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Superpower Showdown
Rapture Ready ^ | 10/11/2016 | Matt Ward

Posted on 10/12/2016 5:30:37 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

While the United States and the rest of the world are distracted by the ongoing machinations of an approaching U.S. election, Russia and America are edging ever closer to a direct military confrontation in Syria. With the brutal offensive in Eastern Aleppo as the backdrop, the potential for confrontation between these two old enemies is no longer a fantasy.

In the corridors of Moscow and the Pentagon there is a growing sense that just such a military showdown between the two Cold War super powers is an inevitability at this point.

The ramifications of such a confrontation, obviously, are huge. Up until now the United States and Russia have been actively opposing each other in Syria only through proxy groups, but that is now changing. Aleppo, the raging crux of dispute between Russia and the United States, is proving to be a tinder box that neither side can ignore.

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: russia; syria; unitedstates; war; ww3

1 posted on 10/12/2016 5:30:37 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: SaveFerris; SkyPilot; Lera

Ping


2 posted on 10/12/2016 5:31:15 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (John 14:2 (looking forward to my new room))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Obama=idiot.


3 posted on 10/12/2016 5:32:29 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
(From Dawn of Justice movie)

"Clark Kent meets Bruce Wayne! Nice to meet ya! Wow you got some grip right there!"

4 posted on 10/12/2016 5:32:42 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
The Bible says the end times will come. I happen to believe the Tribulation is close. Very close.


5 posted on 10/12/2016 5:37:02 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

bkmk

Hoping etl doesn’t spam the thread


6 posted on 10/12/2016 5:38:51 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Hurry! Push the reset button.


7 posted on 10/12/2016 6:00:58 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Superpowers? Russia actually has a leader. Over here? A freaking community activist parading as a President. God help us.


8 posted on 10/12/2016 7:01:58 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Hillary Clinton will get us into a major war if she is elected.


9 posted on 10/12/2016 7:13:10 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Brilliant

Not an idiot , it is being done on purpose.
He is the enemy .


10 posted on 10/12/2016 7:33:17 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

You bet


11 posted on 10/12/2016 7:33:39 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Brilliant
Obama=idiot.

Obama=Muslim terrorist

Americans=idiots

12 posted on 10/12/2016 7:39:08 PM PDT by politicianslie (What would a terrorist do if he were made POTUS? : Exactly what Hussein Obama is doing)
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To: Brilliant; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; ...
[Obama=idiot]

Not if he's trying to cripple and/or destroy the USA. Then, every little scheme (or enough of them and in sufficient quantity and magnitude) is working quite well towards that goal.


13 posted on 10/13/2016 12:47:15 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Lera

[Not an idiot , it is being done on purpose.]

Correct.


14 posted on 10/13/2016 12:48:03 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris
Yup a nuclear war between the US and Russia (both of which will spare some missiles for China just to keep them from taking over afterwards) clears the field for a world wide caliphate.

And THAT is all obama really cares about.

Dangerous times, dangerous times.

15 posted on 10/13/2016 6:25:56 AM PDT by null and void (America is sick. We will find out if the disease is fatal come November.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Ever since the Soviet Union fell, I have not worried about nuclear war. Now, it appears I may start worrying again.

I live right next to a major Joint Base. I can pretty much guarantee there’s at least 2 Russian warheads targeted here.

I work equidistant between a major Navy shipyard and a ballistic missile submarine base, both of them no more than 15 miles away. Another guaranteed two warheads at least.

The balloon goes up, I’m effed.


16 posted on 10/13/2016 6:40:38 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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To: SkyPilot

[ I happen to believe the Tribulation is close. Very close. ]

Yeah, it feels that way to me too, brother. Guess we’ll see.

At a minimum, some very strong birth pangs.


17 posted on 10/13/2016 12:31:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: null and void

[ Dangerous times, dangerous times. ]

Yes, indeed my FRiend.

I’d have to say Obama and Hillary really got the ball rolling with their “Arab Spring” and having NATO bomb Libya. Then sending those weapons to rebels. And then Obama, with apologist and cheerleader Hillary, have now turned Syria into something that’s rumbling World War IV.

It’s mind-boggling to see this unfold in front of our eyes.

And it makes me wonder if Obama is going for “Gulf of Tonkin II” because we’ve had a warship fired on with 3 cruise missiles off Yemen.


18 posted on 10/13/2016 12:53:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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