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2014-07-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia accused of violating Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

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Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-29 04:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 What, if anything is Obumble prepared to do to induce compliance? Toothless threats, or a twitter hashtag? Wrong actions can precipitate a potential nuclear conflict by being either too weak or too provocative. What's frightening that we have incompetents in charge, a lumbering lurching tool for a Sec State, and the president is narcissist amateur and poseur. The 3 AM phone call is going to voice mail because he's out of town on a fund raiser

Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-29 05:04|| 2014-07-29 05:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Send Jawn (we will appreciate it)

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-07-29 06:05|| 2014-07-29 06:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Speak loudly and carry a small twig.

That's the motto of this regime.

Posted by AlanC 2014-07-29 08:11|| 2014-07-29 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "The official said the US was prepared to hold top-level discussions on the issue immediately..."

The test in question was first revealed, albeit more of a murmur, this January past [LINK].

Why the big deal now? Bad contactors in the "reset" button : results interface?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-07-29 08:18|| 2014-07-29 08:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Just add to the list which includes treaties and protocols on chemical and biological weapons breached.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-07-29 08:47|| 2014-07-29 08:47|| Front Page Top

Yet another convenient distraction. When have treaties signed by Russians been anything more than bum wipe?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-29 09:16|| 2014-07-29 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Yet State values such bum wipe so much that they'll promote it and celebrate it, cause it justifies their existence. Institution self aggrandizement over national security. Then again, it's seems we've already surrendered our sovereignty, by the same ruling caste.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-07-29 09:48|| 2014-07-29 09:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Not exactly shocking. Put yourself in Putin's place - the US has simply ceased to exist as a serious factor for Russia or other rivals. I guess the ragtag remnants of the former Libyan security forces were about the only ones who had anything to fear from US power. And a few Afghans dumb enough to lift a finger before our idiotically announced departure date - but that's just inertial continuation of an involvement none of these cretins in the Beltway today would have initiated on their own.

I remember working on the INF Treaty .... seems like 1 million years ago, when there was a US, adults were generally were in charge.

Posted by Verlaine 2014-07-29 11:03|| 2014-07-29 11:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Time to put the TLAM-N's (nuke armed tomohawk missiles) back on our subs. That will make the sh!t their drawers.

Posted by woggut 2014-07-29 12:39|| 2014-07-29 12:39|| Front Page Top

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