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2007-02-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia: U.S. ABM base hosts may be targets

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Posted by mrp 2007-02-19 12:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Threatening a missile attack strikes me as a poor incentive to pass on missile defense. Are the Russians nuts? I would have thought they had much bigger problems to worry about than warlike Poles or Czechs.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-19 13:34|| 2007-02-19 13:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Are the Russians nuts?

Do you really want to go on record asking this?

Posted by Shaiter Thrick2337 2007-02-19 13:36|| 2007-02-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Once you've had an empire, which the USSR clearly was, it's awfully hard to let client states go their own way. Look at France's behaviour toward Francophone Africa.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-19 13:38|| 2007-02-19 13:38|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a violation of the security guarantees given by the Soviet Union and its legal successor state, The Russian Federation, to Non Nuclear Weapon States (NNWS) that signed the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Posted by John Frum 2007-02-19 13:40|| 2007-02-19 13:40|| Front Page Top

#5 The kinder, gentler bear: defending yourself against our missiles is reason enough to attack you.

Posted by Grunter 2007-02-19 13:45|| 2007-02-19 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The Russians are about as subtle as a fire engine, ain't they?

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-02-19 13:53|| 2007-02-19 13:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The Russians really want to be moved into the trash bin of history after pissing everyone off and having the muzzies and Chinese take over, aren't they?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-19 15:09|| 2007-02-19 15:09|| Front Page Top

#8 After being under Russia's boot for 40 years, I don't think that either the Poles or the Czechs are going to be very moved by their threats. In fact, I think both countries might consider a bilateral agreement that if menaced by Russia, they start to build their own strategic missiles.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-19 15:28|| 2007-02-19 15:28|| Front Page Top

#9 so now the russians can think again about arming the Iranians in their proxy war against the US. I think its a good move for the USA and real Europeans.

Posted by scampi777 2007-02-19 15:44|| 2007-02-19 15:44|| Front Page Top

#10 ...Well, look at it this way - we KNOW how to handle the ~~Soviets~~ Russians.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-19 16:19|| 2007-02-19 16:19|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't understand the logic:

"Putin said the treaty was outdated, and that many nations had since developed the medium-range missiles eliminated by Russia and the United States."

"We have offered to cooperate with Russia on missile defense because we believe we face a common threat emanating from the Middle East as well as other areas," Vasquez said."

Russia recognizes the problem, but even refuses cooperative defense with us: they're trying to create an issue of conflict for some reason when there really isn't one - why? If something doesn't make sense, you don't know the whole story (except when dealing with Muslims.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-02-19 20:54|| 2007-02-19 20:54|| Front Page Top

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