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Russian general says Poland open to nuclear strike
Times Online ^ | August 15, 2008 | Nico Hines

Posted on 08/15/2008 10:04:27 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77

A senior Russian general warned Poland today that it was leaving itself open to retaliation - and possibly even a nuclear strike - by agreeing to host a US missile base.

General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the Russian armed forces' deputy chief of staff, issued the extraordinary threat in an interview with Interfax, a Russian news agency.

“Poland, by deploying [the system] is exposing itself to a strike - 100 per cent,” he was quoted as saying, before explaining that Russian military doctrine sanctioned the use of nuclear weapons “against the allies of countries having nuclear weapons if they in some way help them”.

The bleak warning comes as tensions between Moscow and the West reached their worst state since the end of the Cold War.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; georgia; nuclearstrike; poland; russia
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1 posted on 08/15/2008 10:04:28 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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Of course Eurowennies still view the US as their biggest threat.....


2 posted on 08/15/2008 10:05:35 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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I guess if the Russians can’t take Poland the Poles can’t keep it.


3 posted on 08/15/2008 10:06:28 AM PDT by GauchoUSA
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These guys are insane. Threatening millions of people with nuclear attack because they exercise a sovereign right to protect themselves (defensive system) indicates to me there is a cabal in Russia drunk with power and delusions of grandeur.


4 posted on 08/15/2008 10:06:51 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Fox_Mulder77
The Telegraph version from this morning
5 posted on 08/15/2008 10:07:19 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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So “Tomorrow the World” is back in fashion, eh?


6 posted on 08/15/2008 10:08:13 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Thank God for every morning.)
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To: Always Right
Of course Eurowennies still view the US as their biggest threat.....

Yep, crazy, isn't it?
7 posted on 08/15/2008 10:08:14 AM PDT by McKayopectate
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To: Fox_Mulder77

WHO, or what, all-of-a-sudden made the Imperial State of Mutha’ Russha’ impervious to a bright white blast. Hell, this SHOULD have been done in 1946.


8 posted on 08/15/2008 10:09:58 AM PDT by catchem (Never underestimate the stupidity of the American voter.)
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The Russians keep digging a deeper hole....


9 posted on 08/15/2008 10:12:21 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Lent

I don’t think they are drunk with power, I think they are just drunk.


10 posted on 08/15/2008 10:13:31 AM PDT by coon2000
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The world needs to pressure Putin to denounce his generals statement.


11 posted on 08/15/2008 10:14:15 AM PDT by Teflonic
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The world needs to denounce Putin for his and his generals statements.


12 posted on 08/15/2008 10:15:08 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Glad to see that Russia cleared out the Stalin wanna-bes from the army post Soviet breakup.

/s off


13 posted on 08/15/2008 10:15:35 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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Nothing new here. Russians don’t speak. They and their mothers simply bark. I gew up with Nikita’s famous line “we will bury you!” Hey Niki, guess who’s still standing!


14 posted on 08/15/2008 10:16:09 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (Will Work for Ammo)
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Nothing new here. Russians don’t speak. They and their mothers simply bark. I gew up with Nikita’s famous line “we will bury you!” Hey Niki, guess who’s still standing!


15 posted on 08/15/2008 10:17:14 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (Will Work for Ammo)
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Somebody should point out to this ‘general’ that the prevailing winds will blow that stuff right back over Russia.

What is to keep Poland from going nuclear themselves? If I were Polish that would be the obvious thing to do given their historical struggles as a nation.


16 posted on 08/15/2008 10:17:15 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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Nothing new here. Russians don’t speak. They and their mothers simply bark. I gew up with Nikita’s famous line “we will bury you!” Hey Niki, guess who’s still standing!


17 posted on 08/15/2008 10:17:48 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (Will Work for Ammo)
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Ahamdinnerjihad says Israel will be wiped off the map, and now their ally, Russia, says Poland is in danger of “a strike.” Maybe China will say Taiwan and/or Tibet is in danger of a strike (after the Olympics) thus completing the trifecta for the commie/islamofascist axis.


18 posted on 08/15/2008 10:21:50 AM PDT by smedley64 (UHbUHmUH- The incoherent candidate.)
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"We're gonna..."

"

...nuke you. Now get some Vodka."

BTW two of the big-hatted generals seem to be asleep (or drunk... or both). Off with their heads!

19 posted on 08/15/2008 10:23:41 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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To: Tallguy

I wonder if the Euroweenies will at least attempt to flex any muscle in response given Poland’s in the EU.


20 posted on 08/15/2008 10:25:55 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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