Posted on 02/24/2008 10:39:21 AM PST by Decombobulator
MOSCOW. Feb 23 (Interfax-AVN) - After 2012-2015, the U.S. will be able to annihilate Russian strategic nuclear forces by a non-nuclear preemptive strike, said Konstantin Sivkov, the first vice president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems.
"I declare that the likelihood of a military threat is great as never before now," Sivkov told Interfax on Saturday.
Western military experts have recently started to talk about the possibility of attacking Russia and annexing its territory, Sivkov said. "Russia is supposed to be dismembered into three parts, with the Western part going to the European Union, the central part and Siberia to the U.S., and the eastern to China. This is a rough scenario," he said.
Russian armed forces will be unable to successfully counter an aggression, Sivkov said. "At the present time, the conventional armed forces cannot properly perform their duties in a regional war, like the Great Patriotic War, even in theory. Even if fully deployed, their potential is limited even in local wars. The only factor that deters [the U.S.] now is the nuclear arsenal," he said.
on 12-21-2012 !?
Why go all the way to russia to steel the resources, let’s just take over Canada instead.
>>You mean Ravenwood? (cue spooky music)<<
Jennings and Rall? Nah, Blackwater sounds meaner.
If we’re taking their Siberian oil, might as well take their Russian women too. (Sharapova etc) (wink)
This General has a lot in common with Democrats!!
Just for giggles, if we actually did this, why the Sam Hall would we give any part of Russia to the Chicoms, you Cletus-the-Slack-Jawed-Yokel clone? We stole it all, we keep it all.
Of course, assuming we would actually do something like this. It sounds too much like work to me, personally.
This Idiot has a lot more to fear from his next door neighbor China than the United States.But then thats Russia always looking for a scapegoat for their homemade problems.
Russia’s Population is dropping like a rock while China’s is taking off.Tell me who is more likly to attack Russia.
This is propaganda designed for domestic consumption.
Muslims will be a majority in the Russian Federation in 15 years.
The Chinese are already settling many areas in Russia.
Russia is just looking for reasons to build their forces.
Even if this is possible, and it might well be possible, nobody would want such a liability as Siberia. Russia has Siberia and its resources now, owns them completely, and cannot turn a profit on the land. Siberia might as well be on Mars or Titan for all the economic benefit it provides.
Russians are great people by and large, but I’ve never met a more paranoid bunch.
How can we take over Canada if we are not even allowed to drill for oil in Alaska?
“Can” and “want to” are two different things.
on 12-21-2012 !?
Another reason NOT to go on a diet
The USA already owns Canada. It is not necessary to ‘take over’ anything.
No blood for vodka!
Hitler attacked Russia with the strongest army in the world in 1941 and LOST.
Why would anyone try that again???
On the other hand, Russia has been successfully invaded several times - FROM THE EAST.
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