Indiana Jones makes Russian communists see red

Yahoo! via Reuters ^ | 5/23/2008 | Chris Baldwin

[Dundee]

Talk about having your historical blinders on...no mention of being allied with Hitler, no mention of your wonderful leader who was the only man on Earth who can actually be termed as "worse than Hitler."

In terms of body count, Mao tops Hitler and Stalin combined.

[ovrtaxt]

You’re right, and that’s a false assumption.

But still- follow the stinkin storyboard or something. That last scene was so weak and inconsistent it was painful.

[DB]

Kind of ironic that the communist that so hated fascism became what they hated...

[Hoodlum91]

The Indy movies have always targeted the evil of the time. The early ones were set in the late 30’s with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. This one is set in the 1950’s, when the Communists were the enemy.

I must admit I was shocked to see an anti-communist movie come out of hollywood. It’s been a while.

[Future Snake Eater]

Ah, I did not know that.

[ETL]

Correct me if I am wrong but didn’t the Soviet Union break up and wasn’t communism supposedly replaced with another form of Government in Russia? Silly me I guess.

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html

From the Russian News and Information Agency:
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html

From National Public Radio (NPR):
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764

Russia, China flex muscles in joint war games
Reuters: Aug 17, 2007

CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and China staged their biggest joint exercises on Friday but denied this show of military prowess could lead to the formation of a counterweight to NATO.

"Today's exercises are another step towards strengthening the relations between our countries, a step towards strengthening international peace and security, and first and foremost, the security of our peoples," Putin said.

Fighter jets swooped overhead, commandos jumped from helicopters on to rooftops and the boom of artillery shells shook the firing range in Russia's Ural mountains as two of the largest armies in the world were put through their paces.

The exercises take place against a backdrop of mounting rivalry between the West, and Russia and China for influence over Central Asia, a strategic region that has huge oil, gas and mineral resources.

Russia's growing assertiveness is also causing jitters in the West. Putin announced at the firing range that Russia was resuming Soviet-era sorties by its strategic bomber aircraft near NATO airspace.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29030120070817?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships
Monday, February 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330362,00.html

"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html

New Pentagon Report: China's Growing Military Space Power
By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008

GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.

Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.

Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."

To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], go to (U.S. Dept of Defense) :
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf

[vetvetdoug]

Get over it Commies. They get one movie this year made by the Hollywierd Rectal orifices that make the Reds out as the villain. How many movies have made out the US as the villain this year and last year? Hey Commies, welcome to the club.

[mollynme]

I agree that the last scene was a tad awkward but I just figured it was Spielberg’s way of telling us that there will be no more “Indie” films.

[Smokin' Joe]

This from the people who deployed missiles in Cuba.

Call the waahmbulance.

[Triple]

Refusal to vote for barr is active support of liberal government.

[Chanticleer]

I've missed evil Russian movies. Since the cold war ended, we haven't had many really good onscreen villains. It isn't PC to attack middle easterners. So what do we get? Sociopaths and drug kingpins. Sigh. Usually, if Hollywood depicts an evil empire, that empire is us -- run by egomaniacal Republicans, of course.

We need more bug movies. That way, all the nations of the world can unite in We are the World fashion to combat invading alien cockroaches.

[Tribune7]

Maybe it’s not so bad.

[ovrtaxt]

I guess. After all, Ford is just slightly younger than Robert Byrd.

[AdvisorB]

That’s true, but Pol Pot (per capita summary executions) gave Mao a good run for his money.

[ottbmare]

"running dogs of the CIA"

OMG, they still talk that way? That's pretty amusing. The guy sounds like Boris Badenov.

[weegee]

Don’t worry, they also slag “McCarthyism” in this film set in 1957 (wasn’t McCarthy over by 1955?)

The House Committee On Un-American Activities was still operating (as it had since the 1930s, BEFORE McCarthy). It was never called HUAAC as the Left called it. It went after pro-Communist radicals in the 1960s. Guess what, they WERE Communists and they engaged in domestic terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s and have backed a leading candidate for President in 2008.

Spielberg is a Red Dupe.

[weegee]

Refusal to vote McCain is a forfeit to a Marxist government of Hillary or Barack.

[Misterioso]

Reuters reports this with a straight face. Russian Communist Party Angry With America! Dog bites man.

[Larry Lucido]

Your screen name describes my reaction to Viktor Perov.

[Misterioso]

Refusal to vote for (b)arr is active support of liberal government.

You've given this a lot of thought, have you?