MH 17 and its significance for Australia MH 17 and its significance for Australia As the story of MH17 unfolds, a few things take centre stage : it was shot down by a sophisticated surface to air missile, most likely supplied by Russia,over a defacto russian-controlled area of Ukraine. Without Russian interference in Ukraine, this would not have happened. secondly, an obvious refusal to unrestricted access for an international team of crash investigators and salvage teams, as well as sloppy procedures like not securing the crash zone as well as looting the mishandling of the deceased. A total lack of cooperation from the russian-controlled side underlines their culpability in this scenario.If they got nothing to hide, why all this obstruction?? it rakes of old style Soviet behaviour and is squarely Putin’s responsibility. He is obviously flexing his muscles. So, why ist he West pussyfooting around the whole Ukraine issue, including the MH17 scenario ? Why aren`t they putting Putin out in the cold, where he belongs ? first of all, there is a substantial resource dependency of many east and west european countries on Russia as well as trade deals. You see, Putin couldn`t care less , if Russia goes back to the dark ages, they `ll get used to it. He is a KGB man and only interested in his own power, and by stuffing around Europe he thinks he is proving his power. secondly Europe will need some backing of the USA for effective sanctions as well as resource security.However, somewhat strained relations with the US, caused by their recent spying on their allies does not help this process. Further more there are other trouble spots in the world that need some US-Russian cooperation : ISIS in Iraq, the Syria conflict,the Gaza conflict,the braking up of Libia. So Putin knows, he does not have to cooperate in Ukraine because the West needs him in dealing with other trouble spots. So, all up a pretty messy situation and this ist he reason fort he slow progress. So what can Australia do to make a difference ? Australia could quite easily guaranty all the European countries who are dependant on Russia for their resources, resource security by supplying them with australian gas, oil and whatever they need.It would reduce one of Putin’s pressure points significantly.It would give them some independence from one of the bullies on earth as well as reducing our own dependency on another bully, China. A win-win situation , which would be appreciated by the Europeans as well as many Australians. The underlying current here is that of a superpower confrontation and you don`t solve that by appeasing a bully like Russia. So come on Tony, rise and shine !!!
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:02:47 +0000
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