RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR

The Enemy’s Scheme of Attack
by J. R. Nyquist
Weekly Column Published: 06.27.2008
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A small war can grow into a great war. Superpowers may confront each other. In fact, it’s happening now. The world’s superpowers are suppressing Islamists in Iraq and Chechnya. Adjoining each conflict is another conflict, ready to flare up. On May 6 the Russian press declared: Russia-Georgia ‘close to war’, Tbilisi to blame – Russian NATO envoy. At the same time, Russia has warned the U.S. against preemptively striking Iran. The Americans are presented with a dilemma. If the U.S. doesn’t strike Iran before the November presidential election then Israel will launch a strike. Either way, the Middle East comes unhinged within seven months.

Many pundits assume that Russia and America are natural partners in the War on Terror. If only they could find common ground and work together. This idea is mistaken, however, since Russia’s war against Islamic terror isn’t the same as America’s war. The difference between the two superpowers is most obvious, most glaring when we realize that Russia is not afraid to pass nuclear secrets to Iran. She is not afraid to arm Palestinian terrorists or Latin American terrorists. From the very start, the war in Chechnya was a provocation. The speaker of the Chechen parliament, Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, has publicly stated that “Russia created Dudaev, Maskhadov and Basayev [the leaders of the Chechen revolt].” He added that Basayev “was a GRU officer in Abkhazia….” He also said that Chechnya had “saved Russia from NATO” and would save Russia in the future. To understand his remark you must understand Russia’s long range policy. The entire Chechen War, with all its death and tragedy, was used by Moscow to justify Russia’s totalitarian revival under Putin. It feeds the vital diversionary rumor that Al Qaeda smuggled nuclear weapons out of Russia via Chechnya. Therefore, when Russian nuclear weapons are detonated in New York and Washington, Moscow will not be blamed. The Chechen alibi is in place.

Earlier this month U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated that Russia is modernizing and improving its missile and nuclear weapon technology. Russia is also building a highly professional army, based on mobile concepts and advanced weaponry. Early last year, in testimony before Congress, Gates noted that Russia and China are both “Pursuing sophisticated military modernization programs” that threaten U.S. security.