Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with US | 51 comments (51 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 3)

Why would Russia care? It's not like they can't swamp this system 100 times over already.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Thu Feb 15th, 2007 at 07:06:50 PM EST

Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 2)

Exactly. The whole thing, even if it finally worked, would be useless in a war between Russia and America -- a war that is, needless to say, not likely to occur. MAD still stands, even with the shield. So let's stop this nonsense, and get back to bullying the countries that don't have nukes.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 02:02:01 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 5)

Perhaps they can't. What's the state of maintenance of Russia's nuclear force? Anyway, I guess the fear is that a degraded second strike capability could be largely neutralised by this sort of stuff, encouraging thoughts of first strikes. I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 03:27:05 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 2)

Yep.
Just imagine one second that the current Dear Leader of the Free World^TM (thanks Mig for the correction) was in command 30 years ago. One shudders...

by balbuz on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 04:07:38 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 3)

Thirty years ago everyone was too scared to have the luxury of voting for someone that stupid. The next election, neither party will have the ability to put up for election someone who's the bloke you'd want a drink with in the pub, the electorate will want someone competent who will sort this shit out.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 04:57:54 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (none / 1)

Who would want to have a drink with Bush in the pub?

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 05:15:40 AM EST
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I'd like to have a drink with Bush in a couple of really rough pubs that I used to frequent in my youth. You just know he wouldn't be able to either avoid looking at someones girlfriend in the wrong way.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 03:16:44 PM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 2)

Ronald Reagan?

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 10:05:41 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 2)

Thirty years ago they voted for Carter.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 10:11:05 AM EST
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<scratches head> You don't mean to belittle one of the Democratic Party's heroes of the past do you? </scratches head>

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 10:38:35 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (4.00 / 3)

I guess the objection could rather go against the high powered XBR radar which can track a softball 4000km away.
After all, such surveillance capability of entire european (and russian) airspace must be of great interest to the US...

by jv (euro@junkie.cz) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 06:03:37 AM EST
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Re: Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with U (2.00 / 2)

This radar most likely won't work as advertised, so the actual reason for installing it is something otehr than missile defence. Surveillance of Airspace West of the Urals? Encircling of Russia? Pork for defence contractors? Creating new causes of friction between the EU and Russia?

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 16th, 2007 at 06:11:07 AM EST
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Russia May Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty with US | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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