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Title: Russia threatens to block NATO routes
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URL Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212755.html
Published: Nov 29, 2011
Author: staff
Post Date: 2011-11-29 03:26:20 by Tatarewicz
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Views: 140
Comments: 3
Russia has threatened to block NATO's supply routes to Afghanistan, should the Western military alliance continue to disregard Moscow's concerns about the US-led defense shield for Europe, a report says. Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin warned that Moscow will review its cooperation with the Western military alliance on Afghanistan if the NATO fails to address Russia's objections, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Earlier on Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that direct actions will be taken if his country's concerns are not addressed. Medvedev envisioned possible missile attacks on Poland, Romania, Spain, and Turkey as a means to disable the counter-missile batteries, if the United States fails to acknowledge the concerns of the Russian defense officials. He also warned that the country will deploy nuclear weapons to European borders in response to the move. Russia's threats to suspend the NATO supply lines to Afghanistan coincides with a similar punitive measure taken by Pakistan on Saturday in retaliation to the US-led alliance's recent airstrikes on Pakistani military forces, which killed 24 soldiers. NATO started using safer routes in Russia to deliver its supplies to its forces since Washington and Moscow reset diplomatic relations in 2009. The Russian government has long opposed the NATO's disputed plan of deploying an anti-missile shield in Europe, arguing that the would-be system in its "backyard” is not to secure Washington's European allies, but is effectively aimed at Russia. NATO claims that the anti-missile shield is planned to thwart possible attacks from 'rogue' states, and it will go ahead with the plan despite Russia's concerns. AO/GHN/HJL Poster Comment: Can always print up more money to pay contractors $100+/gallon to fly in fuel.
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
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dont know how accurate this map is, but, for what it's worth... looks like we're pretty well checkmated... which, i spose, is what we should expect when we're up against one country that plays chess, and another country that plays go. our checkers players seem to be sucking hind tit. . the whole goddamned house of cards is likely to fall down if somebody starts a war with iran, and hormuz closes... if you look at the israeli american supply ports (google maps) in the persian gulf (which would be cut off if hormuz were closed...), well, our ass is hanging out bigtime. aumann's crays have outsmarted themselves, and game theory seems to be no subsitute for common sense.
Between the northern and southern routes, one through Russia and the other through Pakistan, there's two-thirds of the tonnage at risk for the geniuses who are keeping this stupid war going. Let's see if they manage to split Pakistan and mold it to their liking. I think that we're more likely to see a revolution there like the one in Iran. I can't begin to fathom the stupidity of our actions. Sometimes I think that the left, through Obama, knows that if our war making machine and the operational arms of our intelligence agencies are left to their own devices without the reins of civilian control and popular restraint, they will lurch from disaster to disaster. This is currently the case. Iraq - fail. Afghanistan - fail. Syria and Iran haven't started yet, but they are just two more doomed ventures from the outset. Failed wars and crushing debt at home are the main ingredients for revolution, as we see throughout history. The left cannot wait to get their hands on a real crisis. They have ideology, strategy and tactical expertise to make it work for them. That is why there is no real anti-war movement in this country which the left and the controlled media could turn on any time they'd choose flip that switch. They are biding their time until the debacle unfolds.
i think the smart people know what's going on, that's why they're looting. the believers are suckers... except for the israelis... israelis are worse than suckers, they're suicidal suckers.
robert yisrael aumann.... happy happy happy
#2. To: lead.and.lag (#1)
#3. To: randge (#2)
I can't begin to fathom the stupidity of our actions.
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