tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post982558157922516075..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : The Strategic Lunatics of Ft. Fumble, as Well as the Clinton/Bush AdministrationsComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-50909011291652391242015-12-11T18:45:04.672-05:002015-12-11T18:45:04.672-05:00I wouldn't say that the Russian bear is reinvi...I wouldn't say that the Russian bear is reinvigorated, so much as it is now no longer in a coma. It's still a sickly coughing bear that gasps for breath whenever it tries to do anything too energetic. It's still reliant on relics of the Soviet Union to equip most of its military, what few dribbles of modern gear the Russians have managed to produce are clustered around Moscow for the defense of the regime (against whom? Probably as a defense against a coup by those units armed with antique Soviet gear). Still, even a coughing asthmatic bear is not to be trifled with, it just takes one swipe with its paw to eviscerate you....<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-64249153773152468452015-12-11T18:41:19.515-05:002015-12-11T18:41:19.515-05:00I think the whole shebang goes back to the collaps...I think the whole shebang goes back to the collapse of the USSR and the genuine belief that democracy was breaking out throughout the "Second World". For a time, there was discussion of the idea of Russia joining NATO. I never really bought that idea, it seemed to me that NATO viewed Russia as an Ottoman Empire scenario. The slow collapse of an old power causes disruptions to spread on the periphery, so gathering the Baltics in was a move to stabilize the edge of Russia where it neared NATO interests. The reinvigoration of the Russian bear was not foreseen, nor apparently considered; caveat emptor indeed!CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-49903839475310222142015-12-11T00:21:54.046-05:002015-12-11T00:21:54.046-05:00Oak Ridge National Lab used to have all the info f...Oak Ridge National Lab used to have all the info from the 1960s on their website, but it seems to be gone... we don't need to worry about blast and fallout shelters. That is SO 20th Century.<br /><br />And of course Georgia wants to join NATO. Ukraine is probably wishing they could join NATO. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-86536065119319861202015-12-10T22:51:52.646-05:002015-12-10T22:51:52.646-05:00Oh, some soldiers will go to defend the Baltics. ...Oh, some soldiers will go to defend the Baltics. Their orders will, in spirit, be the same as those of the Berlin garrison before the Berlin Wall came down: "Die bravely."<br /><br />Georgia wants to join NATO. Which is an order of magnitude even more insane.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-73189702000930510802015-12-10T20:34:46.955-05:002015-12-10T20:34:46.955-05:00When Russia started making rumbles against the Bal...When Russia started making rumbles against the Baltic states, someone said to me, "but they're NATO states, if Russia attacks them it means war!" Then I pointed out the same geography that you pointed out -- that it's impossible to get sufficient forces over there and supplied in order to defend them, but more importantly, *THERE IS NO STRATEGIC INTERESTS SERVED BY THE US GOING TO WAR OVER THE BALTICS*. There was a strategic interest involved in going into Iraq (two of'em, actually -- doing Israel's bidding in removing a potential future threat to them, and oil). There's none -- nada, zero, zilch, kapiche -- in going into the Baltics, which belonged to Mother Russia for centuries before the United States even existed, and which have zero resources of any interest to anybody on this planet other than to Russia (which could do with having some extra seaports). <br /><br />The reality is that nobody's going to use tactical nukes to defend the Baltics. Nobody's going to do a darned thing if Russia invades the Baltics. Except wring their hands and impose sanctions, but that hardly comports with the NATO charter, and basically would make NATO a laughingstock. Which seems pretty much a given.<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com