Posted on 09/05/2013 2:45:00 AM PDT by TexGrill
VIENNA (AP) — Russia is warning that a U.S. strike on Syria's atomic facilities might result in a nuclear catastrophe and is urging the U.N. to present a risk analysis of such a scenario.
The warning comes from Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich. He said in a statement Wednesday that a strike on a miniature reactor near Damascus or other nuclear installations could contaminate the region with radioactivity, adding: "The consequences could be catastrophic."
IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor told the AP in an email Thursday that her agency is ready to "consider the questions raised" by Lukashevich if it receives a formal request to do so from Moscow.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
What's the deal with the tag you apply to all your posts?
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Not too veiled here. Russia is willing to go to nuclear war over Syria. F***ing pay attention here, Obama, you affirmative-action mess.
Why? What is there in Syria that Russia would be willing to go to such lengths to protect?
It is not about what is in Syria, it is about who has control of the Syrian land. They smell like people from Saudi and Qatar. Has to do with big bucks.
None of these so called warmongers give a rats behind that some paltry Syrian sheeple were gassed. That is just the phoney excuse being used. The powers always try to find a noble reason to do evil deeds.
Isaiah 17 - read all about it!
Probably some huge deposit of rare-earths, like there is in Afghanistan.
The only warm-water port Russia owns.
No madam. I will be writing an essay on what’s REALLY going on here.
That would be enough for nuclear strikes? I would think it would be far less costly for Russia to do their own intervention and tell us “Relax, we got this.”
And I will be reading it.
Not quite. How it unfolds is, hot war breaks out between our fleets. If the loser is Russia, they could easily follow on with a small tactical to kill our fleet. The Rubicon is crossed and DEFCONS are all 2, with a much greater possibility of a totality nuke war.
I would think it would be far less costly for Russia to do their own intervention and tell us “Relax, we got this.”
Ain't gonna happen. One, we are the ones behaving insanely here. Putin said recently, "if you can prove your claims, we're on board." Problem is we cannot. Even the forensics on the gas residue itself show it not to be of SA origin.
So, would Russia tell Assad his days are numbered, installing someone new? Well perhaps, but doubtful. Even if they did, the REAL motivation -- the pipeline access to Europe -- is not settled. War would still proceed.
(in a crazy world, isn't it comforting to know some things never change?)
Sounds to me, that the Russians are not afraid to set that "mini" reactor off themselves and then blame us.
At that point everything goes on the table and we are screwed.
I guess by “intervention” I meant more of a kabuki theater kind of thing. Intervening without really doing anything. Basically like we’re talking about doing, only even less interventionist, but the Russians could get BBC and CNNi to get footage of them wrapping up little kids in bandages and doing a couple of foot patrols (directly around their perimeter or even barracks building), and then Obama has the optics he needs to back down.
statement Wednesday that a strike on a miniature reactor near Damascus or other nuclear installations could contaminate the region with radioactivity
You’d have to get the Russians on board. What’s their motivation? I see none.
All Cruz would have to say is ‘do we really want another Fukushima in Syria?
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