Conquering From Within

Shortly before the Czechs announced that Milquetoast Diplomacy had trumped the planned missile defense posts in the Czech Republic and Poland, RIA Novosti (Russian Information Agency) published an editorial by Andrei Fedyashin that was focused primarily on Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and his National Intelligence Strategy. Fedyashin concludes his article with clear insight to, and understanding of, the utterly naive worldview of Barack Obama.

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Now Blair is ready to give American intelligence agencies broader counterintelligence missions. In the past, counterintelligence was directed primarily at exposing foreign spies. Now it has been elevated to the level of a priority mission for the entire American intelligence community. The NIS states that the targets are now not only foreign governments but also "non-state actors, violent extremist groups, cyber intruders and criminal organizations", which are increasingly undermining U.S. interests in many different ways. It cites attempts to "manipulate U.S. policy and diplomatic efforts, disrupt or mitigate the effectiveness of our military plans and weapons systems, and erode our economic and technological advantage."

The last phrase should be remembered. It is significant in the context of the afore-mentioned nuclear threat coming from Iran and North Korea, and Russia's "global revisionism." After such statements it is difficult to believe that Obama has given up on the deployment of new components of the missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. This prospect seems even less likely in light of the fact that Republicans and neo-Conservatives have launched a fierce campaign against him.

A special conference on missile defense in Europe was recently put on by the influential far-right Heritage Foundation, located in Washington, D.C. Leading right-wing political analysts stated at that conference that Russia's approach to the problem does not reflect the realities of this century, and is based on the failure to comprehend American technological achievements. The message is clear - if Obama rejects the plan drafted under Bush, it will mean that he also fails to comprehend many things in the United States. And that is very bad for America.

No doubt, Putin is laughing his ass off. "Mine! Mine! Europe is all mine!"

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