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Topic: Russia Threatens
Starsailor2851 Joined Mon 07/02/07 Posts: 1430	Tue 07/08/08 07:40 PM
They are responding to a threat initiated by Bush, and since NATO 's main supporter and Russia's Cold War adversary was NATO and the US, they are saying hey, remember us? We wont stand by while you do this! What do you expect them to do? Act like a civilized country. If they don't act like that, why treat them like one? A threat of a DEFENSE shield, does Russia want one as well and are having a fit because they are a country that has fallen so behind to what they had once been? You think Russia would truly threaten the entire European Union because of a missile DEFENSE shield? They aren't stupid. They will stand by and will do nothing besides wave around their outdated weapons and through nostalgic war parades.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 08:30 PM Edited by Fanta46 on Tue 07/08/08 08:30 PM
They are responding to a threat initiated by Bush, and since NATO 's main supporter and Russia's Cold War adversary was NATO and the US, they are saying hey, remember us? We wont stand by while you do this! What do you expect them to do? Act like a civilized country. If they don't act like that, why treat them like one? A threat of a DEFENSE shield, does Russia want one as well and are having a fit because they are a country that has fallen so behind to what they had once been? You think Russia would truly threaten the entire European Union because of a missile DEFENSE shield? They aren't stupid. They will stand by and will do nothing besides wave around their outdated weapons and through nostalgic war parades. You are naive, and sounding like a Bush puppet! Although even he understands not to under estimate Russia's power! Like I said your generation has no idea about the Cold War or Russia's threat to our security!

karmafury Joined Sun 11/12/06 Posts: 10156	Tue 07/08/08 08:59 PM
They are responding to a threat initiated by Bush, and since NATO 's main supporter and Russia's Cold War adversary was NATO and the US, they are saying hey, remember us? We wont stand by while you do this! What do you expect them to do? Act like a civilized country. If they don't act like that, why treat them like one? A threat of a DEFENSE shield, does Russia want one as well and are having a fit because they are a country that has fallen so behind to what they had once been? You think Russia would truly threaten the entire European Union because of a missile DEFENSE shield? They aren't stupid. They will stand by and will do nothing besides wave around their outdated weapons and through nostalgic war parades. You are naive, and sounding like a Bush puppet! Although even he understands not to under estimate Russia's power! Like I said your generation has no idea about the Cold War or Russia's threat to our security! Can you say 'Duck and Cover'? Sure you can. Make yourself really small and cover your head. Do not look at the bright light.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 09:29 PM
They are responding to a threat initiated by Bush, and since NATO 's main supporter and Russia's Cold War adversary was NATO and the US, they are saying hey, remember us? We wont stand by while you do this! What do you expect them to do? Act like a civilized country. If they don't act like that, why treat them like one? A threat of a DEFENSE shield, does Russia want one as well and are having a fit because they are a country that has fallen so behind to what they had once been? You think Russia would truly threaten the entire European Union because of a missile DEFENSE shield? They aren't stupid. They will stand by and will do nothing besides wave around their outdated weapons and through nostalgic war parades. You are naive, and sounding like a Bush puppet! Although even he understands not to under estimate Russia's power! Like I said your generation has no idea about the Cold War or Russia's threat to our security! Can you say 'Duck and Cover'? Sure you can. Make yourself really small and cover your head. Do not look at the bright light.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 09:36 PM
I get amazed at the lack of understanding the younger generation has about the Cold war. How Russia outnumbered all of NATO 12 to 1, and the miles of bunkers and landmines stretching across central Europe! Ballistic missiles and Nuke subs roaming the seas! They see the US military dominance and easy victories of our military going almost unopposed against the midget incapable Armies of the ME, and know nothing about our indominance against the USSR!

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 09:43 PM
I think they forget a Russia still has thousands of Nukes and military technology that almost equals ours. They dont even imagine that in WWII the US's 450 thousand casualties are dwarfed by Russia's 11 million!

