Posted on 11/28/2015 4:02:53 AM PST by Strategy
According to Russian media, MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to crush Turkey with a nuclear missile attack, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to Korrespondent.
"Istanbul is very easy to destroy: it takes just one nuclear bomb to throw in the Strait (Bosphorus - Ed.), and it will be washed away. It would be such a terrible flood, the water column would rise to 10-15 meters, and there would be no city with nine million people," - said the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
According to Zhirinovsky, Turkey's NATO allies will not intervene, "not wanting to die in a nuclear fire."
Zhirinovsky said that at present Turkey is the number one enemy for Russia.
Isn’t this the same nut who wants to seize Alaska?
Oh what the heck. Beats shopping.
“Isn’t this the same nut who wants to seize Alaska?”
Yes, the Lindsey Graham of Russia.
Just a bomb-thrower with no real power beyond the microphone. The Russian Media apparently loves him because he is always good for a sound-bite headline.
I’ve read theories that suggest that the Kremlin likes to keep him around to throw their craziest ideas out there to get a read on public reaction.
One of my favorites was his plan to arm Russians to kill migrating birds to prevent them from bringing bird flu to Russia.
Zhirinofsky????? I thought he was dead of liver cirrhosis or something.
how does he know the size of the resulting wave?
any science guys know where he gets 10 to 15 meters from dropping a nuke in the straight?
I hate tidal wave images. And spiders. Which was the focus of an earlier thread.
tidal waves. spiders. And Grocery shopping. Definitely grocery shopping. And spiders.
Boy democracy has really educated the masses over there, I see :)
They did have a few honest elections for a while, no?
Just send Turkey a copy of Fallout 4 and ask if terror support is something they are intent on continuing.
Saves the bomb for later.
“Oh what the heck. Beats shopping.”
Haha, for sure. Well, let’s make our own wish list for cities to nuke. My favorite of course would be Tehran. Or, maybe Chicago - juuuussst kidding :)
There are crazy politicians in Russia, just as we have idiots in Congress.
I wonder if a nuke would tip over Guam?
THAT would be exciting.
Sounds good to me. Let’s time it so a certain “leader” is there with his teleprompter and minions.
Yes. The same nut. He should have suggested Ankara. To much history in Constantinople.
The term “Crazy Ivan” didn’t just come out of nowhere.
Technically he is CRAZY VLAD
Karachi, Pakistan: population 23,500,000
Jakarta, Indonesia: population 20,000,000
Cairo, Egypt: population 18,400,000
Lagos, Nigeria: population 17,000,000
Dhaka, Bangladesh: population 17,000,000
Istanbul, Turkey: population 14,500,000
Tehran, Iran: population 13,500,000
Lahore, Pakistan: population 10,100,000
Baghdad, Iraq: population 6,500,000
Faisalabad, Pakistan: population 6,500,000
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: population 6,100,000
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: population 5,700,000
The twelve largest Islamic cities have a total population of over 150,000,000 - ten percent of the world’s Muslims. Just a random observation that has nothing to do with Russia’s 3281 remaining nukes. I wonder what fraction of the world’s Muslims are in the 3200 largest Islamic cities.
while I enjoy dead mussies as much as the next guy I dont think this is a good idea.
5.56mm
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