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2008-08-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A Very Small Pond For Superpower Games Part Two

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Posted by 3dc 2008-08-28 01:16|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 NATO is building some pretty serious heavy metal in the Black Sea, I wouldn't be surprised to see a permanent contingent there. If the russians let on to it at all, they must really be shitting their pants over this.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-28 08:02|| 2008-08-28 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't be surprised to a major expansion of a Romanian naval base.

Posted by ed 2008-08-28 08:20|| 2008-08-28 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Unexpected consequences tend to be so very ... unplanned for.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-28 08:22|| 2008-08-28 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia has gotten the attention of it's neighbors. It will not like many of the responses. Long term, bad move.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-08-28 10:00|| 2008-08-28 10:00|| Front Page Top

#5
Putin is an advanced black belt in judo. He does international relations like a judeka.

When the West refuses to leave, he will argue we've broken international agreements and will use that as justification to do what he always intended to do, having gotten us to provide the pretext.

Some around the world will buy his interpretation, count on it.

Posted by lotp 2008-08-28 13:12|| 2008-08-28 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin is not so different than Hitler. Hitler killed off "undesirables." dressed them in Polish uniforms, dumped the bodies across the border in Germany, said Poland attacked German forces, and used that as a provocation to declare war on and attack Poland.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-08-28 18:31|| 2008-08-28 18:31|| Front Page Top

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