because the Americans purposely target ex-soviet states/countries
No, they do not. The ex soviet countries ASKED TO join NATO
to place their missile bases so that they have the best possibility of taking out russia if it comes to that and also to scare Russia into submission.
Incorrect. The ex soviet countries are aSking to join NATO
man in our history’.
Russia is a country, which still suffers the amputee’s shock of a lost empire. There was NATO and there was the Warsaw Pact – a comforting huddle of countries
surrounding Russia, which were its first line of protection, like we were for the USA. They have all gone – leaving Russia alone, abandoned and shocked.
Tough Shite
NATO is in control
Even the country (Poland), whose capital gave the name to their strategic block (Warsaw Pact) is now proposing to house American missiles (Why? Pointing
at whom exactly?) So Russia feels hurt, assaulted and tender. Exactly, and let us not forget that Russia has always been, throughout history, a very vulnerable country, open to invasion, so it's only defense against such invasion was to surround itself with friendly states. it did that during monarchical times, it did that during soviet times, and it's trying to do that now, quite simply because it doesn't have any other option. Perhaps had Russia been welcomed as a new democratic state by the Americans back in 1990 things might be very different.
And it was
QuoteYeah, for fairly obvious reasons as NATO members are committed to helping each other in case of an attack in their territory do remember though that the US, who are distinctly anti-Russian, have a lot of pull over NATO countries, Russia has every right to feel threatened.
QuoteGeorgia was trying to get its territory back If you want to try and get territory back, which is actually heavily dominated with Russians and/or people holding Russian citizenship, going in with guns a'blazin' is not the way to go about it, because Russia will react, and they did react, and really, had no choice but to react. Georgia was once a part of the Russian empire, and also the soviet union, so one could argue it was always Russian if you want to go down that parth.
QuoteWhen was the last English war? Must have been hundreds of years ago the fawklins... Britain are also the second highest contributers of troops in the Iraq war.
long post, sorry, I'm done.
wow, ILH, I don't think I could have made a more garbled post full of nonsense if I tried. Congrats!
I could try and sift through all that to find out what I said, what I quoted and your responses to what I said or quoted from another post, but I couldn't be bothered, quite frankly.
that's what you get for being so lazy that you couldn't even be bothered learning how to use the forum correctly.
Glad im not the only one that couldn't disifer that lot. Come ilh its not rocket science to use the quote button
edited by: cornishrebel2, Aug 17, 2008 - 05:18 PM
What does it mean to be English?
Being English is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer then travelling home grabbing an Indian curry or a Chinese on the way to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American soap shows on a Japane
Lol, basically she's quoted, or tried to quote, a post of mine, but in my post, I was quoting someone else, but since she hasn't used it properly, I can only just tell what I've written from the other guy and what she is writing is in the middle of it all! aaaaaagh!
it's, not, that, hard!!!!
SO we seem to have come to the opinion here that the Russians are the good guys and the Americans the bad! What a load of rubbish!
Why would the Americans want to install offensive weaspons in Eastern Europe, they already have the range to hit any part of Russia - the plan is for a defensive missle system similar to the patriot system! What the Russians are upset about is that leaves them impotent.
The biggest problem with Russia is the likes of Putin and Medvedev are suffering the same problem as Hitler did in the 1920's. They feel Russia is humiliated and is no longer a major power, if they lose thier power to destruct the west they will be truely powerless.
Every person I have spoken to from the Eastern Bloc absolutley detests the Russians, there is ovne very big difference between being a member of NATO and a member of the Warsaw Pact: -
NATO Countries are independent countries in agreement to mutually defed each other.
Warsaw pact countries were taken over by Russia, sometimes by force and ruled with an Iron fist.
Let Anti Americansentiment get in the way of fact at your peril.
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