At the moment, there is little doubt that Francois Hollande can count on winning the presidential run off in France. The questions naturally arising in the context are which, if any, transformations await the French foreign policy under the incoming president and, in particular, how Paris will be shaping its relations with Moscow in the coming five years...
At first glance at the 2011 events in Libya it looks like the decision to attack the country was taken only somewhere in February or March. A number of facts and official documents seem to prove it... But there are facts of completely different nature that give enough ground to say that there was a thoroughly played game aimed at lulling the vigilance of Libyan leadership...
Chances are NATO has already put together a plan for a powerful military foothold in Libya akin to Camp Bondstill in Kosovo, the province lawlessly torn out of Serbia. Camp Bondstill, the biggest military base in Europe, is the main award Washington earned by inducing the partition of Serbia... The developments in Libya are increasingly reminiscent of those that culminated in the disintegration of Yugoslavia...
The U.S. Administration explains that the hyperactivity of the FBI and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community in Puerto Rico is a part of the response to the threat posed by terrorist groups, drug cartels, and agents of hostile regimes. The U.S. hit list, it must be noted, includes as legitimate targets the radical separatists who, in fact, are ordinary Puerto Ricans trying to press for the independence of their country... In Washington, the hopes of the Puerto Rican nationally oriented forces for a reunion with other Latin American nations are seen as a risk to the U.S. interests in the region...
