World War III WARNING Thread: 3/10/14 - 3/16/14

[naegling62]

Nikolaus von Twickel@niktwickFollow
Russia massed 220, 000 troops, 1,800 tanks on border w Ukraine, #Crimea, def. minister Ihor Tenyukh told the Rada: http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=news&sub=read&id=32912 …

2:42 PM - 11 Mar 2014

If that's true I think we know the outcome. I could see the Soviets doing that to rattle sabres but not the Russians for they have to function in a system where money matters.

[CaryC]

Hey,

They should follow the lead of the big dog on the block, us. Write dirty letters to each other and threaten sanctions. They will be shaking in their boots, in no time.

[Aetius Romulous]

Not sure you can really call a nation that has nukes "medieval", no matter how "small" they are....

This should be the best evidence ever of the uselessness of nukes. There is good old N Korea, watching a tanker burn on the other side of the earth, armed to the teeth with nukes and not being able to do a damn thing about it. I wonder if they are thinking now "Geeze, maybe we should have built a navy?".

[TomNTam]

We went in and got Libya's gold reserve, so yes, we do own them, but can not about their people.

[Jeffrey Thomason]

This should be the best evidence ever of the uselessness of nukes. There is good old N Korea, watching a tanker burn on the other side of the earth, armed to the teeth with nukes and not being able to do a damn thing about it. I wonder if they are thinking now "Geeze, maybe we should have built a navy?".

Well any weapon is useless if you don't have an effective means to deliver it. :) I didn't say they were "Modern", just not "Medieval".

[jhpigott]

Richard Engel comes on at the 10 minute mark. Interesting to say the least . . .

Richard Engel‏@RichardEngel·1 hr
The question we should be asking… Does #Putin stop in #Crimea? Or does he move to take eastern #Ukraine? http://on.msnbc.com/1oHa1M2 @maddow

[Ben Sunday]

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most powerful aircraft carrier has docked in Antalya, Turkey—meaning she is within striking distance of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. And it appears Russia is deploying anti-ship missiles in response.
USS George H.W. Bush is hauling more than 60 warplanes including no fewer than 40 Hornet and Super Hornet strike-fighters. Bush’s escorting destroyers and cruisers, together packing hundreds of long-range missiles, are presumably nearby. Nuclear attack submarines usually also accompany American flattops on deployment.
Commissioned five years ago, the 1,100-foot-long Bush is America’s newest aircraft carrier. Her Mediterranean deployment is “designed to strengthen maritime security,” according to the U.S. 6th Fleet.https://medium.com/war-is-boring/d6deeed6601c

An especially ominous development coupled with the deployment of the Truxton and countered by the reports of mass Red Army troops, perhaps 200K plus and the Soviet cruiser Moskva on the move.

Strictly my opinion: Putin may be trying to box in US naval assets in the Black Sea to minimize outside opposition to his ground forces in Ukraine.

Taking it one step further, a major sea battle could be in the cards.

[jhpigott]

Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR · 44 seg
BREAKING #Ukrainian weapons base near #Inkerman in #Crimea is under attack of #russian occupiers now euromaidanSOS | PR News

[Aetius Romulous]

Well any weapon is useless if you don't have an effective means to deliver it. :) I didn't say they were "Modern", just not "Medieval".

You're right of course, it's just that "medieval" is such a great word when you want to be fast and quippy. Busted on that one.

[jhpigott]

Luke Baker‏@LukeReuters8m
#EU offers #Ukraine trade benefits to help prop up economy
but move comes with risk of Russia retaliation
http://reut.rs/1kJIkVE @rdfemmott