tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post3508366937597721308..comments2023-12-08T02:29:07.687-06:00Comments on Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance: Ruskies claim Santa's domainRobertDWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-49200377385302789442007-08-06T08:38:00.000-05:002007-08-06T08:38:00.000-05:00I always knew that Santa was a Commie. I mean, he ...I always knew that Santa was a Commie. I mean, he wears nothing but red and has a legion of unpaid workers slaving away "for the good of all children everywhere". At least he doesn't call them his little comrades.Haru-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960715821535237573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-14344637929887504472007-08-03T09:39:00.000-05:002007-08-03T09:39:00.000-05:00I don't think space would allow me to comment on a...I don't think space would allow me to comment on all of this. This is all part of a general renewed assertiveness on the part of the Russians for various reasons. They have always resented losing their "great power" status after the Soviet collapse. I would say from my perspective that any nation with 20,000-plus nuclear warheads was a power, but that's beside the point. But they intend for the world (and especially the West) to take Russia seriously. <BR/><BR/>Also, the current economic "boom" in Russia is largely connected to the global spike in oil and gas prices. Being flush with cash enables them to be more adventuristic. Finding new resources of oil and gas helps further that along. <BR/><BR/>There are other aspects to this, but you get the idea.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-84744809609148047902007-08-02T12:58:00.000-05:002007-08-02T12:58:00.000-05:00Apparently they are after the oil and gas.Apparently they are after the oil and gas.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.com