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2007-10-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-18 05:49|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Actually Russia is pointless. By 2050 it will be majority muslim, but expect jihad by 2030-40 as the muslim youth bulge feel their oats. That's assuming the Chinese don't reclaim more than Siberia and the Russian Far East. Putie, better marry off your grand daughters to some beer swilling German before they become concubines of some Turkic khan or Chinese mandarin.

He also said the country's birth rate was the highest it has been in 16 years and the death rate the lowest since 1999.

Yet deaths still exceed births by 700,000 a year. The rapid ethnic Russian population decline is partially hidden by the growing muslim population.

Posted by ed 2007-10-18 07:05|| 2007-10-18 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Russians also have a split personality. It has long been said that a Russian is only honest when he acts like an Asian. When he tries to act like a European, you know he is trying to lie to you.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-18 07:49|| 2007-10-18 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Iron Felix would be real proud of this guy. And Andropov would appprove of Putin's penchant for disinformation.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Shins1195 2007-10-18 08:19|| 2007-10-18 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 It's election season in Rus. Political bloviation.

Posted by mrp 2007-10-18 08:27|| 2007-10-18 08:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Amazing how this cant from a form KGB agent is indistinguishable from the editorial line of the New York Times.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-18 08:53|| 2007-10-18 08:53|| Front Page Top

#6 What's so surprising Excalibur? Who do you think shaped the world-view of NYT editorial staff?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-18 09:14|| 2007-10-18 09:14|| Front Page Top

#7 At least he recognizes that Russians need to make more babies. He even gave them a day off so they could make whoopie.

Posted by treo 2007-10-18 10:26|| 2007-10-18 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Is that whoopie or Whoopie? One sounds like fun; the other is a scary thought.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-18 10:55|| 2007-10-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#9 More like "yo'pee" :)

Posted by mrp 2007-10-18 11:59|| 2007-10-18 11:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, you wouldn't want to make whoopie with Whoopie. But Anna Kournikova would be a whole other matter.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-10-18 12:58|| 2007-10-18 12:58|| Front Page Top

#11 JUst keep this crap up. We demolished Russia once before and can do it again, without firing a shot.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-18 14:16|| 2007-10-18 14:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Actually, as there seems to be some degree of success in Iraq and somewhat marginal success in Afghanistan, he's just envious, as Afhghnistan proved to be an abyssmal disaster for Rus.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-18 14:21|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-18 14:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Putin's putter is pointless. Russia has its own islamic problem. Moron.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-10-18 14:34|| 2007-10-18 14:34|| Front Page Top

#14 TOPIX/WORLDNEWS > PUTIN PROMISES TO UPGRADE RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL. Plus everything and anything else. Also has called for s strong Russian Parliament.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-18 22:26|| 2007-10-18 22:26|| Front Page Top

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