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The missle system will be moved to Turkey... Guess which country is on Turkey's border... IRAN..... How convienent...
Anyway, nothing to fear from Russia. Russia should be made an ally, not an enemy.
Originally posted by mikerussellus
reply to post by plumranch
I have to agree with the OP on this.
I have no idea what's going to happen with this.
The last time I tried to see into the future, the women in their locker room caught me.
But like the locker room incident, this won't end well.
Originally posted by plumranch
reply to post by WalterRatlos
Anyway, nothing to fear from Russia. Russia should be made an ally, not an enemy.
Tell that to the Bulkans, the Eastern Europeans, and Ukrainians.
The northern European corridor next to the Baltic , Poland, Belarus, Lithuania has always been the path invading armies have taken to Moscow. Russia remembers its history and wants these lands well in its own influence. Any force including NATO, the US, Germany, the EU standing it its way are looked upon as an enemy and it will do all it can to resist.
Russia lost a lot when the cold war ended with Russian defeat in 1991. Putin and military leaders want their power back and they want as many Eastern European countries as possible under their power and control.
Russia's influence and power will only increase in the next couple of decades.
Europe and the US want independence for all the eastern states and inclusion in the EU. This goes against Russian interests in the area. The US is the only nation currently capable of putting up any resistance, NATO, the EU, Germany have to appetite for this as the memory of WWII is still with them.
If Obama falters the job will only be more difficult for the next president.
Originally posted by xmotex
Public sentiment in those countries was running something like 60-70% against the bases - the governments wanted them because we were offering them all kinds of incentives along with them.
We didn't abandon squat - these bases were a huge boondoggle that would have protected noone, they were a bid to reignite the Cold War to keep taxpayer cash flowing into the defense industry's pockets.
If Iran launches any missiles at the EU, the EU has two nuclear powers completely capable of reducing Iran to ash in minutes.
The Europeans are capable of "defending Europe" (from what, exactly, anyway?) - the United States should be defending the United States
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Is that a threat?
Huge mistake,
Putin king of the north.?
man, this is so Biblical it scares me, well not really.