31-03-2010, 10:25 PM
Peter Presland Wrote:BUT - in a startling - even ominous - illustration of Mackinder's original analysis brought utd - even to the extent of Germany being the most reluctant Russia-basher, the following paragraph leaps off the page:
Quote:In addition to Serb Bosnia, Gazprom’s partners now include Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It almost retraces the Balkan route of the controversial Berlin-to-Baghdad railway which played such a decisive geopolitical role in British machinations that ultimately led to World War I following the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
In view of the unravelling of US/UK/NATO plans for the region - Ukraine election result especially - it does make the question "why an upsurge of Russia-Targeted terrorist attacks right now?" pointed and deserving of special attention - especially when Chechnya appears to be at its most tranquil in decades.
Engdahl's a diamond in a field of coal: I think the railroad-pipeline comparison inspired; and it's going to take an event (or rather, sequence of them) of similar magnitude to the assassination of the Archduke for the Anglo-Americans to transform their position. Stand-by for the return of the high-level assassination in Europe? Think Germany.