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Losing Sevastopol - Ukraine in NATO removes Russian Black Sea fleet's port
NRO's The Corner ^ | 8-14-08 | email to Rich Lowry

Posted on 08/14/2008 7:47:12 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo

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To: eastforker

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia


41 posted on 08/19/2008 9:42:21 AM PDT by Valentine_W
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To: eastforker

You were the first freeper who cut through all the media crap and figured out what the Russians really want. The need for warm water ports have dominated their military policy since Peter and Catherine the Great.


42 posted on 08/19/2008 10:02:35 AM PDT by Valentine_W
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To: Valentine_W

It does seem to look like that more and more . Also Georgia would be an ideal staging area for ordinance in preparation for an advance on other areas. The story you linked to should be in breaking news, it was earlier but was removed.


43 posted on 08/19/2008 10:10:43 AM PDT by eastforker (Get-R-Done and then Bring-Em- Home)
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To: eastforker

This is one of those events that you bookmark in your head because you know things that happen in the future will point back to it.


44 posted on 08/19/2008 3:22:16 PM PDT by Valentine_W
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