Posted on 11/26/2015 7:25:44 PM PST by Kevin in California
While Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, Putin in his own style, sent a gift to the Turkmen who killed his pilot: hell, fire and brimstone coming from all directions; land, air and sea.
Absolutely. And not lose a minute's sleep over it.
Actually, 134 sorties over a four day period is what the US military would call an extremely light air campaign. About 36 sorties per day.
Not to diminish the effort of itself, but by comparison, during the first 30 days of Iraqi Freedom, US aircraft flew over 41,400 sorties, or over 1,350 per day.
That’s just the facts
The FR Putin hate is about one thing and comes from one group of people. That thing is not rehashed cold war patriotism. That group is largely populated by the same one screaming for ‘lesser evil’.
What a coincidence.
I don’t know that it should be celebrated, but why is celebration the joy of “fools”? We don’t need the ME at all for energy any more. Russia has long borders with ME nations and other Mohammedan nations. Why doesn’t Russia have a greater interest in maintaining order in the ME than we do? Our recent foreign policy certainly doesn’t indicate that we are better than the Russians in dealing with Mohammedan countries in general. Was our foreign policy helpful in N. Africa? Have we made the Balkans safer for Christians? Did our 70s foreign policy improve Iran? Have we acted wisely in Iraq? Has our foreign policy improved Syria? Have we been funding terrorists indirectly? So, what makes you so certain that 1. we are better managers of the ME barbarians, 2. our national interest in the ME is greater than Russia’s, and 3. we can’t get along quite nicely without buying anything that the ME produces? If you think that Russia playing a larger role in the ME is the prelude to Russia taking over the world (and I’m NOT saying you are), you’re living in the Cold War 50s and 60s. Russia is not the Soviet Union, and, I might add, it was the US, and to a lesser extent the EU, that fomented the coup that deposed the elected government of the Ukraine and thereby precipitated the current problems there.
I’m good with that. But those “storming the beachhead” would be in order of their entry point into FR. You can never be too careful. Game?
More facts....Conducting 10 year long “compassionate wars” costing multiple trillions, thousands of lives and winning nothing is just not very impressive.
Allahu Snackbar?
“celebrating russia’s emerging dominance is the middle east is the joy of fools.”
Well, take your pick: it’s either gonna be ISIS or it’s gonna be Russian, because it sure as hell ain’t gonna be the U.S. as long as Obama is at the helm.
Never, ever forget that Barry could have accomplished nothing in the last 3 years without the willing agreement of the GOP to advance his agenda.
Barry is evil. The GOP is every bit as evil and every bit to blame.
No its not but we are dealing with true evil from a people who do not want to coexist with us. They want to dominate and enslave us. A people that you cannot trust what they say or what they say who will kill you in your sleep without mercy if they can. People that will behead you, rape your women, force you to pay them money, etc...simply because you do not worship Satan with them. The only way to deal with it is to completely decimate them with no mercy. If you leave anyone alive their family members will repeat the cycle and come back in vengeance. You vannot negotiate, discuss, or reason with them. They do not belong in America. Those that say this is evil do not live in reality and will be trampled if mot killed because of their ignorance and foolishness. You don't play with snakes.
Now THAT is an excellent article describing leadership.
No, he’s not a good guy. But he’s the best guy here in this situation.
And his career has far less evil in it than Obama. Barry has overthrown several countries and killed more than Putin lest we forget. Putin has also not attacked and imprisoned his own military or population. Barry has.
No. We know what he is. We're just enjoying the show. Pass the popcorn.
Nor should it be American dominance. We are either “America” or we are the “Imperial Empire of the United States.” We cannot be both.
We have no business there. Period. We don’t own it, we don’t govern it and we don’t need their resources. We have our own in this hemisphere.
You are correct.
100%
ISIS Attempts to Shoot Down Russian Jet - See What Happens!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTqjfr5yqY
this is funny so I wonder if they made this into a satire with incorrect translation
I have to agree...between the two I choose the Russian.
That fool Rubio apparently thinks we should defend Turkey.
Regarding Russia’s tax of 10%, I have learned from Russians on another thread that that is only part of the story. The employers have to pay a lot of things for the employee, things that taxes would pay. So it is a different way to tax. Like our employers pay only half of social security, there I think they pay all. I don’t remember the particulars, but the outcome of the explanation was that all things included, the taxation is closer to the same as ours. What the employer pays the state for the employee he does not pay the employee in wages.
It is much better for them that it used to be, of course. It’s just that the one point of them paying 10 percent is a partial picture of their taxation system. FYI
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