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2018-03-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

US to forbid Russia from selling S-400 air defense systems to other countries

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Posted by Fred 2018-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Not that I object in principle - but whatever happened to "don't make demands you can't enforce"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-18 03:50|| 2018-03-18 03:50|| Front Page Top

#2 It's Bob Manendez and more meaningless Democratic Kabuki theater.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-18 04:01|| 2018-03-18 04:01|| Front Page Top

#3 They're stealing our customers!

Bob Menenedez and his buddies work for the military-industrial complex.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2018-03-18 04:09|| 2018-03-18 04:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "And the 1980’s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back — because the Cold War has been over for 20 years." Obama to Romney, 2012
This reminds me of the shameless Leftist U-Turn when the Nazis invaded Soviet Russia...

Posted by magpie 2018-03-18 10:13|| 2018-03-18 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Is the State Department trying to get the ruskies to sell more and at a higher price?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-03-18 10:26|| 2018-03-18 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey Menendez, you just missed a long term in the big house breaking rocks by the skin of your teeth. Stop and consider how lunatic you are sounding.

Posted by 3dc 2018-03-18 10:51|| 2018-03-18 10:51|| Front Page Top

#7 #1 "don't make demands you can't enforce"?

Yes. Unless you are willing to go to war, such sanctions are unenforceable. Even if you do go to war, they might not be enforceable without being extremely costly to everyone.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-03-18 11:12|| 2018-03-18 11:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Or.... they know we can hack and jam these things and they want countries to believe they are awesome and buy more!!!

Hey, a guy can dream can't he?

Posted by DarthVader 2018-03-18 11:21|| 2018-03-18 11:21|| Front Page Top

#9 A caucus of American politicians led by one Senator Bob Menendez

The headline is a bit misleading. Not only is it not the US government, it is not even the adults in the room.

Posted by SteveS 2018-03-18 11:47|| 2018-03-18 11:47|| Front Page Top

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