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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (109242)12/23/2014 5:25:17 PM
From: Metacomet  Read Replies (1) of 217901
 
protecting Russia's naval base in Crimea is certainly easy to understand.

Not sure about that

I get that they want a boat dock so they can plan navy

..but not so sure if I understand a military rational

..at least not a defensive one

As Krugman pointed out, war is less than a zero sum game anymore

Who has any interest in what Russia has, unless maybe Isis wants their oil, but that doesn't seem a very promising endeavor going forward..ask the Russians

Navies themselves are sorta obsolete, IMO

Ships are really sitting ducks with current missile technology, so to go thru the pain associated with taking the Crimea, to withstand an asymmetrical threat to whatever Russia wants to protect doesn't appear to be worth what it is costing

Putin seems a good candidate for his own show on Fox News
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