Hurricanes of West and East -- Russia, Gustav, and the West.

by ALEXANDER MALINA, New York City

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 - Labor Day in the United States today is a sour one. The American South is being hit hard by raging Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall early today. Slamming into the coast at 110 mph, Gustav shyly missed New Orleans, relieving worries of many who feared the repeate of Hurricane Katrina.

The Hurricane has put a cloud over the Republican convention in St. Paul. On August 31, President Bush had stated that he would not attend the convention, and some had even questioned if the convention should be held, in light of an upcoming national tradgedy like a hurricane, which would disrupt so many peoples lives.

It is interesting to look at the possible outcomes of the convention this year, being that it's being held during the rage of one of the most powerful hurricanes in recent years. Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina re-inforced many peoples beliefs, and fanned some new ones, of the Republican party's lack of action and compassion for the people of New Orleans.

The disasters of Hurricane Gustav could rekindle the awful memories of the Republicans and the Bush administartion.

At the same time, however, at a time of a national tradgedy, the Republicans typically have been able to step up their nationalistic rehetoric and garner favorability. The hurricane could in fact help the convention in St. Paul, if the Republicans play the game right.

We'll have to wait and see what happens. But I have a strange feeling that the Republicans will use the disaster to their advantage as much as possible.

While the Hurrican rages in the South, another storm is gathering in the East. Russia is once again on many of the worlds leading papers headlines with the words "punish" and "cold war" somewhere within the article.

Apparently the European Union is under great pressure to punish Russia for its actions in George which began on August 8th.

Many Western countries feel that the problem arose when Russia decided to "invade" the independant nation for its own interests. The truth somewhat different, however, and it was perhaps only once aired on national television.

For some time two regions of Georgia have been trying to break away -- Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The regions are associated with Russia, and about 90% of the population of South Ossetia holds Russian passports.

For over 16 years the region of South Ossetia lived in a quasi state of independance. It wasn't until August that Georgian forces went in, with a full-scale military attack, killing Russian peackeepers and Russian citizens. It was then in reaction to such an invasino of semi-independant territory with a large Russian contingency, that the Russian military went into the region on August 8, 2008.

In response the West became incredibly alarmed at the situation. And this is because they need Georgia -- Georgia is an incredibly important player in only one sense, that it's neighbors with Russia and it has an important pipeline.

If the West can get a pro-Western state at the foot of Russia where they can land their military bases, then the goal of outwinning Russia is complete.

We must look at who is really at war here. Russia vs. Georgia? Russia vs. the West? No. The true answer is Russia vs. The United States. Because the whole "Rose Revolution" of Georgia was nothing more than a CIA theater show, very well recieved, but very poorly produced.

The current President of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, was basically trained by the State Department. After graduated from Kiev State University in Ukraine, he was drafted by the State Departemnt and "educated" at the most elite universities in the country -- Harvard and Columbia.

When going back to Georgia, he somehow had friends in very high places, and soon enough he was heading the "Rose Revolution."

After coming into power, his government became a small United States operating in Georgia. The ideas of the free market and neo-conservatism were the high wisdom of the state of affairs, and the president of Georgia became very friendly with the President of the United States.

Now we see what's happening quite clearly. The interests of the Americans are coming into full view, and the world, like a an obedient lapdog, bows.

There is not one single comentator on any webiste, not even the super-left, that has come out to shed light on the true situation, and the Americans have the same interests in Georgia as they do in the Middle East.