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2006-05-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin raises spectre of Cold War with threat of arms race
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Posted by tipper 2006-05-10 20:57|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Yes indeed Pooti, missiles for Fidel, the Volkogonov Memoirs, KAL 007, Chernobyl, all very pragmatic and predictable.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-10 21:15||   2006-05-10 21:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Lovely plans... pretty, glittering plans. But where is the money to come from that will pay for it all? Even if the Mafiya is that profitable, surely they don't share much with the government.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-10 21:33||   2006-05-10 21:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor Pooti.

He has thousands of nukes, threatens cold war and is ignored because everybody is worried about a guy with no nukes who is threatening world war. A regular Rodney Dangerfield he is.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-10 21:39||   2006-05-10 21:39|| Front Page Top

#4 So how is that Chechnya thing working out Vladimir? Turkomenistan? Azebyjian? Ukraine? Visited the Baltics lately?
Posted by john">john  2006-05-10 21:40||   2006-05-10 21:40|| Front Page Top

#5 For that matter, how did that Afghanistan thing work out, Vladimir? Or that Soviet Union thing?
Posted by Darrell 2006-05-10 21:53||   2006-05-10 21:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Cold War, huh?

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

We won.

You'll lose the next one, too, Pooty.

Idiot.
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-05-10 22:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-05-10 22:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Ms. Skolaut, a succinct summary that says all there is to say on the subject. Thanks.
Posted by RWV 2006-05-10 22:17||   2006-05-10 22:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Do try to hold onto Siberia.
Posted by ed 2006-05-10 23:00||   2006-05-10 23:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Good luck holding onto millions of square miles with 140 million people and falling while running a cold war.

It would be like swatting flies with a buick for the US.
Posted by DathVader 2006-05-10 23:17||   2006-05-10 23:17|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd kinda like to have Siberia... a lot... call it the Eastern Protectorate of Alaska.

I think the Siberians would kinda like it, too, when they found out the differences between Russian and American administration and benefits.
Posted by Ulaitch Omavigum7187 2006-05-10 23:27||   2006-05-10 23:27|| Front Page Top

#11 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, not Russia and Putin - why it was only just several hours ago/last night that PRAVDA had yet another anti-US article, i.e. THE DESTRUCTION AND IMMINENT DEMISE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Putin and Russia's Air Force wants to buy one new fighter plane a year for ten years - God help us all, its a mighty arms race you betcha!?
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-10 23:28||   2006-05-10 23:28|| Front Page Top

#12 Poor JosephMendiola, he just lost one of his heros.
Posted by DathVader 2006-05-10 23:47||   2006-05-10 23:47|| Front Page Top

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