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2008-09-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Oztralian 2008-09-22 14:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 any nukes for Chavez on them?

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-22 14:37|| 2008-09-22 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Welcome to Our Lake, boys. Mind the dolphins.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-22 14:48|| 2008-09-22 14:48|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet $20 she never gets there.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2008-09-22 15:07|| 2008-09-22 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Bring lots of spare parts.

Posted by ed 2008-09-22 15:17|| 2008-09-22 15:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Make sure you practice towing during the pre-deployment workup.

Posted by Penguin 2008-09-22 15:20|| 2008-09-22 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Sechin warned the United States that it should not view Latin America as its own backyard. "It would be wrong to talk about one nation having exclusive rights to this zone,"

In other words, Russia gets to have military and political control over its near abroad, but the U.S. does not. Oh, well. No doubt it will be good experience for the sailors, and it will be nice for them to feel welcome when they land.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-09-22 15:45|| 2008-09-22 15:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Sechin warned the United States that it should not view Latin America as its own backyard. "It would be wrong to talk about one nation having exclusive rights to this zone," he said in an interview broadcast

Sechin must not be familiar with the MONROE DOCTRINE.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-22 16:06|| 2008-09-22 16:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Dygalo refused to comment on Monday's report in the daily Izvestia claiming that the ships were to make a stopover in the Syrian port of Tartus on their way to Venezuela. Russian officials said the Soviet-era base there was being renovated to serve as a foothold for a permanent Russian navy presence in the Mediterranean.

What the heck do Russian sailors do on shore leave in Syria?

Posted by Gabby Cussworth 2008-09-22 16:32|| 2008-09-22 16:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Same thing the Syrians do--goats and camels.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-22 16:55|| 2008-09-22 16:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't tell them the Nassau is already in the Gulf; and it just a short distance away.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-22 17:17|| 2008-09-22 17:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Hugo, Hugo, Hugo - we're way down the list of your problems. For starters, look closer, and behind you.

As for the soviet cruise, does the soviet navy even have tropical gear? Is there a Milo Minderbinder in the fleet who's got a big consignment of Hawaiian Tropic to unload?

Posted by Halliburton - Idiot Suppression Division 2008-09-22 17:41|| 2008-09-22 17:41|| Front Page Top

#12 I forgot to add earlier that back in the olden times the CIA made a big deal about the Russian aircraft carrier ?Kudnestoff? trasiting from the northern fleet to the Med. It got about 100 miles out before it had to turn back. I think the Indians bought the leftovers.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2008-09-22 19:41|| 2008-09-22 19:41|| Front Page Top

#13 How many fleet tugs did they bring with them?

Posted by Plastic Snoopy 2008-09-22 21:10|| 2008-09-22 21:10|| Front Page Top

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