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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:35 PM Original message |
West must understand Russian fears: former British military chief |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not To Mention US Tendencies |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush also used this as one of his excuses in Iraq |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yup. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Wonder if putin actually had the guts to say that to his face. I hope so. nt |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Does anyone remember Jackson from this: |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Absolutely. Unforgettable. n/t |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. I knew it had to be Mike Jackson. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. I would agree that the West needs to do a much better job... |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. How would Washington react if a rogue nation set up missiles in a neighboring country? |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Read some loon asserting it as known fact just the other day |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. maybe not - cull the population to 2 billion or so and there's Oil for everyone!!! |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ah, but what to do with the other 4.5+ billion? Any volunteers? (nt) |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh, I think Washington and Moscow have that all figured out. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. We've already seen it. Cuban Missle Crisis. |
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Preening Fop (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. Obviously, there is Big Money to be made, setting up missile sites along the Russian borders. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. There he goes again, trying to prevent WWIII, in the Caucuses this time. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. Russian foreign policy in a nutshell: maintain a buffer zone against Western invasion. |
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Parmenion (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Self Defense for "Buffer" Countries Too |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Absolutely. It is a delicate dance, indeed. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. We know what happened to latin american countries when they don't please us |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think the two world wars of the 20th century pretty much convinced Russian people |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's one way to understand it. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Lenin didn't give a shit about giving up the buffer, because he assumed that Germany... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. where would Hitler be, without the russians on our side? |
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Psyop Samurai (873 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. The "West" understands Russia's fears perfectly well... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Finally a voice of reason |
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