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Kerry: Shooting down Russia jets 'would have been justified'(!?)
bbc.com ^ | 4/14/2016 | unknown

Posted on 04/15/2016 6:47:39 AM PDT by rktman

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To: RitchieAprile

That is a reference to “Stalina” a Character in a Sci Fi video game that sinks ships and destroys other targets with extreme efficiency. Nothing to do with Stalin. That bomb was probably headed for a Syrian rebel.


41 posted on 04/15/2016 8:27:57 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: DesertRhino

Putin knows that odumbo was hiding in the basement when those planes went by and my bet is they would do it again, knowing that our self imposed “prince” would do absolutely “ZERO”, hence his nickname.


42 posted on 04/15/2016 8:43:36 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: G Larry

If the military was as insane as you are we’d all be dead and radioactive right now.


43 posted on 04/15/2016 8:56:02 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Westbrook

NATO is a military alliance in search of a mission. A dangerous combination if ever there was one.


44 posted on 04/15/2016 8:58:17 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: rktman

in the mid 60’s carrier attack forces in the med had standing orders to shoot down any russian bomber approaching closer than 300 miles... soon as the badgers and bears would launch from egypt, so would the fighters to intercept them... some of the phantom pilots would bump wings and put greetings about russian mothers in view of the russian pilots...

likewise russian subs and komar and kosar patrol boats were monitored and similar rules involved (not the milage one).. the russian subs constantly tracked and ran simulated attacks on the carriers and they could move at close to 50 knots..
they would actually sit under the carrier and simulate sinking the screen..
the life expectancy of a carrier is about 10 minutes in wartime and the goal is to launch the planes...

russian ships would cut through formations and come within less than 75 yards in front of destroyers and do so at night... like a game of chicken... the russians would lock on with their fire control radar and be ready to fire... leveling and pointing their guns in passing...

A4’s were launched with a nuke and unless diverted had targets designated.

essentially both sides had their finger on the trigger.

swiftboat rice in the butt john is was and always will be a pathetic assclown and gifted his inlaws with a nuke as a wedding gift... the toughguy talk is exactly that.... hot air... for ussa consumption... putin laughs at this administration.... not so much Trump...


45 posted on 04/15/2016 9:09:03 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: rktman

Well kids, this is your brain on Botox.


46 posted on 04/15/2016 10:21:26 AM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: thoughtomator

Bambi thanks you for endorsing his military policy.


47 posted on 04/15/2016 10:31:31 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: G Larry

Thanks, Dr. Strangelove.


48 posted on 04/15/2016 10:36:10 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: thoughtomator

Appropriate, since I was a nuclear weapons specialist (Mk 12 Re-entry Systems).


49 posted on 04/15/2016 10:38:07 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: rktman

Kerry’s attempting to start a nuclear war?

If Kerry, Valerie Jarrett, Obama and families all leave the US at the same time - maybe we should seek a fallout shelter...


50 posted on 04/15/2016 11:04:19 AM PDT by GOPJ (America's fragile students aren't 'snowflakes' they're 'dung-flakes' - with emphasis on dung....)
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To: Rashputin
And Kerri's suggestion was to tease the Russians into revealing exactly how many Kh-29 missiles it takes to sink a Burke class destroyer
51 posted on 04/15/2016 6:38:13 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx)
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To: DesertRhino

huh? this was a plane based in Kaliningrad oblast.
why would a mission to syria be flown from so far away?

you must be reading too many comic books and not enough histroire..


52 posted on 04/17/2016 7:32:04 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: rktman

Oooooh, big man you are, John.


53 posted on 04/17/2016 7:35:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: The Toll

Before that he flipped them the bird.


54 posted on 04/17/2016 7:36:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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55 posted on 04/17/2016 7:38:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rktman

Umm say there was a Russian shop patroling in water’s very close to Long Island. What would have been the US response??


56 posted on 04/17/2016 7:45:11 PM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: dfwgator

The generalized detachment from reality starts to become dangerous when people in decision-making capacities can’t differentiate between wars with nations that cannot effectively defend themselves against us, and wars with those that can.


57 posted on 04/17/2016 7:45:49 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: ResisTyr

ship not shop


58 posted on 04/17/2016 7:45:52 PM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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Umm say there was a Russian shop patroling in water’s very close to Long Island. What would have been the US response??


59 posted on 04/17/2016 7:47:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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