Is the Cold War back?
As reports about killing of thousands of civilians in Syira are uncovered every day, many ask the question: "If the NATO had the guts to succesfully intervene in Lybia, why do they let Assad massmurdering his people?" One suggested answer is: "It is not clear who would be the successor". The problem with this answer is: in Lybia it wasn't any clearer either.
Let's look back in history just one Olympic games earlier. Four years ago, when the World was watching the competing teams in Beijing, Russia attacked Georgia with the ridiculous excuse of protecting a tiny province in the Caucasian country, called South Osetia. I actually never liked the explanation, that Russia did this because of the oil- and gas-pipelines running across Georgia. Moscow has enough means to control the transport of oil and gas from Central Asia to Europe without any aggression. What more important is, that Georgia is a strong ally of the US. It is an American stronghold in the vicinity of Russian ones. A reverse Serbia, which is a Russian ally in the vicinity of NATO-members. During the Yugoslavian wars, America bombed Serbian entities, while the paralyzed Russia couldn't help his friend. Years later, as oil-prices dramatically rose, a richer and more important Moscow could take revenge: "You bombed our little Serbian friends, now we will bomb your little Georgian ones." And most recently Moscow is telling to Washington: "Now, you will not replace our dear friend, Assad. From now on, without the consent of the Kreml, such moves will be inpossible. We're back. America is not the only superpower anymore."
