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U.S. military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border
the Washington Post ^
| February 24, 2015
| Michael Birnbaum
Posted on 02/25/2015 12:31:16 PM PST by McGruff
U.S. military combat vehicles paraded Wednesday through an Estonian city that juts into Russia, a symbolic act that highlighted the stakes for both sides amid the worst tensions between the West and Russia since the Cold War.
The armored personnel carriers and other U.S. Army vehicles that rolled through the streets of Narva, a border city separated by a narrow frontier from Russia, were a dramatic reminder of the new military confrontation in Eastern Europe.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: estonia
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Take that Putin.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:31:16 PM PST
by
McGruff
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:33:56 PM PST
by
McGruff
(We are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama 2011)
To: McGruff
like, just what is this supposed to accomplish?
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:34:27 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..).)
To: McGruff
People talk about Narva as the equivalent of Danzig. Narva is 82% ethnic Russians. If Putin is going to go after a NATO country that would be the place.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:34:32 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: McGruff
I hope NATO generals are reading up how the Wehrmacht defended that area pretty successfully during 1944.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:35:35 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: McGruff
Is the bamster going to start a war with the Russkies?
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:35:50 PM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: C19fan
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Narva,+Estonia/@59.3581363,28.113648,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x469437d78b66b087:0xb94a2a5f4d7d21f4
Here it is on Google Maps. International boundary seperated by the Narva River
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:39:08 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: McGruff
Why did the name "Wesley Clark" come to mind as I read this article?
5.56mm
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:39:20 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: McGruff
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:39:27 PM PST
by
StoneWall Brigade
(Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13 Revelation 16 Revelation 17 Revelation 18 Revelation 19)
To: dainbramaged
Who knows what the bamster is up to.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:40:57 PM PST
by
BBell
(breathe easy obey the law)
To: C19fan
Unless they’ve been drained, the area is swampy and doesn’t allow a lot of free movement.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:43:10 PM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: McGruff
This has got a certaon ring to it. :-)
To: dainbramaged
No way Skippy did this - I wonder whose head will roll?
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:45:11 PM PST
by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
To: dainbramaged; KC_Lion; Bender2; Jim Robinson; holdonnow
The 1980’s Called and they want their Foreign Policy Back...
The 1930’s called and they want their Phone Regulations Back...
The 1970’s called and they want their Economic Malaise Back..
The 1910’s called and they want their Death Panels and Family Hygene Courts Back...
The 7th Century Called and they want their Sharia Idealology Back...
Neville Chamberlan ALSO Called and wants his Diplomacy Back...
WOW, Obama must be on the phone constantly.... Well when he is not on the Golf Course....
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:49:37 PM PST
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: McGruff
Some general having an Alexander Haig moment?
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:50:20 PM PST
by
buckalfa
(First time listener, long time caller.)
To: McGruff
Give them good ranging, speed and size data comrade.
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:51:12 PM PST
by
Steamburg
(Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
To: GraceG; dainbramaged; onyx; Bender2; Jim Robinson; holdonnow; SevenofNine; TADSLOS
The 1980’s Called and they want their Foreign Policy Back... The 1930’s called and they want their Phone Regulations Back...
The 1970’s called and they want their Economic Malaise Back..
The 1910’s called and they want their Death Panels and Family Hygene Courts Back...
The 7th Century Called and they want their Sharia Idealology Back...
Neville Chamberlan ALSO Called and wants his Diplomacy Back...
WOW, Obama must be on the phone constantly.... Well when he is not on the Golf Course....
LOL! Sweetest Grace :)
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posted on
02/25/2015 12:59:34 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
To: faithhopecharity
just to show Russia something. Probably in response to threatening air and naval incursions by Russian forces in the Baltics (and a nuke-carrying bomber over the UK)
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posted on
02/25/2015 1:01:05 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: McGruff
Putin prepares for war and Obama has a Parade ,is it Obama first use of his Transvestite Battalion
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posted on
02/25/2015 1:18:10 PM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: dainbramaged
Is the bamster going to start a war with the Russkies?
Obama will send US forces in without Ammo to make the Russians look good
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posted on
02/25/2015 1:19:39 PM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
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