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rickynews
reply to post by rickynews
Who thinks that the U.S. Should reinstitute the missle Defense system in Poland, so as to defend NATO allies from the potential of an Iranian or other ballistic missile ? I think we should.
redshoes
reply to post by Darkblade71
What's the point in sending more ships if they are just going to sit there while the Russians make low level passes within strike range? How is that supposed to reassure the Ukrainians? If you're not prepared to take action to defend yourself how in the name of god are we supposed to believe that you're going to take action to help the Ukrainian government.
Looks to me like the Russians just called Obama's bluff in the Black Sea.
Darkblade71
reply to post by Zaphod58
I'm not saying they didn't do the right thing, I'm just saying that a lot of people have doubts that in the end they won't screw this up somehow and make us look worse than we already do to a lot of the world.
I certainly don't think they should of shot it down,
although a few warning shots would of been called for.
Zaphod58
reply to post by squarehead666
And? The missile defense system was never designed to stop everything. That's just not possible. It was designed to limit the damage, and stop a limited missile strike using theater ballistic missiles.
rickynews
reply to post by rickynews
I'm reading several Pro-Russian, Anti-U.S. posts that seem to have a "bravado" tone to them in terms of suggesting somehow that Russia has superior military power over the U.S.
The notion that Russia is in any way superior to the U.S. Militarily (or otherwise) is complete non-sense.
The power of the U.S. Military is quite underestimated, and that is likely by design. There is no military in the world that even comes close to the capabilities of the U.S. Army, Navy, Airforce, and Marines. This isn't opinion, rather it is fact, as any credible Military Analyst would confirm.
The U.S. Is the only Super-power, and just as President Obama stated, Russia is but a Regional Power. I sincerely hope, for their sake, that Russia refrains from any further provacative acts, otherwise the U.S. Military will indeed respond at some point, and will defend itself from an attack, or potential attack, and such reponse will not turn out well for Russia.
If Russia believes that further military provocations will send the U.S. Naval Ships or Fleet back, they are sadly mistaken.
The U.S. Naval fleet is in the Black Sea to stay, at least for a good long while, and will continue to serve as a deterrent from further Russian aggression in the region, especially NATO allies of the U.S.
rickynews
reply to post by rickynews
Who thinks that the U.S. Should reinstitute the missle Defense system in Poland, so as to defend NATO allies from the potential of an Iranian or other ballistic missile ? I think we should.