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2006-10-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by 3dc 2006-10-21 00:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hella inline commenting there, 3dc.

The Ruskies haven't got two rubles to rub together. Where they gonna get the scratch to build any sort of counter-offense to a missile defense shield?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-21 05:28|| 2006-10-21 05:28|| Front Page Top

#2 We have nothing to fear from 3,000 new missiles on top of 3,000 missiles. What were we gonna do before, whistle Dixie? Better that they waste their newly found wealth on building redundant missiles than in the other ventures they've started. So let's set up BMD in Warsaw.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-10-21 06:03|| 2006-10-21 06:03|| Front Page Top

#3 The Ruskies haven't got two rubles to rub together

Not sure if that's true; supposedly, after the rise of oil, Motherland's budget has been quite revigorated, and the russian army is supposedly floating in oil money. And also, don't forget the weapons sales.
The ruskies are not two-bits players, they're very active re forming that anti-USA axis; true, their society is in dire shape, with suicidal birthrate, AIDs level, alcoholism,... but they're not to be discounted, really, they haven't lost a bit of their commie days subversive abilities.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-21 06:57|| 2006-10-21 06:57|| Front Page Top

#4 But 3dc makes those points much better, sorry for the rambling.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-21 06:58|| 2006-10-21 06:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Okay then, where are they going to find two sober engineers to put something together? Their hardware is second rate from the moment its paint dries. I don't know what Bush was smoking when he declared ~~Ras~~Putin to be our friend, but I hope he's off of the crap now.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-21 07:10|| 2006-10-21 07:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin was on the fence when Bush came into office. Bush was trying to get Russia to join the west. Instead he chose to go to the Dark Side. Like Iraq, you may not like the result, but Bush had to try it the nice way.

I agree the Ruskies were rolling in dough from oil but so were the Iranians and Venezuelans. It will be interestiing to see what they can do now that prices are headed to a trough.

The best defensive measure we could take is to keep prices in the trough as long as possible. The best way to do this is to impose a floating duty on oil imports so that conservation and domestic production efforts do not cease. This is a national defence issue!

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-21 08:17|| 2006-10-21 08:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Russian treasury is pretty healthy right now. You see only about 1/3 of incoming revenue. They are making plenty on technology transfer, primarily to Chicoms. Chinese take our cash and transfer thru to Russians for design technology. Then, there are outright sales to Arabs. Note the millions of RPG's everywhere in Muzzie world. You think these are free ? Russia is making billions from these alone. Again, US petrodollars converted to Muzzie weapons. All the while, Russia is benefitting. Don't make slight of Russian technical capbility. If they have bucks, they can do some pretty good work. They are undergoing redesigns on nearly all their weapons systems now. The 2nd-3rd tier stuff will now be on sale. Without Russian backing, how long would the two bit mullahs in Iran last ? Russian bear didn't go away. Just in hibernation. Thanks to Cash + Putie, the bear is waking up.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-10-21 12:42|| 2006-10-21 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Time for a bear skin rug.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-21 14:10|| 2006-10-21 14:10|| Front Page Top

#9 I view Russia the way I view the UN--they can't do much good, but they're still capable of doing great harm.

Posted by charger 2006-10-21 16:09|| 2006-10-21 16:09|| Front Page Top

#10 I s'pose it's silly to think the temporarily rich Russian government might actually pay the back wages owed the troops, and arrange for some actual food to be served in the mess halls?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-21 19:09|| 2006-10-21 19:09|| Front Page Top

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