Re: SC52

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7098

New Cold War: Simultaneously, Russia and America Conduct Major War Games

There has been a virtual media blackout on the conduct of major military exercises by both Russia and the US. .

Reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia and America are conducting major war games simultaneously.

The Russian Air Force will be conducting major military exercises over a large part of its territory from the 16th to the 30th of October.

These Russian exercises coincide chronologically with the conduct of major US sponsored war games under Vigilant Shield 08, which are slated to take place from the 15th to the 20th of October.

VS-08 was preceded by major naval exercises under Pacific Shield 07, involving the participation of Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK, and the US.

President Vladimir Putin announced in August that Russia would be resuming long-range bomber flights over the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union. (Associated Press, October 1, 2007). Moscow's resolve was in response to US-NATO threats directed against Russia including the militarization of Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

The US exercise code named Vigilant Shield 2008 (VS-08) is casually presented as an "anti-terrorist drill". While under the joint auspices of the Pentagon and the Department of Defense, US Northern Command in liaison with NORAD is in charge of the operation.

VS-08 includes a massive deployment of the US Air Force and Canada's Air Force. It resembles a war-time scenario with the deployment of bombers and fighter jets over the entire North American continent extending into the Arctic.

Meanwhile in the Pacific, military exercises are being held in Guam under the VS-08 imitative. Parallel US-Philippines sponsored war games are slated to commence in the Philippines archipelago on the 16th of October, "involving nearly 3,500 troops from specialized forces from the two countries."

In what visibly appears to be a confrontational scenario, the Russian war games commence one day after the launching of the US sponsored VS-08...........

............ VS-8 is based on a scenario of confrontation with Russia and China.

In August, under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Russia and China joined hands in the conduct of major war games. Code-named "Peace-Mission 2007", the exercises were held in the Volga region of Russia as well as in the Urumqi region of Western China...........

Today, Russian President Putin met with the Iranian President, and in this historic visit showed his support for Iran's nuclear energy ( not nuclear weapons ) program. Putin also made comments during this meeting meant as a " not so subtle threat " to Bush and Cheney, intimating that they are warned not to launch any attack on Iran from any countries on Russia's southern borders. This US pre-emptive warmonger Bush administration has been considering Azerbijan as a possible launch point for air strikes on Iran, which is clearly the country Putin's comments meant to address. Putin's meeting with Adinijad today, and the war excercises in conjunction with China this year, are clear indications that these three countries are seeing the advantage of striking a growing alliance, as a means to push back on the antagonistic moves of empire as seen under the beligerant US administration under Bush and Cheney. Hopefully enough pressure can be brought against Bush's plans of attacking Iran, to stop this event from ever occuring. An air attack by the US on Iran, would un-leash in-calculable problems in the middle east, and for the world economy. Today's record oil high price of $87.61 would be Chump Change, compared to the sky high levels oil prices would reach, if Bush militarily targets Iran. Putins moves today hopefully may have brought us a little further back from the brink of such a disaster.