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U.S. demands Russia cancel proposed missile sale to Syria
Ha'aretz ^
| 13 January 2004
| Ha'aretz Service
Posted on 01/12/2005 2:50:05 PM PST by anotherview
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To: SJackson; yonif; Alouette; American in Israel; Salem; dennisw; veronica; zx2dragon
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Thank G-d for minor miracles. This is precisely the correct action by the Bush administration.
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:54:19 PM PST
by
anotherview
(Part of the Palestinians' "Zionist enemy" and proud of it.)
To: anotherview; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
The United States is demanding Russia cancel its proposed sale of missiles to Syria, warning that it will consider imposing sanctions against Moscow should the deal go ahead, Israel Radio reported Wednesday.This is going to be interesting to watch.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:03:08 PM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: anotherview
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:04:43 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(the US population in the year 2100 will exceed a billion, perhaps even three billion.)
To: anotherview
This is precisely the correct action by the Bush administration. Likely, but this entire chain of events is the result of our support of Yurchenko, and that was not a correct action.
We got a totally unneeded crisis with Russia at the time when there are a plenty of other things that require attention.
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01/12/2005 3:08:53 PM PST
by
mvonfr
To: agrace
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01/12/2005 3:22:57 PM PST
by
lupie
To: mvonfr
I disagree. Our support of a free election in the Ukraine is a result of earlier Russian actions - namely, the Oil-for-Food graft and Russian support for Saddam in the UNSC. Don't fall into the "what did we do to make them hate us?" trap. That's how left-wingers think (or, more precisely, want you and I to think), and that's why Democrats have no clue about foreign policy. It's very self-centered to imagine that everything that happens is a result of something you do. Again that's a socialist tendency, to believe that man controls everything, and that everything is in reaction to his behavior.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:24:25 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Rooting for a Jets-Vikings Superbowl!)
To: thoughtomator
I disagree. Our support of a free election in the Ukraine....No, our support of a Soros-sponsored candidate in a very divisive election. Both candidates cheated in their support areas, both have deep criminal connections, and the Soros issue really should have been something for Bush to think about.
Yurchenko, as one of his first moves, announced the withdrawal of the Ukranian troops from Iraq --- is this why we supported him?
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:29:38 PM PST
by
mvonfr
To: OXENinFLA
Our incoming Secretary of State is a Russia expert. If we are threatening sanctions on her watch, Putin better believe it.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:31:57 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Welcome, Miss Beazley! We W fans love you already.)
To: Wolfstar
Our incoming Secretary of State is a Russia expert. If we are threatening sanctions on her watch, Putin better believe it. Likely, Condi will play hardball; and her new deputies are all with previous history of similar approach (Stratfor commented on this today.)
It is less clear if this is a game worth playing: we impose sanctions, but Russian missiles meanwhile defend Syria from both us and the Israelis, and also leak to Iraq, changing the situation there to the worse. (See Debka's article today.) Net result is that both Russia and US suffer, and we might get Cold War II after all.
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01/12/2005 3:39:38 PM PST
by
mvonfr
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:58:54 PM PST
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Salem
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:12:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(the US population in the year 2100 will exceed a billion, perhaps even three billion.)
To: anotherview
I don't understand why Russia insists on arming Islamic countries on their own boarders. Iran with the reactor, Syria with missiles. I believe they also sold Mig-29s to Indonesia.
All the while their airliners are blown out the sky, subway bombs in Moscow, suicide bombers, Nord-Ost and the horrific act in Beslan.
The Russian mind is not easy to understand. Trust me, I'm married to one.
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01/12/2005 4:21:17 PM PST
by
zencat
(The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
To: anotherview
Not defending them but Russia sees this as win-win. They sell missiles, Israel blows them up.
Likely that this is retaliation from Putin when he claimed that Israel backed Ukraine's Yuschenko.
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01/12/2005 4:23:47 PM PST
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Centurion2000
(Nations do not survive by setting examples for others. Nations survive by making examples of others)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
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01/12/2005 4:48:14 PM PST
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SJackson
( Bush is as free as a bird, He is only accountable to history and God, Ra'anan Gissin)
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01/12/2005 5:07:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(the US population in the year 2100 will exceed a billion, perhaps even three billion.)
To: mvonfr
First, if it's Debka, it's all crap.
They make CBS and Dan look like shining paragons of virtue.
"but Russian missiles meanwhile defend Syria from both us and the Israelis, and also leak to Iraq,"
Second, - never gonna happen and the Russians know it.
Such ordinance would have a life expectancy of about 3 seconds after delivery.
Russia, and Putin have a long history of such crap in the region, and hardball is the only way to go.
We have a large projection of force right there, and Putin giving us an ironclad reason to exercise it would be a priceless smack-down.
Putin is rattling sabers. Note my tag line.
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:36:56 PM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: zencat
Quote: "I don't understand why Russia insists on arming Islamic countries on their own boarders. Iran with the reactor, Syria with missiles..."
See Ezekiel - Chapter 38 - It was prophesied that Russia (Gog) in the last days would serve as the nation to arm Islamic nations preceding a massive invasion of Israel that would then be living in peace.
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:37:41 PM PST
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: Centurion2000
"Not defending them but Russia sees this as win-win. They sell missiles, Israel blows them up..."
Perhaps they believe that if they are all drunk.
The above scenario would be priceless.
A country buying extremely expensive Russian arms that are blown up in a heartbeat by US technology.
Great advertising for Russian arms sales.
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01/12/2005 5:42:39 PM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Wolfstar; A. Pole; Destro; GarySpFc
Well the push by Exxon for Khodorkovsky to sell off key Russian oil fields (and his subsequent arrest when he told Moscow to shove it) and State's demands that the sale go through, have already led to the abandonment of the Murmansk oil port project. That oil was to head to America, now it's heading to Japan, S.Korea and China. Mean while China is cornoring Canada, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela and several smaller producers. So our policy of diversifying away from ME oil is in total ruins, presently and he are once more at the tender hands of Opec who only two weeks ago said they were cutting production to spike the price back into the fifties.
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posted on
01/12/2005 10:29:10 PM PST
by
jb6
(Truth = Christ)
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