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2005-08-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

New Russian Cruise Missiles Can Be Used Against Terrorists â Putin

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-18 09:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 China was invited, while the USA was not. I do not like this. They are together in this build up. China is about to attack Taiwan. They've just about said so.

I have to go to my sources, though, to find out the situation there. (Not very good sources, but hey, better than nothing, right? lol)

PS. I still do not trust Russia. The Cold War is NOT over. It just may have turned hot.

Posted by Rosemary">Rosemary 2005-08-18 10:14|| http://mynewznideas.blogspot.com]">[http://mynewznideas.blogspot.com] 2005-08-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's an idea: Boeing or some other outfit should make cruise missiles whose main components are unmarked (down to assembly level only). Those can be used against known targets in terrorist-infested areas when needed and can give the US deniability.

"How do you know it was us? Coulda been the Russkies, you know...."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-18 10:22|| 2005-08-18 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Rosemary, this is our punishment for messing up the Ukraine election for Putin's puppet. He was trying to put the CCCP back together and we scuttled it, at least for a while. Then we helped Georgia shake loose of Moscow, and now Putin, not Russia, but Putin is looking east for friends as he solidifies power in Russia.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-18 13:59|| 2005-08-18 13:59|| Front Page Top

#4 We had no such arms before,

Hey Putty, congratulations. Welcome to 1981.
http://www.zianet.com/jpage/airforce/weapons/air/b-52.html

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-18 19:02|| 2005-08-18 19:02|| Front Page Top

#5 soon they'll invent the DeLorean, then...time travel

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-18 19:51|| 2005-08-18 19:51|| Front Page Top

#6 "New Russian Cruise Missiles Can Be Used Against Terrorists â Putin"

As soon as the Russians do this, Fallujah needs to wiped off the map. Oh yea, and the nuclear installations in Iran.

Although, I wonder what Amnesty International have in store for Putin, for making this statement. Let me guess.....Nothing!!!

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-18 22:01|| 2005-08-18 22:01|| Front Page Top

#7 China's population is taxing their national resources/endowments, and nothing the CCP has done has been successful. Large parts of China already suffer from desertification, with many reports of prtracted drought and starvation. Increasing popular unrests was part of the reason the CCP reorg country/provincial govts. into smaller, subdivided, tightly militarized sectors. WHatever modernity China hopes to achieve with its "special trade zones", the CCP and Chinese-specific Comunist Socialism, short of war, will be heavily dependent on foreign investment and capital transfers for many decades to come. Communist China, like the USSR before it, is a "great/world power" only because it has nukes, NOT because its traditions or methodisms permeate the world. Russia job in any US-China conflict is to arm all and every side, and contain or keep the US-NATO out of Communist Asia.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-08-18 22:21|| 2005-08-18 22:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Joseph,

Excellent job. You don't have to use CAPS LOCK, I will more than glad to read your post. Now, work on using paragraphs, it'll be easier on everyone's eyes.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-18 22:57|| 2005-08-18 22:57|| Front Page Top

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