Mike
Ruppert's comments have as much to say as the article':
--
This is serious talk, but I take it rather as a sign of overall
deterioration in U.S. strategic positions around the world. What is
difficult to fathom is why the hugely expensive missile defense
shield is important or even necessary. This is not the late 1980s
when the U.S. could outspend the Soviet Union after having driven oil
down to $18 a barrel, thus wiping out Soviet foreign exchange
and bankrupting the USSR. It's more the other way around now.
A
U.S./Israeli attack on Iran has been prevented. But the human race's
nuclear death wish has not been exorcised. We cannot rest on our
laurels and finding sense in this is -- as the writer says clearly --
out of reach. -- MCR
Russia
Threatens Pre-Emptive Strike On NATO Missile Shield
An opinion piece
3
May, 2012
MOSCOW
-- Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a
pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in
Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan
to build a missile shield.
President
Dmitry Medvedev said last year that Russia will retaliate militarily
if it does not reach an agreement with the United States and NATO on
the missile defense system.
Chief
of General Staff Nikolai Makarov went even further Thursday. "A
decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be taken if the
situation worsens," he said at an international conference
attended by senior U.S. and NATO officials.
Russian
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov also warned on Thursday that talks
between Moscow and Washington on the topic are "close to a dead
end."
Maybe
there's a translation problem here.. "A decision to use
destructive force pre-emptively will be taken" can mean two
things, either that they have decided already and that's the decision
"that will be taken" or he's saying at that point, if NATO
continues the missile shield, they will decide IF to strike.
Anyhow..
the Russians got us by the cajones..
Just
as I was knocking Mitt Romney for Cold War talk (though maybe it's
his fault, did he spook them), now Russians threaten PRE-EMPTIVE
STRIKE. Nooooooo Vlad you can't do that. You can't say those words
"pre-emptive strike." That is incredibly belligerent and
irresponsible.
Russia
is threatening attack on NATO, that is what they are saying.
My
recommended course of action: fine, take the missiles out. We have no
choice, the missiles aren't worth war. BUT.. the US should do a
conventional buildup instead. Bases alone aren't a threat, but they
have a point with the missiles. If the Russians don't like the new
conventional forces we go with instead of missiles, then too bad it's
on -- another Cold War put them on the sh*t list -- oppose Russia on
EVERYTHING, trade issues, diplomacy, the whole 9 yards.
The
whole thing is ludicrous. WE share a space station for pete's sake.
What are they going to do, launch an attack on NATO then our
astronauts are marooned in space? Would our guys up there be detained
within the space station? They're scientists they're not going to
fight each other but the next Soyuz launch would mean arrest and
detainment after they take our astronauts back to Russia. Obviously
with a war on we'd have bigger problems to deal with down here on
Earth.
A
Russian strike on NATO means war with Russia. We can only hope both
sides can somehow agree to keep it conventional.
(p.s.
one caveat with my advice.. for some reason this missile shield is
very important to NATO.. if there is reason to be worried that Russia
doesn't have control over its nukes, or is losing control or could
lose control, then that's a tough call -- we have to defend ourselves
despite Russian threat of pre-emptive strikes.. in a perfect world it
would sure be nice if NATO and Russia could cooperate to ensure both
sides feel safe from an errant nuke launch.. a full scale Russian
nuclear strike would mean the permanent end of our nation, and most
of our lives the folks on this forum, this has always been the single
greatest threat the US has ever had -- nuke exchange with Russia.)
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