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Twists of War

15:00 11.05.2010 Armen Oganesyan

Twists of War

In contrast to the projections of a crushing defeat of the Red Army, that were churned out on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in June, 1941 but eventually proved inaccurate, Churchill`s belief that Russia was ready to make an all-out effort to fight the war fully withstood the test …

The Great Patriotic War: the forecast was wrong

16:31 29.04.2010 Armen Oganesyan

The Great Patriotic War: the forecast was wrong

The outbreak of Germany’s war against the USSR gave rise to much diversity in the projections. Three years later, Deputy Secretary of State Welles recalled: "Even the highest military authorities in this country and in Britain did not believe in the summer of 1941 that Russia would be able to …

Who is mad: us or Vesuvius?

16:29 22.04.2010 Armen Oganesyan

Who is mad: us or Vesuvius?

I do not know about you, but I am impressed with the European official. I admire and am morally crushed by his principles. Are you saying: "play it safe"? Of course. But after all, admit it, you were not personally touched by the princes of aviation’s "heroic" flights through volcanic …

The New START Treaty: What Next?

15:00 08.04.2010

The New START Treaty: What Next?

RONALD REAGAN'S SIGNATURE PHRASE "Trust but Verify" surfaced every time the arms reduction talks were discussed in the United States. The "insidious" Russians, meanwhile, opted for "Verify Before Trusting" when dealing with the Americans, the formula suggested by the sad experience of America's unilateral withdrawal from the ABM Treaty and …

Terror as organized fratricide

16:27 01.04.2010 Armen Oganesyan

Terror as organized fratricide

Subject: Explosions in the subway in Moscow March 29, 2010 Cain was the first murderer, and at the same time committed fratricide. In Scripture, there are no mistakes. Terrorism is organized fratricide, especially in historically multiethnic Russia. Any polarity of opinion, any difference in cultures, is no excuse. Apart from …

"Genghiskhana’s" Adventures in Moscow

8:59 25.03.2010 Armen Oganesyan

"Genghiskhana’s" Adventures in Moscow

Moscow is an amazing city. Anything can happen here ... Take for example, an average book store. Here the choice is slightly above the average. All appears uneventful, but, most importantly all is quiet, without any jostling, so what more does the Moscow intelligentsia need? It is not like it …

Did Stalin Want to Join NATO?

14:00 18.03.2010

Did Stalin Want to Join NATO?

ON 25 AUGUST 1952, Stalin received French Ambassador Louis Joxe for a working meeting at which the ambassador in reply to Stalin's question about the nature of NATO from Charles de Gaulle's perspective hinted that the bloc was an absolutely peaceful structure strictly within the UN Charter. "Stalin laughed and …

All Around Me I See Treason, Cowardice and Deceit!

14:00 11.03.2010

All Around Me I See Treason, Cowardice and Deceit!

THERE ARE TIMES when the human soul is filled from within with such an overbearing and unassailable feeling of evil and gloom that it requires inhuman power, some extraordinary exploit to overcome it ... This is when the person prone to suicide shouts faint-heartedly: "I don't want to live, and …

"Freedom of enterprise" or "freedom of the market"?

16:10 04.03.2010 Armen Oganesyan

"Freedom of enterprise" or "freedom of the market"?

Part Two: "The man in the boa hat" "The elephant in the boa hat," was drawn by a little prince and resembled an ordinary hat, touching in its naivety the correctness of the child's drawing. "The man in the boa hat" is a scary, but prophetic dream of today’s world. …

"Freedom of enterprise" or "freedom of the market"?

16:08 25.02.2010 Armen Oganesyan

"Freedom of enterprise" or "freedom of the market"?

Part One Among the other freedoms, the spirit of our age has been and remains largely defined by freedom of enterprise. Of course, it was not always so. Why an era makes a preferred choice in favor of one freedom or another, fighting for it, suffering for it and shedding …

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