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2007-07-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian military men predicting war against USA

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-18 19:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Methinks you'll be fighting China before you get around to us.

Posted by Iblis 2007-07-18 19:47|| 2007-07-18 19:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Year 2018-2022 +/- > Russians said it already times before, i.e. "WAR AGZ USA NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT DESIRED". The Russians were accusing the USA of so-called "STATE TERRORISM", etc. during the late 1990's. THEY BLAMED THE USA, NOT OSAMA BIN LADEN, AL-QAEDA, OR RADICAL ISLAM, FOR the 1990's TERROR EVENTS AND OSAMA'S FATWA/DECLARATION OF WAR + TERROR AGZ THE USA. They know that for the time being, the USA STILL has to get through the IRAN-NORTH KOREA-TAIWAN issues, RADICAL ISLAMISM + CHINESE COMPETITION FOR EAST ASIA-PACIFIC RIM. Russia fears China's national + economic modernization, etc. as affective agz Russian Manifest Destiny = Russian domination of Eurasia.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-07-18 20:08|| 2007-07-18 20:08|| Front Page Top

#3 IMO, few iff any Netters truly believe a US-Iran conflict = US-North Korean = US-China over Taiwan, etc. will be limited to only these nations or regions. IOW, Year 2018 and USA vz Russia can easily become mid-2009 [Israel vz Syria-Iran???] iff opportunity + military advantage, etc. arises. Remember, Iran has already asked the UNO and world community to intervene on its behalf against US imperialism/aggression = defense agz US invasion.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-07-18 20:24|| 2007-07-18 20:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta get the Japs and Germans to cordinate this time! Do NOT recruit Romanians and Italians into the alliance!

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-07-18 20:39|| 2007-07-18 20:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Shouldn't we attack our untapped offshore oil reserves first?

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2007-07-18 20:48|| 2007-07-18 20:48|| Front Page Top

#6 If the Russkies really believe this stuff, they are nuts. But on the bright side, it's good they're focusing on Siberia, because if they're not careful, the Chinese will take it away from them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-07-18 21:10|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-07-18 21:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Putin is too paid-off by the arms exporters to be talking about the real enemy - the energy-hungry Chinese dragon just to the south of the Russian Far East. So he is ginning up a threat to the Far East for the Russian public, based on a foe that Russia will never have to fight unless they get incredibly stupid. That way, he can continue the arms sales to China, using them as a way to prop up his weapons industry and get the cash to rebuild at least part of the Russian conventional forces.
Unfortunately, supplying your enemy with weapons and/or raw materials tends to come back to bite you in the ass : just ask Joe Stalin, roasting in Hell next to Hitler.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-07-18 21:17|| 2007-07-18 21:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I dont know what the Russians are smoking, but Al Gore III wants a prescription for it. The last time we fought a war to annex property we ended up with Puerto Rico and some other headaches. The chances that we will opt for what's behind door number two is infinitesimal. Our worst nightmare is that Haiti will ask for statehood.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-07-18 21:22|| 2007-07-18 21:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Our worst nightmare is that Haiti will ask for statehood.

Nice one, Hose. Expect to see this within the next year as a fine-print rider that some Quislingcrat attaches to a 2000-page appropriations bill.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-07-18 21:52|| 2007-07-18 21:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Zhang, they really do. I have 2 friends who spend lots of time working in Russia. They tell me that they actually believe we want to physically conquer their lands.

Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-07-18 22:14|| 2007-07-18 22:14|| Front Page Top

#11 I have 2 friends who spend lots of time working in Russia. They tell me that they actually believe we want to physically conquer their lands.

Nothing new here. During the 80s the Russians were convinced we would start WWIII, thanks to the propaganda. Same shit, different day.

We would rather buy the stuff than take it from you kids. Don't piss us off because our nation building patience is at extreme lows and we would rather dust your ass than deal with you after we kick your ass over stupid shit.
And we CAN drill through green, glowing glass too.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-07-18 22:47|| 2007-07-18 22:47|| Front Page Top

#12 We're going to amphibiously attack the Kamchatka penninsula with kayaks because we don't already own enough tundra to freeze in.

Tell all your Russian friends that we refuse to invade them. We are concerned that an invasion would cripple the international economy because the Democrats will immediately declare Siberia a national park thus preventing exploitation of a wealth of more valuable reasources than the world can afford.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-07-18 23:03|| 2007-07-18 23:03|| Front Page Top

#13 #10 Captain - Better yet, tell your Russian friends to get over themselves.

It amazes me how many people in foreign countries are absolutely obsessed with America, while we don't give a rat's ass in hell about them.

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