Ever since Clinton broke Washington’s promise not to move NATO eastward, Russia has known that Washington seeks military advantage over Russia. . ... Bush regime told Russia that Washington intended to gain superiority by constructing an anti-ballistic missile shield..…

Bush heralded the Gulf War as the beginning of a “New World Order.” After the collapse of Russia’s empire in Eastern Europe, America’s new grand strategy was to establish itself as the singularly dominant world power that would impose neoliberal economics and smash any so-called..…

Bush also intended to establish permanent bases throughout Central Asia in order to encircle both China and Russia. ..…

Washington hopes that a U.S. military presence at “the heart of the landmass extending from European Russia to China” will serve to keep its rivals in check. . BUT WHILE the Bush administration began the war in Afghanistan, since taking office last year, Obama has definitively made it..…