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| Putin sacks EVERY commander in Baltic fleet |
| 2016-07-13 |
| Stalin-style purge 'after top brass refusal to follow his orders to confront Western ships' [DailyMail] Up to 50 officers of the fleet were fired alongside Vice  Admiral Viktor Kravchuk and his chief of staff Rear Admiral Sergei Popov after they reportedly refused to follow orders to confront Western ships.Reports in Russia also suggested the purges followed an alleged cover-up of a submarine accident, flaws in recruitment and military construction projects. |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #14 the guy is a street thug... pretty much, but with good planners..... |
| Posted by: 746 2016-07-13 23:20 |
| #13 I don't know if they are aligned, would take some campaign funding research to get to that one. But they both are Alinsky/Trorsky students. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-07-13 18:39 |
| #12 looks to me like the current crop of Alinsky-ites (Obama, Clinton, etc.) are at least aligned with the old Soviet system. Does that mean they are working FOR Putin, or independently along a parallel path, or for some retro opposition to Putin etc.? We have always been at war with Eurasia. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-07-13 16:41 |
| #11 49 Pan - looks to me like the current crop of Alinsky-ites (Obama, Clinton, etc.) are at least aligned with the old Soviet system. Does that mean they are working FOR Putin, or independently along a parallel path, or for some retro opposition to Putin etc.? By their actions I can't tell they are not at least a aligned with the current Chicoms as with Putin. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-07-13 15:49 |
| #10 Alan. I was speaking specifically on Russian growth. I don't see China as the threat I see in the soviets. China is all about very small incremental growth. This island, that small plot of land. Etc. a very micro Approach to world domination. In the end we might all end up Chinese, but that's many many generations away. I was focused on the near term, next 50 years of threat. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2016-07-13 15:04 |
| #9 Russia seems to have problems with pacts with competitors. They always seem to end up invading. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-07-13 14:26 |
| #8 I've wondered if Russia has concerns about them or are they joining forces again? Yes |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-13 12:03 |
| #7 49 Pan, You're not mentioning the Chinese in this context, is there a reason for that? I've wondered if Russia has concerns about them or are they joining forces again? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-07-13 11:32 |
| #6 Putin has very quietly rebuilt his ground forces over the last ten years. He moved the political officers out and placed war fighters loyal to him in power. His neglect of the Navy I had read as his desire to focus on the border states only. While I still hold his intentions are to regain control of the border states, his firing on the naval officers shows, to me anyway, that his next step is to rebuild his Navy so he can have a better global reach. While this seems to be a no brainer, if we have a few more years of the Obama crap-meaning Hillary, we will be outgunned both on land and at sea. Currently we do not have the ground forces required to fight the Russians, even if all our forces were sitting in Europe right now. In 5 years the Russian will be the dominant force on this planet. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-07-13 09:25 |
| #5 No one wants to be on the bridge of the first rotting Russian rust bucket to be vaporized. It's a bit different from hunting big game, but go for it Vlad. Put on one of those admiral's caps or other military gear you enjoy wearing and get your feet wet. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-13 08:53 |
| #4 I'll bet Putin is not asking himself WWBHOD (What Would Barack Hussein Obama DO)? I wonder what would happen if Obama were in the same position? He can't purge the military, he's already done that. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-07-13 08:47 |
| #3 ramping up the dangerously amateurish close encounters |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-13 07:23 |
| #2 A sort of Russian Benghazi. Buggered if you do, buggered if you don't. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-13 03:08 |
| #1 Feh. I won't be impressed until he has them all shot. Then he can claim the "Stalin" prize. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-07-13 00:15 |