Living on the frontline of the new cold war: Russians in Baltic enclave on EU\'s doorstep endorse challenge to US missiles »
Posted By gamahuche 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsOn Wednesday Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev said he would deploy Iskander nuclear missiles in Kaliningrad - the small Baltic Sea chunk of Russian territory encircled by what are now Nato countries.
The hardware would be pointed at US missile defence and radar bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, Medvedev said. Russia would use sophisticated radio jamming equipment to sabotage the Pentagon's ambitious missile defence system, helped by its Baltic fleet in the port of Baltiysk.
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gamahuche1 year, 2 months ago
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Looks like the GWB legacy will be the gift that keeps on giving to the hard men of the Kremlin, by strengthening their hand, and a booby prize for the rest of the Northern Hemisphere either in terms direct of endangerment or of collateral damage.
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The very best possible international initiative that Obama could take would be to cancel this boondoggle right now. Unfortunately I don't believe that this issue is even now fully understood by the US public and that it would be read as a sign of weakness. What is lost in this equation is the fact that it is a huge mistake on every level and at the very least threatens to plunge the whole of Europe into Cold War mode for the indefinite future in addition to reinforcing the iron grip of the current Russian regime. Putin looks as of he's already preparing his return to the Presidency and to an extended term.. -
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gamahuche1 year, 2 months ago
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A well-written and wider view of this whole issue, perhaps more from the US perspective, is here:
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canadianrancher571 year, 2 months ago
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Barack Obama right now is the new kid on the block but he still does represent the US, his first priority will likely be the economy but if I was him I would make sure to meet with the other world superpowers as soon as I could. He was elected with enought of a majority that his mandate of change can include many things.
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Russia like nearly every other country in the world has many things that it would prefer to spend money on within its country to make life better for its people. I guess that there are those who will argue that the Russians always force the issue and are the reason for this new round of dangerous actions but it takes two to fight.
I don't feel that a move to negotiations would be seem as a sign of weakness by many who have grown tired of continual military ventures but there is a group with in the US which would be much opposed to such ideas but these are not the people who voted for him in the first place.
One thing that the American public needs to be aware of is the setting up of defensive positions in other countries does mean if hostilities break out then their military will be called apon to defend what will be seen as American interests.
My comments may be a little off as far as the artical is concened but when it comes down to those who actually live under the shadow of these decisions there is very little to say since governments at times seem to forget people, especially people in what may become the new battle field.-
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gamahuche1 year, 2 months ago
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I think your argument is very sound.
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Just two details that I'm not sure about.
The first that it seems that democrats are always under greater pressure to demonstrate their "macho" credentials than Republicans are.
The second that while the whole project is presented as defensive and may well be INTENDED to be and appear to the US public in that light, of you were a Russian and you learned that the US had moved a bunch of their missiles within striking range of your homeland would that not appear to be a threatening act?
This argument brings us all the way back to 62 and Cuba, of course!
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nikkibabe1 year, 2 months ago
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Obama has already said he is not "committed" to the missile shields in Eastern Europe. He would rather use that money to rebuild crumbling infrastructure at home for which funds has been scarce with invasion and occupation of Iraq costing $800 billion so far.
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That should settle Russian's fears about what Bush and his crooked bunch were trying to do!
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