[A-List] Russia's Lost to Japan

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Czarist Russia lost a war to Japan which unleashed a chain of events
that evetually toppled the Romanovs.  The Russian Revolution was ignited
by a mixture of would national pride and domestic economic collapse.

The World Cup loss highlighted to the Russians that their motherland is
no longer the power it was a decade ago. Putin will be on the
defensive.  To be like by the West is a liability for a Russian
politician.

Russia is weaker than it should be and stronger than its present
government think it is.  The greatest danger for world peace is not a
War on Terrorism running out of control, but a US underestimation of
Russia power and frustration.


Henry C.K. Liu