Round Table: Can the IMF save Ukraine?

[swilton]

5. Could never figure out why Ukraine was so important

This link to a (rather long read) thread in 'Good Reads' explains the grand strategy - which is Brzezinskiesque and relates to fundamental theories of geo-politics: Mackinder's heartland theory: in my own words - who rules the heartland rules the world....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016124284

The goal isn't really Ukraine for Ukraine's sake (are you kidding?) - the goal is to control the heartland vis a vis controlling China's sudden rise in power (geo-strategic, economic, etc.)...

The problem is - the planet's natural health can no longer withstand the traumas inflicted upon it by militarism and capitalism...We no longer should be thinking of state relationships in terms of hierarchical orders - the countries of the world should work together to solve some of the planet's most formidable challenges.