with their ideologies. Did you say they want to deAmericanize our friends? One thing they should never forget is that America is the only country that has ever used Nukes on it's foes. That was about 63 years ago, never understimate what we are capable of now, we just dont go around bullying others. if we decided to unleash our might, there will be no air left for mankind, the earth would be just another meteorite floating around the solar system. Aliens in another Galaxy would see the flash , a black hole would be created and the fall out would create a billion year dust storm in the solar system. So dont be fooled by the west's indifference to your constant growls :)

I see ordinary Russians (if the ability to write pidgen English is an ordinary Russian trait) don't get it either. The world does not, will not, and need not recognize the "right" of Russian to re-create the empire of the Tsars, terrorize its near neighbors, poison opposition politicians in Ukraine, murder inconvenient journalists in their own country, assassinate critics abroad with radioactive isotopes, threaten the world with a return of Cold War aggression, blackmail the world with monopolistic control of raw materials, and otherwise make itself obnoxious in hopes of making itself feared. The greatest enemies of Russia are within its own borders. The corruption, the stagnation, the suppression of political rights and free speech, the brutality, are all perpetrated by Russians themselves, not by foreigners. Re-subjugating the Ukraine won't protect any Russian from being murdered for speaking out againt Putin, won't make any Russian's investments safe in his own country. Russians need to stop being paranoid about other nations and reform their own house. All Medvedev does about that is talk. His only concrete actions are in the field of foreign policy -- threats and interventionism and bellicose gestures. The world is not intimidated.

Even if I agree totally with this article, there is a reason to be carefull with Russia today is that they are "crazy" - I mean by that they really believe in their own propaganda - and they are ready to make war with Ukraine, Georgia, Kazak, Belarus, Baltic States, Poland, etc. I do believe that we ( Europeans and the West) need to show them that they are our enemies and that we are ready to fight back - meaning that travelling to the West for them will be painfull. Then they will change. Because these Russians know that our strategy is to push them into the arms of our Asian allies - first China.

The good thing for the West is to notice that these Russian leaders - mainly trained in KGB schools - are stupid enough to believe to what they think. When you compare the intellectual life in China - the incredible brilliant young leaders that Chinese have today with Russian ones, it is a clear sign where is the furture and who is the main ally of the West in the future: China withot any doubt. Russian leadership is isolated and has pratically no common intellectual basis with the West and the rest of the World communauty. It is really painfull to see at which low level these Russians are today.

I'm confused about something said in the article: Russia had peacekeepers in Georgia when Georgia decided to attack Ossetia. What are the peacekeepers there for? To watch the shelling of civilians? ...and the U.S. "Go in Alone" as it say's because it knew it could not get the Security Counsel to pass a resolution that allowed the US to attack Iraq. Yet, the US still occupies Iraq, sitting on massive oil reserves, but Russia no longer has troops in Georgia. The US and other Western allies wrongly recognized Kosovo, after yet another illegal war campaign...but the article gripes about Russia recognizing independence of territories that never were part of Georgia after the break up of the Soviet Union...

Why does everyone want to put their spin on things? Including Newsweek?

Actually, what a wonderful brain washing method!
Here the author is trying to show Medvedev's contradicting statements. The positive ones:

"In speech after speech, to audiences at home and abroad, he has talked forcefully of putting an end to Russia's culture of corruption; diversifying Russia's economy beyond the oil and gas industry; integrating Russia into the world economy; instituting the rule of law; and guaranteeing freedom of speech. He has said Russia should be a country where ordinary people take a "more active role in the country's political life."

And the negative ones:
"Yet at the same time (RIGHT HERE), he has blasted Washington for destabilizing the world's finances; blamed the United States for provoking the August war with Georgia; laid claim to Russia's "privileged interests" in its neighborhood; and proposed a massive shift in the global "architecture," which would give Russia a more pronounced say in world affairs."

The author is trying to say, that the first statements contradict the second, which is a lie - they don't andone with at least minimal brain power will understand it. Why is he saying it then? Because he is not appealing to logical thinking of his readers, but to stereotypes: the first statements make Medvedev look like a good guy and the second ones make him look like a "bad guy" to an average american.
Amazing, Communist propaganda has never been that skillful. Good job, Mr. Matthews.

A light-wait article in supposed to be heavy-wait magazine. Dim, uninspired columns, phlegmatic clichés and low-brow conclusions one can read in any short-sighted West European news paper. Disappointing that one has to read a kind of rhetorically languishing article which content not a single original line: Medvedev say so, but will he do so, he tries this, but will he do that, he does the talk, but will he walk the walk, the Unforgettable KGB, the Struggling Economy, the Illusive Freedom, The Caribbean Bomb, The Red Kremlin Star, Back to USSR, with Georgia in my mind, , Search and you will find, Talking too loud, Tanks go south, Rockets on the border, Low and Order, Petrol & Gas , The Boom and the Bust, Empire daydreams (with no use), Influence a la Russ, Cultural shooting, Salute a la Mr. Putin??????????????????.
Even I can make better analyzes and get a job in the magazine (I am available by the way). It seems that nothing better is on offer at the moment. Unfortunately!
You are lucky to be paid for how you write