Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alighieri who wrote (773720)	3/8/2014 10:53:34 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570807

"we need to strengthen our military presence in former soviet states like Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, etc" We need to do nothing. If Europe wants to strengthen their presence, they can do it. It's their hemisphere, not ours.

To: Alighieri who wrote (773720)	3/8/2014 12:47:46 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570807

we need to strengthen our military presence in former soviet states like Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, etc... I doubt seriously that Russia is willing to tackle NATO. And many of those former Soviet states are NATO members. There was a time when the USSR could have confronted NATO and had a chance. Not a great one, but a chance. Russia is not the USSR. If for no other reason, Russia is integrated into and dependent on global trade. A lot of that dries up if Putin starts causing a lot of trouble. Don't get me wrong, Putin would love to recreate the Soviet Union. But that just isn't possible any more.