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2004-01-31 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-31 12:45:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh, boy, are they going to start standing on balconies in pecking order, too?????

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-1-31 1:14:20 AM|| 2004-1-31 1:14:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 In a related item, Moscow said to be up-dating its arsenal of air-brushes from the Brezhnev IV's to the more advanced Putin II's.

Posted by WUZZALIB 2004-1-31 3:36:40 AM|| 2004-1-31 3:36:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 wonder if any of the Tu-160's will stack it like one did the other month.personally i think the russians are sold out and should give up trying to be big hard and clever,it dosn't suit thier decrepid armed forces,fools.

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-31 4:56:27 AM|| 2004-1-31 4:56:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Um "aging Soviet-built missiles", that for some reason sounds more threatening than a modern missile if only for the fact that I worry bout it exploding during launch. Joking aside this line worries me a bit "images that played well with many voters who are nostalgic for Soviet global power and military prestige. "

I just wonder what groups are speaking here? Life under the Soviets wasn't what you'd describe as "pleasant".

Posted by Val 2004-1-31 7:12:21 AM|| 2004-1-31 7:12:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "...a missile defense system protecting Moscow..."

Aren't the Russians some of the people screaming the loudest about America developing a missle sheild.
Sounds like"Do as I say,not as I do."

Posted by Raptor 2004-1-31 7:14:08 AM|| 2004-1-31 7:14:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 this line worries me a bit "images that played well with many voters who are nostalgic for Soviet global power and military prestige. "

Nothing new, believe me. These are the same quacks that came out a few days ago for the 80th anniversary of Lenin's death. Same ones that paraded during the 75th anniversary...and the 70th....65th...

Posted by Rafael 2004-1-31 8:05:30 AM|| 2004-1-31 8:05:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 commies in russia are finished,probably the most corrupt nation on this earth with thousands of nukes dotted all about the place and enriched uranium stores in wooden warehouses with 2 gaurds and a rusty padlock on the door,was it not long ago some one thieved a whole fuckin power plant away from a russian navel base,jesus whats to stop them pinching a few nukes, and yet people still claim America is the still the biggest and most dangerous country on the planet.Amazes me how dumb some people are. As for putin kicking up a fuss about BMD,just how stupid does he think we are,i mean its not as if they could deploy one they wouldn,t - oh wait they already have around Mosco. Just another case of the Loony left doing the enamys work for them when they say BMD shouldn't be built, makes my blood boil with anger!

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-31 8:51:43 AM|| 2004-1-31 8:51:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Very good points - at the same time, however, I'd feel a lot safer if the Russians were better at this, since a highly skilled team in the silos will not be so busy trying to remember the sequence of tasks that they don't get confirmation.

Posted by Colin MacDougall 2004-1-31 12:58:49 PM|| 2004-1-31 12:58:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm even more concerned about the TIMING of this exercise. Al Qaida promises to "make its biggest strike ever" against the United States by Feb 2. Maybe the Russians know something we don't - like, that may include a nuclear strike, and they want to be in their holes and ready, in case the US retaliates. Either way, both A-Q and Russia would lose, but it would be a huge mess to clean up after.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-1-31 7:43:52 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-1-31 7:43:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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