dragas88 Joined Mon 07/07/08 Posts: 7	Tue 07/08/08 09:53 PM
One more problem for Europe is that Russia has a lot of natural gas resources, and it can be really cold winter next year if Russia don't deliver gas... od course they would not do that for economic reasons :) But again Russians are craze :D

mnhiker Joined Wed 02/14/07 Posts: 3771	Tue 07/08/08 09:57 PM
They are responding to a threat initiated by Bush, and since NATO 's main supporter and Russia's Cold War adversary was NATO and the US, they are saying hey, remember us? We wont stand by while you do this! What do you expect them to do? Act like a civilized country. If they don't act like that, why treat them like one? A threat of a DEFENSE shield, does Russia want one as well and are having a fit because they are a country that has fallen so behind to what they had once been? You think Russia would truly threaten the entire European Union because of a missile DEFENSE shield? They aren't stupid. They will stand by and will do nothing besides wave around their outdated weapons and through nostalgic war parades. You are naive, and sounding like a Bush puppet! Although even he understands not to under estimate Russia's power! Like I said your generation has no idea about the Cold War or Russia's threat to our security! Just like in 1961 when Cuba defeated the United States in the Bay of Pigs. They were armed by Russia. The CIA thought that Cubans would revolt against Castro, a tragic mistake. http://throwawayyourtelescreen.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/bay-of-pigs-declassified/ Sound familiar? Like when we would be hailed as liberators when we invaded Iraq? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1912641 History repeats itself, again and again and again, because those in power do not learn from the mistakes of the past.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 09:58 PM
I dont know about crazy, but they do have reason to be paranoid!

dragas88 Joined Mon 07/07/08 Posts: 7	Tue 07/08/08 10:05 PM
Well, I can only say that i hope for good of all of us, Russia or America wont do anything stupid

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 07/08/08 10:09 PM Edited by Fanta46 on Tue 07/08/08 10:56 PM
Too many Nukes pointed in each direction for that! But, Bush is a danger, and he has weakened our military. We could lose a lot of ground and Europe could return to the divide that existed for 50 years! Not military ground, but ground toward world peace! Maybe that's what we need to keep Presidents like Bush from being so aggressive! Its hard to invade little countries like Iraq, Syria, and Iran when you are forced to maintain a half million troops in Europe! That's just the US commitment!

mnhiker Joined Wed 02/14/07 Posts: 3771	Tue 07/08/08 10:27 PM
Too many Nukes pointed in each direction for that! But, Bush is a danger, and he has weakened our military. We could lose a lot of ground and Europe could return to the divide that existed for 50 years! Maybe that's what we need to keep Presidents like Bush from being so aggressive! Its hard to invade little countries like Iraq, Syria, and Iran when you are forced to maintain a half million troops in Europe! That's just the US commitment! Not to mention trying to beat back the resurgence of Al Qaida in Afghanistan. I hope the Cold War doesn't come back. It took too long to end the last time.

01tim Joined Thu 07/03/08 Posts: 721	Wed 07/09/08 05:44 PM
well from a former country men of a former soviot block country ukraine. bush better stop screwing with russia. or cold world will be back.

Milesoftheusa Joined Fri 10/27/06 Posts: 5122	Wed 07/09/08 10:48 PM
russia is blowing smoke ..probally at our asking them to. Thier really is no need of the US even putting missiles over thier.. That is a smoke screen technology.. If Russia did try to attack they would have missiles planes whatever blown up in thier country. Not much talk about the F35c stealth fighter bomber. The pilot wears a special helmet kinda like these glasses where you can watch a movie. He can fire automatically from the computer or manually. The plane caries air to air missles. Can shoot down a plane as soon as radar see them. If a missle happens to lock on to them again the plane takes control rolls and fires a laser to take it out. As he is flying he has camera's all over his plane and at least 12 lasers to take out close planes or missiles. This plane is very sofisticated and this is just what they have said.. not very loudly but they have.. They also have a new plane that is about the size of a 747. It has a power plant on it. It has only 1 laser that i know of on its nose that can lock on and shoot 180 degrees in any direction their of. This plane would also take out any missile that Russia may shoot. Iran says they will control the straight of Hormutz if attacked. they test fired missiles today in my opinion to try to get us to shoot one down to see what we have .. It did not happen. They could never block the straight of Hormutz as we have fighters ready just for that at all times. I was on the Rapid deployment force of the Reagan admin and know alot about that strait. That is what we were for. I worry more about what our own country plan is for us than any country taking us on. We watched the Gulf war of 91 and seen new technology that we still do not have in the general public yet. What do you think we really have?

Belushi Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 2995	Wed 07/09/08 10:53 PM
well from a former country men of a former soviot block country ukraine. bush better stop screwing with russia. or cold world will be back. Bush isnt screwing with Russia. The Russians dont let anyone screw with them - you know that. The only people that the Russians listen to, even remotely, are the Chinese, and that's because they have a very large army. The Russians are becoming economic giants, and they will not allow anyone to mess with that. The gas that someone mentioned before is of major importance. Mess with Russia and they will turn off the gas! They will not allow another Cold War. It was too costly for them the last time.

