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2007-02-16 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2007-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "What goes around, Comes around!" I say; When pooty- poo wanted to goad up Syria, Iran, and the NORKs, he didn't have a problem with that. Now the 'chickens are coming home to roost! Let em back out, everyone can now have the right to arm to the teeth, we can all stroll holding hands straight to hell!! If they can afford it.

Posted by smn 2007-02-16 01:49|| 2007-02-16 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia is an arms supplier to damn near every nation which is hostile to American interests and Bad Vlad recently made it very clear that they are committed to being a thorn in our side. Since they continue to act like our Cold War nemesis, we should continue to chip off former satellites, enhance NATO, and surround them with a defensive ring.

Posted by Sic_Semper_Tyrannus 2007-02-16 06:31|| 2007-02-16 06:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe makes some overtures to Estonia. How about US missiles 100 miles from ~~Leningrad~~ St. Petersburg, Pooty-poot?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-02-16 06:39|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-02-16 06:39|| Front Page Top

#4 They're pulling outta SALTII? Go ahead, that give us no compelling reason left to NOT follow through with 500+ km range ATACMs/MLRS missiles all the way up to modernized Pershing IIs and GLCM/Ground Launched TacToms with ranges in excess of 3000km. This is one of the more stupider moves the Russkies have pulled

Posted by Valentine 2007-02-16 08:07|| 2007-02-16 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Er I meant the INF treaty not SALT II

Posted by Valentine 2007-02-16 08:08|| 2007-02-16 08:08|| Front Page Top

#6 YEA! We can make more nukes too!

Drinks all around!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-16 08:46|| 2007-02-16 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 ..Cold War rantings at their best. This tells me that - ~~Soviet~~ Russian arms manufacturer propaganda aside - they really don't have anything that'll bring down an incoming missile, and if they did, they couldn't afford to deploy them. They're playing an double oldie but goodie here - knowing the fetish that the Left makes of treaties and International Law, Putie's counting on well-orchestrated 'public opinion' to stop us from going ahead with the deployment. This particular strategy has been tried twice before - first with the ERW (aka the neutron bomb) and the deployment of GLCMs and hyperaccurate Pershing IIs. It succeeded with the ERW (Carter, of course) and failed with the GLCM/Pershing deployment (Reagan/Thatcher, natch). How Bush will deal with it is a genuine unknown to me.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-16 09:45|| 2007-02-16 09:45|| Front Page Top

#8 (Russia) How dare you show that our missles can be shot down easily, it's hurting our business, you've gotta stop it AT ONCE, we're losing Rubles and "Face".(Rant, Rave, Squawk, Fuss, fume).

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-16 10:26|| 2007-02-16 10:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Fact is the US pulled out of the anti-missile treaty because it was made with the Soviet Union, a Nation that no longer exists. So by default we acknowledge that the Russians are basically free of every treaty the Soviets signed.

The Russians know this, but don't want to admit it, because they really don't want the US to develop a working anti-missile defense because that hampers sales.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-16 16:46|| 2007-02-16 16:46|| Front Page Top

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