tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post115648111798395462..comments2024-01-20T14:08:08.057+05:30Comments on Serendipity: Time for a U turn in Foreign Policy – Stop backing losers!Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-57457060976761259562014-03-26T17:10:53.778+05:302014-03-26T17:10:53.778+05:30http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589194/Ho...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589194/How-Sochi-ghost-town-just-weeks-Olympics.html<br /><br />See the link above on how Sochi is now a deserted derelict US$50B waste of money weeks after the Winter Olympics of 2014<br /><br />Russia is really a lost cause closing on SL and its leadership!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-376737488645002042014-03-26T10:59:46.933+05:302014-03-26T10:59:46.933+05:30Stop worrying about their natural resources. We ha...Stop worrying about their natural resources. We have to worry about our natural resources, now that a huge gas find has been confirmed in the Mannar basin with Oil also part of the deal. We can never sell it to Russia thats for sure,<br /><br />So let us just say that today, Obama has just said that Russia is only a regional power!!<br /><br /> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/25/barack-obama-russia-regional-power-ukraine-weakness<br /><br />which merely confirms what I have been saying in the entry! Ratmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-85642274540007481882014-03-24T12:33:38.488+05:302014-03-24T12:33:38.488+05:30how do putin and the oligarch's natural resour...how do putin and the oligarch's natural resources -- oil and gas being paramount -- relate to our support for them? given that the west is looking to starve us of essential resources, by putting international sanctions on our suppliers, it may be prudent to keep in putin's good books despite the vile nature of his rule. <br /><br />crimea was a democratic action and we must support it unless we support the alternative of world government where there are no countries and people relate to each other as individuals in a world system rather than as countries. the latter is preferable but not realistic given the hegemonic intentions of world powers.<br /><br />the usa and the west cannot be trusted as allies as they change regularly with the wind. 10 years ago it was them that invaded and destroyed an entire country for false reasons, and now while the memory is still fresh, they are taking the opposite line!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com