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2004-03-13 Russia

Rooskies Want Their Special Forces Guys Back, or else...

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Posted by badanov 2004-03-13 7:35:53 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Hey Vlad, I think they're holding them at the Al-Jizz HQ. I'd hit there first!"

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-13 7:46:49 PM|| 2004-3-13 7:46:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I honestly don't see the Russian problem here. There answer should be..."Of Course we killed him, and if we can find any more acomplices, we will kill them also."

I know Moscow reasonably well, and while it is far fom my favorite city...I like Russians and the Moscow Theater take over left me very unhappy.

Russia should just kill anyone involved...(said as a true and believing liberal).

Be Good,

Posted by Traveller 2004-3-13 8:34:26 PM|| 2004-3-13 8:34:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Pooty has a problem now. Any hint of plausible deniability is long gone. And the last successful Russian military operation was when? April 29, 1945? They couldn't even get two submarine missle launches off properly with Pooty and TV around a year after the Kursk. Get ready for Desert One to look good.

And whose side will the U. S. be on in Russia v. Qatar?

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-3-13 8:45:55 PM|| 2004-3-13 8:45:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Qatar, unfortunately.

Posted by Rafael 2004-3-13 9:18:01 PM|| 2004-3-13 9:18:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Rooskies Want Their Special Forces Guys Back, or else...

more shit could blow up in Qatar.

Posted by tu3031 2004-3-13 9:21:15 PM|| 2004-3-13 9:21:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#6
"And the last successful Russian military operation was when? April 29, 1945?"

Actually, the last one with considerable blood being spilt was probably Budapest, 1956. (I discount the crushing of the Prague Sping in 1968).

I still, however, have hope for Checyna. Remember, this is the same war, just being fought on many fronts.

Not that it matters, but several people took me to task when this story first broke and I fingered the killing of Yandarbiyev to be a FSB opperation.

No matter...if it comes to an actual attack on Qatar, I would hope that after some hand wringing, the US will secretly back Russia.

Of course, with Qatar, the United States has a real problem with our main base being there.

Posted by Traveller 2004-3-13 9:40:10 PM|| 2004-3-13 9:40:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I was thinking of military opponents, not civilians.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-3-13 9:55:22 PM|| 2004-3-13 9:55:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree with Traveller that we should pressure the Gut-Tar-ees to turn these guys loose.
We would have tracked this animal to the ends of the Earth and snuffed him by any means possible, or at least we should have.
It won't make Pooty love us, but it could make us some friends in the FSB, always a handy thing to have.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-3-13 11:00:26 PM|| 2004-3-13 11:00:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Pfft. So far (unless I've missed something) the only arguments I've heard of this so-called "animal" being a terrorist, are the ones that strive to put every Chechen separationist in the same bag. Like it or not Maskhadov is not the same as Basayev.

I've got every reason to believe that Putin is as bad as Basayev, though.

And I'm betting that the reason the Russians are so pissed off about this, is that these special agents may know about even more operations. First they start by confessing the killings of Chechen politicians, who knows if they won't then confess of the killing of *Russian* liberal politicians - two of Putin's most vocal opponents were murdered KGB-style. Or even assassination attempts in the Balkans? Who knows...

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-3-13 11:17:05 PM|| 2004-3-13 11:17:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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