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2008-08-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Here we go again...Activists in Ukraine's Crimea ask Russia to reclam territory

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Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-22 15:02|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 And the same thing has been intimated by Russia w/r/t the Balkan states. I can see Pooty Poot's soul shining through.......and it ain't pretty.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-08-22 16:04|| 2008-08-22 16:04|| Front Page Top

#2 With Georgia the Russians were at least along the border. In Ukraine the Russian army will have to plow through a lot of Ukrainian territory to get to the Crimean.

One almost thinks the Germans and/or Poles should start making a claim on that chunk of Russia isolated out there on the Baltic just to give the Russians something to think about.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-22 16:56|| 2008-08-22 16:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Again, RUSSIA >:
* OSama's + Radical Islam's "WAR OUTSIDE IRAQ" NEW STRATEGY > IS WORKING, with Radical Islam diligently carving out enclaves throughout CENTRAL ASIA + PAN-ASIAN PERIPHERIES/NEAR-ABROADS, BESIDES ALSO GOING NUKULAR.

* NET > RUSSIA itself anticipated to become MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATION [NUKE-ARMED] by 2050. AT curr trends, UNO > Russ popul to shrink down to approxi 20.0 Milyuhn +/- before 2100 [2080-2100].
MUSLIM/ISLAMIST RUSSIA 2050-2100 WILL SCARE CHINA.

* NEW ISLAMIST THREAT AGZ CHINA PER SE + NORTH ASIA. Lest we fergit, ditto for NORTHERN INDIA, PHILIPINES, SE ASIA = AUSTRALESIA/AUSTRANESIA, etc.

* NUKE-ARMED? ISLAMIST CENTRAL ASIA, etc. - read, RUSSIA's GEOGRAPHIC CENTER.

* HIGH PAN-MUSLIM BIRTH RATES inside and outside of Russ.

* FUTURE CHINA > future NUKE-ARMED ECON SUPER-JAPAN versus NUKE-ARMED STARVING SUPER-NORTH KOREA versus VARIOUS "ISLAMIST CHINA" SCENARIOS???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-22 19:23|| 2008-08-22 19:23|| Front Page Top

#4 IRONY > Russ helping empower and protect NUCLEAR-AMBITIOUS IRAN vv US-West/Allies ala "the Great Game", to wit Iran = Radical Islam is now turning agz Russ + Asia as it slowly but steadily Nuclearizes + StratWeaponizes. Russ econ is also still very weak despite improvements in selec sectors - RUSS FEARS THAT CHINA, INDIA, etc WILL MODERNIZE MORE RAPIDLY AND POTENTLY THAN IT WILL.

IOW, DESPITE ITS BELLIGERENT RHETORIC, RUSS COVERTLY NEEDS THE US-NATO/EU TO COVER ITS OWN STRUGGLING SIX AGZ FUTURE ISLAMISM + CHINA, etc. IN EURASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-22 19:36|| 2008-08-22 19:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Ok, we need to form administrative teams and deploy them to the embassy in Moscow and consulate in St. Petersburg. Give each team a couple million US Passports to be given to any healthy wannabee former Russian farmer and his immediate family for immigration to the US. Kelo the lot of unattended farms, originally derived from the Homestead Act, in the Plains which only draw farm subsidies to absentee Manhattan owners. The deal is that each family will get the basics to get started and the usual subsidies the city folk were pinching. In return they will work the land for seven years. So, what's Puty going to do without farmers? Going to eat that oil and gas. Heh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-08-22 23:07|| 2008-08-22 23:07|| Front Page Top

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