Driven Pile Foundation: The Media's War with Russia

This is a satrical but serious analysis of the war between Russia and Georgia. It begins with the Australian media's flagship and Sunday night tabloid, led by Channel 9's Liam Bartlett reckless report, that demonised Russia, Russians, and the Russian Government. In 1991, after being crippled by the cold war, the Soviet Union crumbled under Mikhail Gorbechaev's perostoika and glastnost programs. Creating a vacuum of corruption, crime and poverty. Finally, after more than 15 years of hard and often violent democratic, social and economic reform, Russia is experiencing a period prosperity which has alarmed the United States and her allies. A prosperity that has been labelled by the West as "dangerous nationalism." "Damn, we spent more than 50 years trying to beat the bastards, we certainly don't want to see them strong again," an American analyst recently said. The West has also labelled Russia's former President and ex KGB officer, St Petersburg's Vladimir Putin as a dictator who has crushed all opposition to his rule. However, he still remains popular throughout Russia and is seen as the person responsible for pulling Russia out of Boris Yeltsin's anarchic reign as the Russian Federation's first president. In all fairness to the Boris Yeltsin, he was the first Russian leader to vacate the office peacefully and alive. Many will critisize Russia's democratic reform, and yes it is not perfect and there is still alot of work to be done. However, it is a complex issue, Unlike ...