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Originally posted by Variable
reply to post by RocksFromSpace
I hope Russia, China, Iran, Syria and the rest understand that "We the People" are not our Government and act accordingly.
Well... I don't want to attack Syria, but if the little fellas wanna play with the big Man on the block they are gonna get a smack down. I don't think the US trembles at the might of Russia, Syria or Iran. I don't think China would do anything to interrupt the flow of goods to Walmart. I just stopped by Harbor Freight on the way home from work. Damn those Chinese make some cheap products. That place is like grown-man crack. You think China is going disembowel their economy over Syria? I don't think so.
America haters have to understand that we spend more on the military then almost everyone else combined. We are NOT a paper tiger. Were a fully grown cyborg tiger with fricken lasers on our head.
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Originally posted by bpg131313
The question is not whether or not the US will move on Syria, but rather exactly how much of a response is China and Russia willing to give? China hasn't been in real military conflict since WWII. Are they willing to actually shed some blood over this, or are they going to be disdainful and angry while physically doing nothing? How far is Russia really willing to go to stand up to the US? It can't be forgotten that Vladimir Putin is the former head of the KGB and is no doubt remembering the glory days of Mother Russia when they could flex their muscles and the US would actually flinch. Are they willing to get their hands dirty and shed some blood to not be seen as a push-over by the world?
China and Russia have some real questions they need to ask themselves and their people. Just how far are they really willing to go to stand up to the US? Are they willing to simultaneously conduct ICBM missile "tests" on America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts? Are they willing to actually do something to force the US to stand down? How much pressure are they really willing to exert? What are they willing to lose? What are they willing to do to become the big guys on the block. Talk is cheap. Somewhere deep down inside, President Vladimir Putin, and President Hu Jintao both know that. They've made the stand, now it's up to both of them to back it up with force that can not be mistaken.
As an American, I have to admit that it's long overdue. This is the title fight we've needed for generations.
Originally posted by princeofpeace
No strike is going to happen in the first place. You guys are taking up bandwidth for no reason.
Originally posted by 2012newstart
"I told you so" glad that partly my prognosis comes true, nobody knows the entire truth
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Interfax: 4 Russian ships head for Syria
"but primarily in order to organize a possible evacuation of Russians from Syria"
Originally posted by GargIndia
I still see a possibility of a shore battery attempting to take down a US ship. It is a difficult proposition, and USA will definitely try everything to avoid this possibility, but I still see the risk.
Originally posted by GargIndia
It is now USA one one side and (Russia+China) on the other side.
Originally posted by TheEthicalSkeptic
Originally posted by GargIndia
I still see a possibility of a shore battery attempting to take down a US ship. It is a difficult proposition, and USA will definitely try everything to avoid this possibility, but I still see the risk.
It will be an extraordinarily difficult to almost stupid proposition to launch a shore battery, because not only will the Yakhont be fired by inexperienced forces, and without battle testing, but does not possess the MEZ range to make it to any significant targets in finality (which may be firing from the orange crosshatched Tomahawk standoff MEZ zone). The launch signature will be detected and engaged by battle experienced CAP almost immediately. In the Iraq first war, the missile techs basically had to launch and then leave the vehicle and telemetry control on foot, running.
The Yakhonts are useless. Israel struck the Yakhont storage depot earlier in the year because it is a greater threat to them, than it is to the US.
The yellow MEZ area, where CAP will patrol, will enable US CAP forces to place an AGM on the launch signature within 120 seconds after a launch signature is detected. The Syrians will literally have to push the button and bolt out of the telemetry hut away from the launch at a full sprint.
edit on 8-9-2013 by TheEthicalSkeptic because: (no reason given)