Comments on: Epic Fail: Russia to Deploy Bombers Right Where We Want Them

By: GreensboroVet

GreensboroVet — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:51:26 +0000

The Prez is no Punk LOL

By: otto

otto — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:16:55 +0000

Tu-22 is a typical anti-aircraft carrier weapon so, it is not surprising that Russia wants to get more airbases all around the World. China has bought also lots of Tu-22s in the hope of controlling the carriers (in the case of a Taiwan crisis for example).

By: Rhyno327

Rhyno327 — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:33:50 +0000

Its more posturing by Comrade Putin. Cuba should be engaged by diplomacy, it is time for change there. Cuban people are the ones that suffer, the Castro Bros. should be deposed-by thier own people. One day soon, they both will be DEAD.

By: 1watt, hermit

1watt, hermit — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:43:57 +0000

For those of you who watch the national news programs, be it on broadcast or cable when you start seeing ad space bought by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman… it budget season at the White House. The First one usually out of the chute is the China Lobby, both sides, then comes the drug companies and then the big Defense Contractors.
My personal view is that the U.S. is now a Colony of multinational corporations. The manufacturing base is gone. The defense industry owns the media and the politicians. Deployments are in defense of the profits of the extraction industries. Cheap resources are the goal. American wages have stagnated, unions are busted yet the value of the connected industries are doing quite well.

By: E-Breaux50

E-Breaux50 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:35:19 +0000

This is indeed a strange plan for the Russians. I dont really see how there is a gain for them to bring some strategic bombers down our way. Suffice it to say I do not really see a benefit to them as much as there is to Mr. Chavez. Personally I do not like how eager he is to house these aircrafts. However if the Reds want us to look up there skirt with such easily available surveillance opportunities so be it.

By: Byron Skinner

Byron Skinner — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:05:46 +0000

Good Morning Sea,
I see your point on have Russian aviation just 90 miles away, but in reality there is little or nothing to be gained by U.S. intelligence by watching Russian military aircraft in Cuba. We have seen and climbed inside these old birds for decades. The only purpose of the Russians doing this is to get the full mooners of the U.S. right wing nuts excited.
It appears that there is another Byron posting here, welcome aboard. To those who want to bi**h at me you will always get my full name.
My personal opinion of Obama, he is rather right wing for me. I neither supported nor voted for him in the last election, I supported and voted for Ralph Nader. Like crazed right wing nut and Republican the term Liberal and Democrat don’t go together.
The last true Liberal President America had was Richard M. Nixon. Anyone who cares to debate that you know where I’m at.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner

By: / sea /

/ sea / — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:24:08 +0000

The Russians are just handing us an incredible intelligence gathering opportunity. We will be able to observe their strategic aircraft performing takeoffs and landings from all sides as they approach and leave Cuba. We could go so far as to fly through their contrails and see how much sulfur is in the fuel they are burning.
Every equipment malfunction, pilot error, and electronic radiation

By: Byron

Byron — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:04:46 +0000

TO pedestrian:
The “liberal” Democrats have been the greatest force of military expansion and have shown the greatest use of military force in all of American history. Read a book please. EX: WWII, Vietnam, Korea, the ATOMIC BOMB, bay of pigs, and shamefully: the civil war.
Also, only idiots want war, let alone nuclear war. So all you people can talk trash about negotiation, but it was deal that brought us back from defcon2 and saved maybe the world from the brink of nuclear war. There are thousands of nukes in Russia’s depots and probably more loose ones out there from the fall. MADD is the only thing keeping us safe, so I suggest all you people insulting diplomacy learn to hide under a lead lined desk real soon or shut up. We prepare for war so that we never have one.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:56:35 +0000

The Great Game is as far as it will go… as long as we continue to play. We long ago reached “stalemate” with Russia and China. And we can stay there, as long as we continue to play. But if we make the mistake of assuming the game is over, and we let our guard down, that’s when problems arise.
This is just an empty threat by Russia. Nothing to worry about. Just remember that the game is still on.

By: Courtney H

Courtney H — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:36:09 +0000

It was plenty suspicious that the leak regarding Marine One just happened to occur as the procurement decision was getting made. Of course, we are getting played and a lot of people fully accept it. We will not get into an overt shooting war with Russia or China for the same reason we did not during the Cold War when tensions were much higher and monetary ties much lower: we all have too many nukes to make it worthwhile! We will all continue to play the Great Game, but that is as far as it will go.