MsCarmen Joined Wed 05/07/08 Posts: 6282	Wed 07/09/08 11:04 PM
well from a former country men of a former soviot block country ukraine. bush better stop screwing with russia. or cold world will be back. Bush isnt screwing with Russia. The Russians dont let anyone screw with them - you know that. The only people that the Russians listen to, even remotely, are the Chinese, and that's because they have a very large army. The Russians are becoming economic giants, and they will not allow anyone to mess with that. The gas that someone mentioned before is of major importance. Mess with Russia and they will turn off the gas! They will not allow another Cold War. It was too costly for them the last time. They may not allow another Cold War (and yes I remember it) but they will be sure to do something drastic. It might take them some time to decide, but if they do decide to react, you can be sure it won't be a slap on the wrist.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Wed 07/09/08 11:05 PM Edited by Fanta46 on Wed 07/09/08 11:06 PM
You evidently forget or dont know that Russia can jam most of the technical crap you just mentioned making that airplane as useless as a VW bus! Where you ever in Europe during the cold war miles? We had anti aircraft missile batteries everywhere and alerts once every couple weeks? The Russians could have been bombing our military bases within 8 min of deciding to! We had charges in place in predetermined strategic locations, and pre-dug fighting positions everywhere! Even with 400,000 Us Army troops, countless Air Force wings, and hundreds of thousands of NATO member troops, we were still outnumbered 12 to 1! The plan was to fight a delaying action meant to hang on for 90 days. Long enough for 190,000 US troops to be trained and start arriving to draw equipment that was stored over in France for just such a need! For 90 days our orders were to hold on and fight a delaying action to the last man! HOLD ON to the last man! Now you make it sound so easy!

Belushi Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 2995	Wed 07/09/08 11:07 PM Edited by Belushi on Wed 07/09/08 11:08 PM
well from a former country men of a former soviot block country ukraine. bush better stop screwing with russia. or cold world will be back. Bush isnt screwing with Russia. The Russians dont let anyone screw with them - you know that. The only people that the Russians listen to, even remotely, are the Chinese, and that's because they have a very large army. The Russians are becoming economic giants, and they will not allow anyone to mess with that. The gas that someone mentioned before is of major importance. Mess with Russia and they will turn off the gas! They will not allow another Cold War. It was too costly for them the last time. They may not allow another Cold War (and yes I remember it) but they will be sure to do something drastic. It might take them some time to decide, but if they do decide to react, you can be sure it won't be a slap on the wrist. Im not sure that they will do anything drastic. Just like the US wont do anything drastic .. and lets not forget the Chinese. They are the biggest superpower at the moment and the idea that we dont know what the sneaky sods are up to, gives us food for thought. But then it depends on what is going on in the background. Politicians dont make good diplomats and diplomats make the ideas work.

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Wed 07/09/08 11:12 PM
russia is blowing smoke ..probally at our asking them to. Thier really is no need of the US even putting missiles over thier.. That is a smoke screen technology.. If Russia did try to attack they would have missiles planes whatever blown up in thier country. Not much talk about the F35c stealth fighter bomber. The pilot wears a special helmet kinda like these glasses where you can watch a movie. He can fire automatically from the computer or manually. The plane caries air to air missles. Can shoot down a plane as soon as radar see them. If a missle happens to lock on to them again the plane takes control rolls and fires a laser to take it out. As he is flying he has camera's all over his plane and at least 12 lasers to take out close planes or missiles. This plane is very sofisticated and this is just what they have said.. not very loudly but they have.. They also have a new plane that is about the size of a 747. It has a power plant on it. It has only 1 laser that i know of on its nose that can lock on and shoot 180 degrees in any direction their of. This plane would also take out any missile that Russia may shoot. Iran says they will control the straight of Hormutz if attacked. they test fired missiles today in my opinion to try to get us to shoot one down to see what we have .. It did not happen. They could never block the straight of Hormutz as we have fighters ready just for that at all times. I was on the Rapid deployment force of the Reagan admin and know alot about that strait. That is what we were for. I worry more about what our own country plan is for us than any country taking us on. We watched the Gulf war of 91 and seen new technology that we still do not have in the general public yet. What do you think we really have? The U2 used to be state of the art in its time, and yet the Russian demonstrated the ability to shoot them down! Dont take our superiority over Iraq for granted! Russia is not Iraq!

tombraider Joined Wed 09/12/07 Posts: 5042	Wed 07/09/08 11:19 PM
CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG...