youngdan

The quesion is has Russia played the Western Power Elites for suckers. Russia now holds all the aces while the West can only bluff on a very weak hand

For the greater part of the 20th century The Soviet Union was presented as a mortal danger to the United States and Western Europe. It was an easy presentation to make as it was probably the most murderous regime ever to it's own people. Stalin was only superceded in his killing in this regard by Mao and percentage wise by Pol Pot. It is my contention that communism was nurtured at birth and fed through adulthood and is now about to turn on it's feeders.
This monster could have been slain many times but each time a victory was close it was decided to let this reptile live. We can begin at the beginning. The trip of Lenin back to Russia is well known and the motives of all are easily explained. However the trip made by Trotsky deserves close study. When the February 1917 revolution occured he was in New York City and left for Russia on March 27. The British intercepted him in Halifax, Nova Scottia and put him in prison. On the face of things it is hard to know why the British would not want to keep him in prison as the war effort would be greatly hindered by the Russians withdrawing from the fight. What is known is that Trotsky was travelling on an American passport with entry permits for Russia. He was carrying the very large sum of 10000 dollars. After a month word came from the British Embassy in Washington that Trotshy was to be allowed continue his journey. His passport and release could only have been authorised at a high level.
Toward the end of the 2nd World War some decisions were made that defies logic. On the field of battle the most successfull warrior was General Patton. He clearly saw the danger posed by the Russians. He was very much against the decision to allow the Russians to takr Berlin but he was overruled. Despite the fact that the entire war was fought to protect Poland it was handed over to Soviet control despite the fact that the Soviets had deliberately allowed the Germans to brutally suppress the Warsaw rising. All civilians who fell within the grasp of the Soviet troops were ravished in the extreme. In their advance West the Soviets liberated 25000 American prisoners and moved them East. It is estimated that 20000 of these POWs were abandoned to the Soviets never to return home

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Furthermore the Soviet prisoners were forced back to certain death in Operation Keelhaul..  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Keelhaulis estimated that 2 million were sent to their doom. Even Swedan took part http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6940722280588353422&q=swedan+prisoners&ei=oyQdSJO-Mo6qrgLhuaGxAg&hl=en
   Patton wished to continue the war and destroy communism and facism. He believed this to be easily done as the Russians were a scavaging army whereas the US had a fully provisioned army backed by a large industrial base. Had he known about the bomb then even more weight would be added to his argument. Not only was Poland not freed but all Eastern Europe has allowed to fall to the communists.
    The next struggle took place in the far East. General Chiang Kai shek was in a long war against Mao. He had many disadvantages. He had to fight the Japanese while Mao ignored them. His son was held hostage by Stalin and some of his top generals were communist moles. However he eventually got the upper-hand and cornered Mao in Manchuria. At this crucial point General Marshall arrived and convinced him to have a truce This respite enabled Mao to regroup and go on to victory.   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,934373,00.html?promoid=googlep
   The next deliberate defeat took place in Korea. After the Chinese entered the war the US suffered terribly but McArthur eventually pushed them back but when he wanted to bomb the bases in China he was relieved of duty. This pattern of bombed everywhere but the enemy was repeated in Vietnam. Over 7 million tons of bombs which was over 3 times the amount of WW2 were dropped to little avail.
    The Soviet Union was nurtured for it's entire existance by credits from the West and grain shipments to keep it fed. The money saved by the Soviets was used to build a huge military machine.  http://www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/EM128.cfm   These actions can only be explained if policy makers in the West did not fear The Soviet Union and were quite happy to profit greatly and have huge military spending. The Russians were quite happy with this situation as they were growing in strenght. The Soviets overplayed their hand by invading Afghanistan. This changed the attitude of the West and Reagan began a military build-up. The Soviets knew that their economy could not compete and neither could their technology. Things got particularly bleak for them after the US began to position Pershing missiles in Europe which gave the West a 1st strike ability with a few minutes warning.

   In 1984 a KGB officer who had defected in the 60s by the name of Anatily Golitsyn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliy_Golitsyn wrote a very interesting book called New Lies for Old www.amazon.com/New-Lies-Old-Anatoliy-Golitsyn/dp/0945001134  In it he lays out a plan where the Soviets deceive the West into thinking that the leopard was changing it's spots. It accurately predicted the fall of the Wall, Perestroika and Glastnot at a time when such events were unthinkable. This deception would lead the West to disarm their nuclear arsenal and he was right.
    The West has been deceived into thinking that they deal with Russia as if it were a trading partner. They continued to coalesc the West into what they see as a single unit governed by them as a high powered UN. All the while Russia went along with the 2 Iraq wars even though it would appear that Saddam being toppled was very disadvantagious to them. However the rise in oil and commodity prices have made them rich beyond their dreams. While they allowed their conventional forces to diminish the continued to build modern topal icbm nuclear missiles and now their bombers are back in the skys over the British coast and the Atlantic.
    We now reach what I believe to be the most important event. Last Summer it looked as if the US was about to strike Iran and had 3 carriers in the area. A high level delagation went to Putin to tell him what was expected of him but it appears that Putin sent them packing. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070713/68933469.html  Those at the meeting were Kissinger, George Schultz, Sam Nunn and ex Treasury Secretary Rubin. The only Western media to carry this was The Gaurdian and it has since been removed from it's web site but I read it on first hearing it. The attack did not happen at that time. 
  It now appears that the West is economically broke and it's military is ground down after 6 years of war. If the US attacks Iran then even with the best outcome it's munitions will be expended. The worst outcome could well be huge naval and airforce losses. The army in Iraq would then be unable to receive supplies and it would be totally wiped out. The economic ramifications of such a defeat would destroy the US tatally. Russia would control the energy needs of Europe and the new Iron Curtain would extend to the Aran Islands. Europe would have neither the way or thw will to resist.
 The greatest con of all time would have worked.