During the runup to the election I "might" have mentioned that we needed to insure that whomever we elected to the office of President had the experience and backround in military and forgien affairs to handle the job. I touched on the facts of Russian expansion into the Western hemisphere and the possible re-building of the Soviet Union. China, North Korea and Iran were also talked about. Many on the left in here said I was "ranting" or paraniod. Some others suggested that experience was over-rated and not needed. I don't like to cut and paste but I had to put in this report. Watch out!! The "Vandels" are "at the gate" and our so-called leader is just "fiddling" around.
We are in serious trouble. We must beef up our military, and fast, before it is too late. Wars happen at a much faster than they did in 1940. We will not have months to recover from a first attack. We must get stronger fast. We need to go into a "war" footing and start production of aircraft, ships, tanks and arms. We must build up the numbers of troops to a level that can handle a global conflict with a foe like Russia.
We as a country are a good people and therefor we tend to believe that most everyone else is good. It is NOT that way in the real world. There ARE evil governments. The affore mentioned countries fit that discricption.
I am very concerned. I don't believe that our current administration has a handle on what is really going on. There will be some that will advise Obama on this correctly, but I believe that he will ignore or downplay the threat. He does not have the backround, experience or proper education for the position he is in.
I pray that he will wake up before it is too late. The world cannot take another 20th centurey. Evil governments exterminated over 100 million then, just imagine what those same governments will be able to do with todays technology.
It is up to us. We must INSIST that Obama do the job he was elected to do, Protect and Defend, or get him out of there and get someone in who will.
Wars are much easier to avoid than win. IF we show that we will NOT lay down for these countries they WILL back off. IF we continue down the current path they will not. It is that simple. The time is now.
President Obama, DO YOUR JOB!!! Protect and Defend!!!
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MOSCOW – A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported.
The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said Cuba could be used to base the aircraft, Interfax reported.
The Kremlin, however, said the situation was hypothetical.
"The military is speaking about technical possibilities, that's all," Alexei Pavlov, a Kremlin official, told The Associated Press. "If there will be a development of the situation, then we can comment," he said.
Zhikharev said Chavez had offered "a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers," the agency reported. "If there is a corresponding political decision, then the use of the island ... by the Russian Air Force is possible."
Interfax reported he said earlier that Cuba has air bases with four or five runways long enough for the huge bombers and could be used to host the long-range planes.
Two Russian bombers landed in Venezuela last year in what experts said was the first Western Hemisphere touchdown of Russian military craft since the end of the Cold War.
Cuba has never permanently hosted Russian or Soviet strategic aircraft. But Soviet short-range bombers often made stopovers there during the Cold War.
Russia resumed long-range bomber patrols in 2007 after a 15-year hiatus.
Independent military analyst Alexander Golts said from a strategic point of view there was nothing for Russia to gain from basing long-range craft within relatively short range of U.S. shores.
"It has no military sense. The bombers don't need any base. This is just a retaliatory gesture," Golts said, saying Russia wanted to hit back after U.S. ships patrolled Black Sea waters.
Moscow and the new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama have appeared to want to mend their relations, which reached a post-Cold War low last year when Russia's invasion of U.S. ally Georgia compounded disputes on security and democracy.
U.S. plans initiated under former President George W. Bush to position defense missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic had particularly irked Russia, which has welcomed his successor's apparently more cautious approach to the divisive issue.
Venezuela and Cuba, traditionally fierce U.S. foes, have close political and energy relations with Russia.
We are in serious trouble. We must beef up our military, and fast, before it is too late. Wars happen at a much faster than they did in 1940. We will not have months to recover from a first attack. We must get stronger fast. We need to go into a "war" footing and start production of aircraft, ships, tanks and arms. We must build up the numbers of troops to a level that can handle a global conflict with a foe like Russia.
We as a country are a good people and therefor we tend to believe that most everyone else is good. It is NOT that way in the real world. There ARE evil governments. The affore mentioned countries fit that discricption.
I am very concerned. I don't believe that our current administration has a handle on what is really going on. There will be some that will advise Obama on this correctly, but I believe that he will ignore or downplay the threat. He does not have the backround, experience or proper education for the position he is in.
I pray that he will wake up before it is too late. The world cannot take another 20th centurey. Evil governments exterminated over 100 million then, just imagine what those same governments will be able to do with todays technology.
It is up to us. We must INSIST that Obama do the job he was elected to do, Protect and Defend, or get him out of there and get someone in who will.
Wars are much easier to avoid than win. IF we show that we will NOT lay down for these countries they WILL back off. IF we continue down the current path they will not. It is that simple. The time is now.
President Obama, DO YOUR JOB!!! Protect and Defend!!!
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MOSCOW – A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported.
The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said Cuba could be used to base the aircraft, Interfax reported.
The Kremlin, however, said the situation was hypothetical.
"The military is speaking about technical possibilities, that's all," Alexei Pavlov, a Kremlin official, told The Associated Press. "If there will be a development of the situation, then we can comment," he said.
Zhikharev said Chavez had offered "a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers," the agency reported. "If there is a corresponding political decision, then the use of the island ... by the Russian Air Force is possible."
Interfax reported he said earlier that Cuba has air bases with four or five runways long enough for the huge bombers and could be used to host the long-range planes.
Two Russian bombers landed in Venezuela last year in what experts said was the first Western Hemisphere touchdown of Russian military craft since the end of the Cold War.
Cuba has never permanently hosted Russian or Soviet strategic aircraft. But Soviet short-range bombers often made stopovers there during the Cold War.
Russia resumed long-range bomber patrols in 2007 after a 15-year hiatus.
Independent military analyst Alexander Golts said from a strategic point of view there was nothing for Russia to gain from basing long-range craft within relatively short range of U.S. shores.
"It has no military sense. The bombers don't need any base. This is just a retaliatory gesture," Golts said, saying Russia wanted to hit back after U.S. ships patrolled Black Sea waters.
Moscow and the new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama have appeared to want to mend their relations, which reached a post-Cold War low last year when Russia's invasion of U.S. ally Georgia compounded disputes on security and democracy.
U.S. plans initiated under former President George W. Bush to position defense missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic had particularly irked Russia, which has welcomed his successor's apparently more cautious approach to the divisive issue.
Venezuela and Cuba, traditionally fierce U.S. foes, have close political and energy relations with Russia.
