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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia parliament votes to suspend arms treaty
2007-11-07
Posted by:Delphi

#5  EU? WAFF.com > THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE RUSSIAN ARMY [via YOUTUBE]. Blogger-Author argues that any and all Russ are in reality just weird-looking Euro-ized Mongolians, sub-ergo by extension are also weird-looking Chinese. IOW, RUSS ARE CHINESE???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-11-07 21:12  

#4  Russia abandoning CFE seems petty stupid at first glance. 147 million (shrinking) and poor Russians won't intimidate 450 rich Europeans. When the EU is consolidated, I can very see them demanding lebensraum once again.

It makes more sense to abrogate the INF treaty that got rid of US and USSR IRBMs and GLCMs. Russia can use IRBMS to counter the several hundred Chinese IRBMs aimed at them without using up any ICBMs aimed at the US. Aiming them at Europe for a real intimidation factor doesn't hurt either.
Posted by: ed   2007-11-07 16:13  

#3  In other words even a child could spin this as Bush's fault, and they will.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-11-07 13:36  

#2  To be fair when Bush pulled out of the ABM he admitted the treaty was with the Soviet Union and not modern Russia so pretty much every treaty signed with the Soviets can be considered more or less voided for the same reason.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-11-07 13:36  

#1  Protests by those who whined and bitch'd about George pulling out of the ABM treaty?

Bueller, Bueller, Bueller?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-11-07 10:20  

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