I still remember that MSN Money article where the guy is all 'lets have a cold war, we all want it! it'd be good for the economy!'I think it would be good to show these fucking commies that we're not fucking pushovers and they need to be put in their place.
but they arent commies lolthey're in disguise
AMERICA!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!! COMIN' TO SAVE THE MOTHER FUCKIN DAY YEAH!!!!I still remember that MSN Money article where the guy is all 'lets have a cold war, we all want it! it'd be good for the economy!'I think it would be good to show these fucking commies that we're not fucking pushovers and they need to be put in their place.
US/Canada has had to scramble fighters 8 times to monitor Russia's long-range bomber exercises that are pushing towards our airspace. I guess theyre doing this in europe too. Is this some kind of Russia Mid-Life crisis where they prove they 'still got it' or should I be playing World in Conflict to PREPARE?
Im pretty sure russia's economy still sucks.
They probably don't do dumb/showy stuff like this because they're not as paranoid about India/Japan/whoever as Russia is about NATO.
They probably don't do dumb/showy stuff like this because they're not as paranoid about India/Japan/whoever as Russia is about NATO.
What is the TRUE purpose of NATO anymore?
US/Canada has had to scramble fighters 8 times to monitor Russia's long-range bomber exercises that are pushing towards our airspace. I guess theyre doing this in europe too. Is this some kind of Russia Mid-Life crisis where they prove they 'still got it' or should I be playing World in Conflict to PREPARE?
hahaha
Im pretty sure russia's economy still sucks.
Just like your movies? LAWL
Plus it's useful to be part of a club that others are trying to join. As long as NATO membership is important/prestigious, it can be used as a carrot to get wannabe members to do things the current members want.
Bush 1 and Clinton wanted to make institutions like NATO and the UN the primary avenues of using US military force, to make it seem more legitimate and make other countries less likely to use force on their own. Bush 2 thinks that ties America down to other counties' interests.
At this point, NATO is sort of an organization that creates its own reason for existing.
I dunno...China would probably wait on the sidelines and rob the dead bodies on the field. Also you forgot Japan.
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea
VS
USA, Brits,...and...Canada?
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Did Russia mildly poison Tommy Haas to win at tennis? (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/russians-accused-of-poisoning-tennis-star/?hp)
I think what's telling is that even if the nameless Russian quoted in the article was just blowing smoke out of his ass, it's become plausible for Russians to just assume "Yeah, my government probably poisoned that dude."
TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 -- The pro-Western government of Georgia, a former Soviet republic, declared a state of emergency Wednesday night after police violently dispersed throngs of protesters and shut down private TV stations. The president accused opposition leaders of acting in concert with Russian intelligence agents.
The crackdown began Wednesday morning when police in black masks and riot gear used tear gas, batons, rubber bullets and water cannons against demonstrators who had occupied the street in front of the Parliament building. It was the first real violence since large anti-government demonstrations began six days ago.
Opposition figures denied President Mikheil Saakashvili's claims that they were acting for Russia, which has been trying to re-exert influence in countries that were part of the Soviet Union. The opposition has accused the president of using Soviet-style techniques to crush legitimate dissent.