The Russian invasion of it’s neighboring country Georgia came as quite a shock to the whole world, not to mention the government of the United States of America. Once again Condoleezza Rice was caught napping at the wheel. As it turns out, there were no contingency plans for such an eventuality. If Russia decides to sack Tbilisi (Capital of Georgia) and occupy it, nobody is going to do anything about it. Besides passing some toothless resolutions at the UN Security Council, Europe and the rest of the world would just watch helplessly and let a free democracy go down once again. This is not the kind of ‘New World Order’ that we all were looking forward to.
What kind of a message does it send to the rest of the world? Small countries like Georgia who can not defend themselves against large hegemonies like Russian Federation, would resort to developing some form of Nuclear Deterrent. It is incumbent on the sole-superpower like the United States to provide some sort of security umbrella to nation states like Georgia. European Union and NATO are once again exposed as nothing more than rich country clubs that would bemoan such aggression but do little else. Does it not remind you a similar situation just before the Second World War? The US Department of State must re-think it’s role!
Condoleezza Rice, the current Secretary of State, reminds us of Cyrus Vance who was the Secretary of State during Jimmy Carter’s presidency in late 1970s. Vance was also caught napping when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The job of a Secretary of State is to be ahead of the curve, anticipate such eventualities and be prepared with plans to deal with such situations. The budget seems to be yet another problem for the Department of State. The department has an annual budget of only $35 billion as against $480 billion for the Department of Defense. This shows misplaced priorities of the government of United States. Out of this $35 billions, close to $15 billion goes towards the dole-outs to the dictators around the world. There is not enough money left to develop full-fledged offices for each and every country in the world. That is the job of a sole-superpower of the world.
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