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Originally posted by milkyway12
reply to post by Alternative4u
How is Russia going to make us sorry? War? Really? You honestly think the United States military is afraid of war? No one wants to go to it, but we obviously dont fear it.
There is nothing Russia can do to us that we cant give back 10 fold.
War between the super powers is inevtiable. It's just how long can we delay the launch of nuclear missiles? War will happen. Common sense tells us this.
The only way Russia will defeat NATO, is with Nuclear warheads. They have no other means to beat NATO.edit on 10-10-2012 by milkyway12 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by la2
reply to post by stumason
Russian gas comes via pipelines, its cheaper than elsewhere and if you remember right they did it to Georgia in 2010, causing alot of hardship.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Originally posted by stumason
If the Turks had specific intelligence sanctions against Syria were being circumvented on an aircraft traversing their airspace, they not only have the right, but an obligation to investigate.
There won't be a war with Russia over this, or anything to do with Syria for that matter. Neither the Russians (or the Chinese for that matter) have the capability (or even the desire) to take on the West
They are going to derust a few of their old Naval ships and set out for America hoping their ships don't sink first.
Originally posted by Drunkenparrot
reply to post by Alternative4u
Your entire post is factually incorrect and more than a little silly.
Why not pick a technology to trumpet Russian greatness that the U.S. military industrial base hasn't dominated for 70 years?
There's an old military quote, "Amateur's study tactics, professionals study logistics"....
Understand? Didn't think soedit on 11-10-2012 by Drunkenparrot because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by detachedindividual
Are you planning to ever add something of note to these discussions, or are you just going to repeat the same bombastic attacks on anyone critical of Assad? What's your personal interest here?
All nations are within their rights to ground any plane in their airspace for any reason. Turkey is well within their rights to divert this plane to the ground and inspect it, just as any nation is within their rights to stop and inspect any ship in their waters.
You think Turkey should just ignore intelligence and allow a potentially criminal transport of weapons over their nation? I don't think so. I can guarantee that if this were Russia or Syria diverting a flight for the same reasons you would be defending it. But because it's Turkey, they're "puppets"?
It'll be interesting to see if they come up with anything on that plane, and what Russia says about it if they do. I guess we'll find out in the coming hours.
Originally posted by milkyway12
reply to post by Alternative4u
How is Russia going to make us sorry? War? Really? You honestly think the United States military is afraid of war? No one wants to go to it, but we obviously dont fear it.
There is nothing Russia can do to us that we cant give back 10 fold.
Originally posted by thePharaoh
its about protecting the petrodollar system...without which you can kiss your "force" goodbye
sanctioning iran didnt work - theyr selling oil in their own currency
Originally posted by thePharaoh
the BACS countries - russia, china, india - there economy is greater than ours
Originally posted by thePharaoh
all china has to do...is put money into the stock market - they can buy the west overnight
Originally posted by thePharaoh
but aggreements stop this from happening...not force
Originally posted by Drunkenparrot
Originally posted by thePharaoh
its about protecting the petrodollar system...without which you can kiss your "force" goodbye
sanctioning iran didnt work - theyr selling oil in their own currency
Too bad they are selling very little of it
Originally posted by thePharaoh
the BACS countries - russia, china, india - there economy is greater than ours
Actually, the U.S. GDP is comfortobly larger than the Russia Federation, PRC and India combined.
Look it up
Originally posted by thePharaoh
all china has to do...is put money into the stock market - they can buy the west overnight
Actually, U.S. investors already own a much larger private investment in China than China is capable of leveraging in the west any-time soon. The U.S. economy is roughly twice the size of China's economy, an advantage of some 7 Trillion dollars.
China doesn't have the capitol.
What happens when a nation decides to no longer honor these "agreements"?
Originally posted by buster2010
All that chart shows is that it costs more to make weapons in America than other countries. This happens when the military is turned into a for profit company. Also Russia still ranks as the second most powerful military in the world anyone that thinks they are pushovers is a fool.