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2009-07-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Marina Kalashnikova's Warning to the West

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Posted by Whomort Angineper3541 2009-07-18 11:18|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Obama will be the last to realize it - his arrogance and narcissism masks any ability to make him realize just how stupid he is, and there is no hope that the press will ever do anything to reveal the truth.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-18 12:43|| 2009-07-18 12:43|| Front Page Top

#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU

Russia is not looking inside.

Posted by Art 2009-07-18 12:46|| 2009-07-18 12:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Consider North Korea and Iran. Time after time the Russians and Chinese block effective action against these so-called rogue states. But are they rogues or are the doing the bidding of puppeteers in Moscow and Beijing? Then compare the combined nuclear throw weight of Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran and North Korea to that of the United States and you can get as paranoid as you want especially when we have feeble minded politicians of questionable loyalty in the White House.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-07-18 13:26|| 2009-07-18 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "In other words, the West has already been outmaneuvered. The KGB and the Russian General Staff have taken our measure, and they are laughing at us. Our leaders do not realize the sophistication of their enemy. They cannot see or understand what is happening. They blink, they turn away, continuing to use concepts gifted to them long ago by Soviet agents of influence. As a nation we are confused and disoriented, believing that the world is beholden to the West's money power -- and therefore, peace can be purchased. "

This is an article that ought to be read by every thinking American, and hopefully it's being distributed far and wide - I know I'll be sending the link to NRO and Instapundit after I finish posting this comment. That said, I have an ever-so-slightly more optimistic take on the situation than the author expressed above. I think Mr. Nyquist, and perhaps Ms. Kalashnikova herself (wonderful name, BTW...wonder if she's related to this guy?) have confused America's "leaders" with America's people. Just remember what happened to the American psyche after 9/11 - it took the fifth-column media five full years of 24/7 effort to force that genie back into the bottle.

I'll leave you with a quote from Herman Wouk's War and Rememberance, noted in James Hornfischer's magnificent history of the Battle off Samar:

"The vision of Sprague's three destoyers - the Johnston, the Hoel, and the Heermann - charging out of the smoke and the rain straight toward the main batteries of Kurita's battleships and cruisers, can endure as a picture of the way Americans fight when they don't have superiority. Our schoolchildren should know about that incident, and our enemies should ponder it."

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-07-18 15:56|| 2009-07-18 15:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Our leaders do not realize the sophistication of their enemy.

Not certain why this is, Barry talks about the Fox Network nearly every week.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-07-18 15:57|| 2009-07-18 15:57|| Front Page Top

#6 TEST

Posted by Mercutio 2009-07-18 18:55|| 2009-07-18 18:55|| Front Page Top

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