[lbo-talk] Russians Sense the Heat of Cold War Intensifying U.S.Criticism of Government and Its Role in Region Provokes Resentment

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com>
>
>Does Chris Doss care to comment?
>
>Jim F.
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>Russians Sense the Heat of Cold War
>Intensifying U.S. Criticism of  Government and Its Role
>in Region Provokes Resentment
>
>By Peter Finn
>Washington Post Foreign Service
>Monday, April 3, 2006;  A14
>
>MOSCOW -- In this city, it's beginning to feel like a
>new Cold War,  driven by what many people here see as
>an old American impulse: to encircle,  weaken or even
>destroy Russia...

Awaiting Chris's reply, I'll add my two cents:  I don't think this cold war 
revival is being driven by Russophobia particularly.  Now that wheels have 
come off GWB's anti-Islam jihad, the military-industrial complex needs 
another looming menace -- any menace at all -- pronto to keep the Pentagon's 
budget well stuffed.  Russia seems the logical choice since, compared to the 
Bushian crusade, the cold war was easy to stage-manage.

Carl