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Russians move 2 SS-21 Medium Range Ballistic Missile Launchers into South Ossetia
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Posted on 08/11/2008 8:19:25 PM PDT by Flavius
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In terms of how we've responded to this, the President was informed immediately on Friday, when we received news of the first two SS-21 Russian missile launchers into Georgian territory. He immediately -- this was at the Great Hall -- he immediately met with President Putin. They had a discussion. The President then engaged with his national security staff continuously over the last two days. He has spoken with -- again with Putin that evening. He then talked with President Medvedev yesterday evening, as well as President Saakashvili. Secretary Rice has spoken repeatedly with President Saakashvili, as well as with her Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Lavrov, and many European leaders.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:19:26 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: reasonisfaith; Jeff Head; MarMema; mware; cll; 1rudeboy; Scythian; kristinn; rrstar96; ...
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:21:16 PM PDT
by
Flavius
(war gives peace its security)
To: Flavius
Well, I say we see his SS-21’s and up him some “strapped” B-2’s in Incirlik.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:22:31 PM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: Flavius
Oh not good, not good not good.
I really hope they don't use those on their own people...or on anyone else for that matter.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:22:42 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
To: Flavius
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:22:55 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Flavius
Let me fix your link:
Business Wire confirms the subject matter of the news briefing in Beijing. Link
To: Flavius
This is Bush’s second biggest challenge of his Presidency. In some respects you could say his biggest till date. The commies are a whole different ball game than the Islamofascists.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:24:14 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Flavius
C'mon. They are simply being deployed to protect innocent South Ossetians from the vaunted Georgian military.
/sarc
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:24:30 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Domandred
I really hope they don’t use those on their own people...or on anyone else for that matter.
:::::::
The possibility reminds me of Saddam Hussein and what he did to his people -— all dictators and communists are the same.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:24:39 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Flavius
Has Turkey weighed in on this latest development? I would think they’d have something to say.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:24:48 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Flavius
An SS-21 can carry a nuclear weapon, but they also can carry conventional ones.
This appears to be more posturing to me. This is rapidly turning into a new “Cuban Missle Crisis.”
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:25:10 PM PDT
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:25:28 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Islam is an insane death cult. Any other aspects are PR to get them within throat-cutting range.)
To: Flavius
If this escalates and we get involved will Bush suspend the elections????
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:25:39 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom Cracker power Brother)
To: libh8er
The Russians are playing this perfectly. We need a break. (We’ll get one, but maybe not soon enough to help the Georgians).
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:26:01 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Flavius
Hrmmm google search came up with SS-21 being primarily a high explosive conventional warhead, but could be outfitted with mines, bomblets, chemical, or tac-nuke.
Any confirmation what they carrying besides just the launchers being moved in?
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:27:49 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
To: Flavius
The missiles were moved in on Friday?
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:27:55 PM PDT
by
rjp2005
(Lord have mercy on us)
To: Flavius
Putin had promised some sort of ‘response’ to the US/Poland/Czech missle defense pact. I guess this is it.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:28:02 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Flavius
Putin had promised some sort of ‘response’ to the US/Poland/Czech missle defense pact. I guess this is it.
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posted on
08/11/2008 8:28:04 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Flavius
This is A-100 crappola. What we need to do now is not in the ‘What if?’ book. We need to bomb those SS-21’s out of existence with whatever clever stuff we have that they can’t see coming. Just bomb them out. Then tell them by way of the diplomats we’ll be escorting out of Washington, that further ‘A-100 Crappola’ will not be treated as nicely.
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