Posted on 11/02/2013 6:27:05 AM PDT by raptor22
Global Power: Moscow launches four ICBMs in a large-scale nuclear drill as Chinese state media, brandishing detailed maps, show how Beijing's nuclear submarines can attack U.S. cities. We press "reset," they press "launch."
In March 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a red "reset button" to symbolize improved ties. The era of confrontation when American presidents demanded the tearing down of walls was over. From now on, we would make nice.
Fast-forward to 2012, when President Obama met with Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's then-president and now prime minister, at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
That was when Obama assured Medvedev he'd have more leeway after his re-election to weaken missile defense. This would help him achieve his dream of U.S. disarmament and bring about, as he expressed in Prague in 2009, "a world without nuclear weapons."
Apparently the Russians and the Chinese do not share that dream. On Wednesday, Russian strategic forces carried out a large-scale surprise military drill that included the test launch of two land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and two submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
So while Russia expands and tests its offensive and defensive missile capabilities, President Obama lets our missile capabilities wither and caves to Russian demands to halt previously planned expansion.
To placate Moscow, Obama has already betrayed our allies in Poland and the Czech Republic by abandoning plans to deploy ground-based interceptors and missile defense in those countries.
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They are targeting major sub-stations.
Scobie substation in southern NH and the big one in southern Massachusetts, I forget the name of it.
It looks like they want to take out the canal between Lake Champlain, VT and the Hudson River, other than the US naval museum where the US Navy was founded in Whitehall, NY, I don't know what else is a target there.
Maybe Freepers familiar with the power infrastructure near some of the other dots can tell more.
By hitting the substations they are leaving the generating capacity intact, with easily replaceable (by the Chicoms as they make the huge transformers and switchgear need in big substations) infrastructure for afterwards.
If they win the war, they have their conquered country (us) back up and running quickly.
If they lose the war, they sell us the equipment.
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Ditto. Other than power infrastructure, looks like they are going after the shipyard in Maine, which produces destroyers.
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>>>The map of Chinese targets was pretty interesting...west coast and northeast...toast. Why would you dispose of your ideological soulmates?<<<
Useful idiots are first to get lined against the wall by communist book.
Why the new-found willingness to acquiesce in new debt?
Credible sources here in Washington have shared a chilling back-story that took place involving the President and congressional leaders of both parties as the clock ticked down to the Treasury running out of cash earlier last month. It seems that more than one creditor nation, led by the Chinese, indirectly telegraphed a willingness to take very draconian measures in response to a debt default apparently even if coupon payments were made on outstanding debt owed to them. Those measures were set to go way beyond being financial, and were said to be credible in nature.
At least one senior Republican scoffed at the threat, but relented when briefed by (at least nominally) non-political figures in the national security community. That explains why, in part, the whole stand-off ended with a whimper and not a bang.
The implication? The country is far deeper down the rabbit hole of debt than most fathom. The current paradigm has moved one step closer to the end game. We are no longer masters of our own fate.
From: Another Debt Showdown coming in Washington next year? Dont bet on it.
Thanks for the ping. I think it’s going to be a horserace to see if our nation can survive the duration of Obozo’s term.
Go in any store in America.
Pick up the item, on any shelf.
You will find a “Made in China” sticker.
We need to bring back American jobs. Now.
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Thanks for the ping.
Also,they know where the bodies are hidden...
I’m not worried about The Russkies or the Chinese. I’m worried about the Welfare zombies.
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This kind of talk would never take place if we had a real POTUS in charge.
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The Russians will hit the cities in the midwest and on the east coast.
Comforting to know we have Obozo in the WH at this time in history more worried about helping our enemies bring us down from within. They won’t have to fire a shot.
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