Russian Threat etc as of 9Oct16

[River Song]

Back to the OP

Mary, I don't think this is the usual sabre rattling. I hope and pray that I am wrong
but it smells a lot like Cuba - I'm old enough to remember that crisis.

Be prepared

[Mortblanc]

But Putin is not Nikita Kruschev, and Obama is not Kennedy.

Kruschev was removed from office for the Cuban debacle and Putin remembers that too.

Many over here feel that Kennedy's assassination was directly linked to the Cuban crisis.

And many do not realize that the "Crisis" ended in a negotiation of removal of the missiles in return for NATO removing the early warning radar installations from the Turkish/Russian border. Russia did get something in return, it was not the back down it was made out to be in the west.

What is going on now is the old Russian ploy of rattling the sabers in one part of the world to draw attention away from some other part.

I have friends who are pulling tours on the carriers in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf and they report that Russian fighters are constantly violating their air space and provoking a response. An "incident" is almost guaranteed at some point in time.

Since Russia has very little real interest in the mid-east such chancy activity can only be to draw attention away from Crimea, which has real relevance for them. The goal being that if they back off in the Mid-east we should drop the embargo over the Crimean matter.

The problem is that things have to come to a crisis point for all of it to work and the back room deals to be arranged.

But never forget that these fighter and bomber jets of Gog and Magog are bombing and strafing within a few short miles of a place called the Valley of Megedo.

We will see how it works out.

[CharlesHarris]

[MaryN]

Back to the OP

Mary, I don't think this is the usual sabre rattling. I hope and pray that I am wrong
but it smells a lot like Cuba - I'm old enough to remember that crisis.

Be prepared

RS, this stuff has bveen going on for years in varying degrees. I asked OH (ex military) and he shrugged and said the jets are sent up on intercept just about every day, and it is so common no-one remarks on it. Just at the moment with so much tension around it is media circus stuff. But, we shall see.

[Straight Shooter]

It would have been more accurate to have said......... American Threat etc as of 9oct16 RS........but the rest i would not disagree with, and it is indeed very serious.

[Ali]

[Barneyboy]

It can not happen ,it will be M.A.D for all the living things on the planet putin likes having money ,lots of money and homes and living .
He's a lot of things but stupid isn't one of them ,there will be more chances of a dirt bomb in population centre from them fucking isls nut jobs .

[River Song]

SS - well there you go. Do we all take sides?
In some people's eyes, if it's American, it must be wrong.

It could very well be the the same old gangs /Mil/Indust
leading us all into war. I don't blame the US for this - it is clear IMHO
that the fault is Putins.

However, the key is to prepare and get ready

[Ali]

[Straight Shooter]

However, the key is to prepare and get ready.......Totally agree with you RS ....when it comes down to it WHO cares WHO is at fault ,even if its half a dozen of one or six of the other, but i can assure everyone everywhere ....ALL the masses will pay for those FEW creating the mess , that on its conclusion will be cleaned up and rebuilt by Normal ordinary folk......like us.

To be clear .....when i say America this does NOT mean The American people......I am talking of the Government/ administration.