RUSH: First off on the Russians. It is an absolute laugh to listen to Obama opine about this. One of his first statements was to say that this does not fit well with the Olympic ideal, what the Russians did going into Georgia. Georgia is an ally of ours. We, ladies and gentlemen, not much we can do about it right now. Even the AP references this, but I find it fascinating: ‘The Russian bear is back. The United States doesn’t seem to be able to do much about it.’ Wait a minute. Obama said he has done something about it. Wait ’til you hear the sound bites coming up from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, who actually said on a phone call today — this guy is so brazenly desirous of the VP slot, Virginia governor Tim Kaine, who may be the only politician dumber than Obama — actually said that he was gratified that Medvedev listened to Obama’s words and ordered the ceasefire. But there’s no ceasefire. There’s still pounding, the jets are still dropping bombs. There is no ceasefire at all. The Russians are just saying so. But this AP story, the Russian Bear is Back, United States Doesn’t Seem to be Able to Do Much About It. What do you mean we can’t do much about it?
What they mean is our military is occupied elsewhere. Wait a minute. I thought with The Messiah, we wouldn’t need a military anymore, he’s a citizen of the world and his words alone will bring peace, everlasting peace to the world, and yet here’s the Drive-By Media unwittingly sabotaging the very premise of Obama’s existence. The situation there, it’s very clear what’s going on. Ralph Peters in the New York Post has this exactly right. This is not something that happened overnight, to get all these divisions over the Caucasus Mountains has been a long time. That has been strategically planned to time with the Olympics to try to make the ChiComs mad, but the problem is the ChiComs probably love this, because the ChiComs love the demonstration the United States can’t do much about this right now. A lot of people think the ChiComs would be upset and mad at the Russians for stealing their thunder at the Olympics, but the ChiComs got what they wanted out of the Olympics with that opening ceremony. Everything after that is icing on the cake. The ChiComs got everything they wanted out of the opening ceremony. I about barfed Friday night listening to these NBC commentators glorify the state, the communist state and how it will care and protect and provide for every citizen. They said this in glowing terms.
Then we also found out that they faked some of the graphics, the footprints in the fireworks marching across that stupid-looking stadium they call the ‘Bird’s Nest.’ That’s the ugliest looking stadium I’ve ever seen. From the outside, that is the ugliest looking stadium I’ve ever seen. Nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen, they faked that, they faked this; who knows what else they’re faking over there, but I saw sameness. I also saw this. This is the ChiComs telling the world: You see this, 15,000 people, 15,000 people dressed just like alike, 15,000 people with drums, 15,000 people doing everything as we tell ’em to do when we tell ’em to do it, imagine if they had guns. There was a message in that opening ceremony, a bunch of different messages, and most people sitting there dazzled by it because they heard all these things about China, and of course the pictures out of China made China look just like South Bend, Indiana, for crying out loud. I’m not comparing pollution, don’t misunderstand. I’m not insulting Indiana here. They got cute little neighborhoods and kids go to little schools and it’s wonderful. But we’ll have more on all that coming up.
See, the big difference now between the Russians and the Soviets with the price of oil, the Russians now have money. They didn’t have money when we were doing SDI. Their economy had fallen flat. They were a Third World nation with a first world military, but now they’ve got oil money and they provide natural gas and oil for much of Europe, and they know, as well as you and I do, that Europe can’t and won’t defend itself. NATO’s even got problems getting in gear. What they do not want is Georgia in NATO and they don’t want Ukraine in NATO, and if we had the guts to put Ukraine in NATO that would be a good slap back. But it probably isn’t going to happen, plus they are dying for Obama to be elected. When a guy comes out and says, ‘This does not comport with the Olympic ideal,’ they know they’re dealing with a patsy. If he wants to be JFK, he’s on the road. Khrushchev absolutely played the violin with JFK, Cuban missile crisis and so forth, and I’m sure Putin — nobody ever leaves the KGB — is looking at this useful idiot, Barack Obama, and salivating. So the ChiComs are sending us signals, the world signals, and so is Vladimir Putin of the KGB.