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2016-10-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Governors, Federal Security Service and police in event of war to obey military

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ...See now, here's what I'm thinkin':

The last thing Putin wants is a war. The old USSR might - at least theoretically - have been able to do things like this without regard to economics, but his Russia can't. A war might be really cool from his point of view, but realistically with Russia thoroughly integrated into the world economy, even a small, victorious and relatively limited war would be a disaster for the Russian economy, and his people have a tradition of being less than understanding towards failed leaders.

So - he's ex-KGB. A cop. A very sophisticated one, but a cop nevertheless. He's studied us, learned our MOs inside and out. And he knows that if he can get us to THINK he's going to war, we're going to cripple ourselves just in arguing over or not we are justified in doing so, and just how bad he actually is. (Remember the six-month 'rush to war' over Iraq...only several orders of magnitude worse, because for the first time in decades we're dealing with an enemy who can really lay some hurt on us)

The 'Better Red than Dead' crowd will be out in force, and you will see mobs actually trying to swarm bomber and missile bases. The media will be nothing but 'all megadeaths all the time', and the Usual Celebrity Suspects will be all over the place - even a Trump Administration wouldn't be able to stand up against a Peace Offensive like we'll see. A Clinton Administration - run by people who redefined the word 'triangulation' - will let the balloon inflate for a bit, then make it clear we're not going to do anything 'precipitous'. The bottom line is that we'll end up doing more damage to ourselves politically and economically than he can ever do militarily. At that point, as long as he can present his demands in a reasonable fashion, we'll gladly give him anything he wants AND keep his economy going.

And when it's all said and done, the Unified Ruling Party(TM) will explain to us how things are the new normal and the world changes and how we have to get used to it.

Until the next time.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-10-16 06:45|| 2016-10-16 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 IMO, Putin is doing that every reasonable person would be doing when confronted with injured feelings of an ego putz like Obama on Syria.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-10-16 07:14|| 2016-10-16 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 when confronted with injured feelings of an ego putz like Obama on Syria

grinding it in?

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-16 08:10|| 2016-10-16 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 King James forever!

Posted by KBK 2016-10-16 08:26|| 2016-10-16 08:26|| Front Page Top

#5 The 'Better Red than Dead' crowd will be out in force, and you will see mobs actually trying to swarm bomber and missile bases

That's the problem with NIMBY. Those key bases are out of the concentrated 'Blue Zones'. That amount of protest can't be done quietly enough to hide intent in order to move to an appropriate location. Then there is the problem of feeding and billeting in literally a 'hostile' region, as such facilities are usually surrounded by a population that is far closer to 'Red Zone' than any protestor is used to. Take the law in your own hands, you might find others take the same approach.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-10-16 08:37|| 2016-10-16 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Wait,...
So this was Russia?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-10-16 09:37|| 2016-10-16 09:37|| Front Page Top

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