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Plan to Shift Bases Shakes Up Allies
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| Dec. 15, 2003
| Jamie Dettmer
Posted on 12/15/2003 7:03:43 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: gcruse
Poland doesn't even border Russia anymore, it borders Belarus.
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posted on
12/15/2003 10:02:37 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: flashbunny
Ever play the game of RISK?
Poland, Bulgaria, Iraq and Afghanistan are very wise placements of forces.
This basically created a line from North to South, right down the middle of some of the most difficult regions in modern history.
Who wants to make the next move?
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posted on
12/15/2003 10:05:01 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: gcruse
cuban missile crisis?
However, Poland did just buy those nifty F-16s. Then again, it is good the be the worlds super power. It is nice when we act like it.
To: FreedomCalls
"... some of its oldest allies, including Germany"
Germany is not in any way shape or form an "old ally."
yeah, I was a bit surprised to read that myself
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posted on
12/15/2003 11:02:04 PM PST
by
TaxPayer2000
(The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
To: okie01
Some paint scheme! paint scheme??
thats not a paint scheme
now THATS a paint scheme!!!
American Volunteer Group (AVG)
AKA: The Flying Tigers
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posted on
12/15/2003 11:09:39 PM PST
by
TaxPayer2000
(The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
To: TaxPayer2000
great P-40 shot...
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posted on
12/16/2003 2:40:33 AM PST
by
VOA
To: VOA
Howard The Nut Dean needs to read this thread. He still thinks the Soviet Union exists. Notice how he got a free pass from the liberal media on that one.
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posted on
12/16/2003 3:15:54 AM PST
by
doosee
To: doosee
Howard The Nut Dean needs to read this thread. He still thinks the Soviet Union exists.
Notice how he got a free pass from the liberal media on that one.
Oh well, I guess I'll let him slide on that one.
I'm always talking about "The Nation of Texas". LOL!
Only thing is, Texas at this point is a greater nation than the former USSR!
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posted on
12/16/2003 3:19:40 AM PST
by
VOA
To: gcruse
Video of Russian chopper being shot down - Chechnya
This is what happens, in the only constellation of these two factors - US military instructing the army of a country bordering Russia - and hosting terrorists which infiltrate Russia with the latest portable equipment Russian chopper being shot down while patroling the border region with the Pankisi valley, Georgia http://www.maktab-al-jihad.com/videos/videos/helicopter.wmv
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posted on
12/16/2003 3:28:36 AM PST
by
Truth666
To: gcruse
Probably not if they had a history of responding to turmoil in South America.
To: dfwgator
Poland doesn't even border Russia anymore, it borders Belarus. reeeeaaaallyyy?? hm, I didn't know that...must check the map. rotfl
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posted on
12/16/2003 4:23:28 AM PST
by
kaiser80
To: Hunble
"Who wants to make the next move?" or rather
- Who has to make the next move?
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posted on
12/16/2003 6:39:32 AM PST
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
Go ahead Iran, make our day!!!!!!!!
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posted on
12/16/2003 6:42:03 AM PST
by
Hunble
To: dfwgator; kaiser80
Poland doesn't even border Russia anymore, it borders Belarus. You haven't heard of Kaliningrad? It's as much a part of Russia as Alaska is a part of the United States.
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posted on
12/16/2003 2:22:14 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
You haven't heard of Kaliningrad? It's as much a part of Russia as Alaska is a part of the United States. hehe, my post was an irony. I'm a Pole and I assure you that I know that ;)
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posted on
12/16/2003 2:33:36 PM PST
by
kaiser80
To: FreedomCalls
You're right, I guess it's easy sometimes to forget about Kaliningrad.
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posted on
12/16/2003 2:36:56 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: gcruse
China established bases on both sides of the Panama Canal. Apparently, we're okay with that.
I think Poland is a different case that Hungary or Romania, but I take your points.
Poland wants to see itself less as a Central European ex-Soviet Satellite, and more as a Western European trading partner. Having our bases there would be economically beneficial, and not very different geographically then having them in Germany.
Politically, Germany is no longer allied with the US. We need to leave there soon. Only Italy would make as much sense and be politically paletable. I think there are practical problems with Italy that we wouldn't have with Poland.
I would think that operating out of Poland would be inexpensive compared to any other place in Western Europe.
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posted on
12/16/2003 2:42:59 PM PST
by
RinaseaofDs
(Only those who dare truly live - CGA 88 Class Motto)
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