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meatcleaver -> RE: Russian responsoe to potential US missle sites in Poland (8/21/2008 4:50:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611
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ORIGINAL: caitlyn
Which begs the question ... why do we have these treaties with Poland in the first place?
Powerful nations should never become involved in alliances ... with anyone. There is nothing to gain, and much to risk.
Powerful nations entering into alliances with weaker nations, has killed more people than small pox.
It's a chess game. We've been playing it with the Russians for about 70 years now.
Throughout history, these chess games have cost the lives of millions of innocents. They have caused political ramifications that last for decades, even centuries. A democratic country playing them shows that democratic governments are as bad as dictatorships and oligarchies and care little for the lives of ordinary innocent people.
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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611
You see, a lot of these countries are very afraid of Russia. They are right next door and they are a huge country.
Many Latin American countries are very afraid of the US. Your point?
I don't know, maybe your point is that China or Russia should protect Latin American countries by forming a military alliance and place missiles and troops on the US border.
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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611
Rice basically told Moscow that if they attack Poland, it will be interpreted as an attack against the United States. That's a very strong message. But Rice is correct. Why? Poland is part of NATO, a military defense alliance of 26 countries. And the biggest part of the NATO alliance is an article that states "an attack on one is an attack on all." So Russia can make all the threats they want. But if they attack Poland, Turkey, Czech Republic, or any other NATO member....you got World War 3 because all members would then be forced to declare war. This is why Ukraine and Georgia are so determined to join the alliance. And it is why Russia attacked Georgia....to send them a wakeup call.
Well at least the US mainland won't be imune from WWIII. A dose of huge destruction in the US might knock some sense into those belicose warmongering rightwing Americans and give them some perspective as to why large parts of the world see the US as bad as anyone else who plays power games.
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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611
Also, this has big implications for the presidential election in the US. If Russia keeps up these war games they are currently playing.....McCain is going to have this election in the bag. In fact, since Russia invaded Georgia, McCain's poll numbers concerning foreign policy have soared while Obama's has gone down.
McCain is senile so McCain supporters should be asking themselves, who's working him?
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