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| Spike in Russian military activity is about more than Ukraine |
| 2014-11-16 |
| Posted by:Whurong Flomosh7989 |
| #8 I'm not worried. Putin is securing the various Land-Air-Sea corridors to access routes to Russia's bases in the Crimea, to include those "land bridges" currently part of the separatist regions of East Ukraine. IFF THE US-NATO/EU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE CONTROL OF THE BLACK SEA REGION VEE THE HARD BOYZ = GLOBAL JIHAD + THREAT TO BOTH RUSSIA + EUROPE, RUSSIA W-I-L-L CONTROL BY-N-FOR RUSSIA. Perhaps moreso given ... * WAFF > [Welt.DE] TURKEY SECRETLY WORKING ON ATOMIC BOMB?, to include the LRBMS [Short-to-Medium Range] to carry + deliver them??? * SAME > [Todays Zaman] TURKISH MINISTER TO ISRAEL: LEAVE AL-AQSA MOSQUE OR WILL SEND YOU PACKING [running]. Turkey EU Affairs Minister Volkan Brzkir. * RUSSIA TODAY > ISIS HAS 200,000-STRONG FORCE, SAYS [Senior] KURDISH LEADER. NOT the 20,000-31,500 Fighters as US + Western Analysts may believe, + also controlling a combined loyal-n-captive population of over 10.0Milyuhn. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-16 22:00 |
| #7 New Great RussianWiki will shut down western wreckers. The turbines powering it's query machine will be larger than punt "Grand" Coulée damn, and that'S only the Parser! Forward, ever Forward for Socialism, Justice, Bread, Tomatoe and a thin towel. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-16 14:39 |
| #6 Sort of. However, the new management is pretty much the same as the old management. They still don't have a product that sales well in or out of the country. Maintenance and upkeep usually only gets the old model running for a few extra miles. The Russian |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-11-16 10:32 |
| #5 So the USSR falling was really just a stealthy Chapt 11 bankruptcy reorganization under the leadership of KGB elements? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-11-16 10:10 |
| #4 $70/BBL oil will shut the bear down. Drinking itself to death is the future |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-11-16 09:08 |
| #3 They have to do something before the oil balance of payments goes negative. They're OK for the winter, Europe can buy or freeze. By next spring, though, the cash reserve will be getting thin. Aside from a warm water port, Vlad seems to be worried about Russia becoming irrelevant. Taking hostages is an easy way to be relevant. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-16 09:07 |
| #2 Gotta do something before they run out of Russians. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2014-11-16 08:19 |
| #1 The bear is up and roaring. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-16 04:58 |