[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Russia has wanted to be in the Mediterranean since Czarist times. In all likelihood Russia will expand its presence all along the Middle East into North Africa. Their ultimate goal is to reach the North West shore of Africa at the Atlantic. When they achieve this they have flanked Europe. Remember kiddies we flanked Germany by driving Germany out of North Africa then used North Africa as a springboard for the invasion through Southern Europe.

Russia wants to flank Europe so in addition to the move in the Mediterranean they will move into Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania flanking Europe on the North. Putin has enough sense to grasp the fact that the negro community organizer from Chicago is stupid and weak. NOW is the time for him to move. God Help Us as no one else will.

[semantic]

As everyone here knows, the Von Schlieffen plan was conceived as a means for Germany to avoid a two-front war. While US doctrine is directed towards a two-theater war, we too cannot fight a two-front war if the adversaries are Russia & China.

As the reality of what is occurring really begins to sink in, I think we're at the cusp of some major upheavals. Something that strikes at our very existential foundation will create a reaction.

When the history is written, the election of Hussein in '08 will be identified as the key moment when the USA lost any adult coherence; we fully immersed ourselves in juvenile narcissism, with the result now manifesting itself 7 years later.

[pepsi_junkie]

Russias presence in the Med will inhibit our freedom of navigation through those waters. Their presence in the regiom coupled with their alliance with Iran will also potentially impact our ability to move freely through the Persian Gulf.

There are a handful of strategic chokepoints in the world seas that are critical for us to maintain unimpeded access but Democrat Presidents keep giving them away. Carter gave up the Panama Canal and now the Chinese control it. Obama is giving away the med and the Persian Gulf. If it comes to a shooting war this will matter quite a bit.