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If anyone can recall the 1960s and 1970s there were "US Officials" saying exactly the same thing back then and the NATO forces on the ground then were considerably stronger.
For some reason those "US Officials" appear to have forgotten that Russia DID NOT roll over NATO when the NATO forces were drastically reduced back then.
If anyone can recall the 1960s and 1970s there were "US Officials" saying exactly the same thing back then and the NATO forces on the ground then were considerably stronger.
For some reason those "US Officials" appear to have forgotten that Russia DID NOT roll over NATO when the NATO forces were drastically reduced back then.
US Official: Russia Could Overrun Reinforced NATO Forces Within 60 Hours
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Breaking News!!! Russian official claims NATO could take out Russia in less than 60 hours... what Russian official? Doesn't matter, it's already more credible because it didn't come from Sputnik News and it isn't based on a report from a think tank run by Defense contractors who are looking for ways to get us to spend more on defense.
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Take me back to the Cold War COL Ted Mc. This sound like the same dire predictions we heard in the 1960s through 1980s and why I had a die in place mission as an infantry platoon leaders because we expected to be overrun by the second of who knows how many echelons of Red forces.
No only has DoD and the Administration forgotten Russia DID NOT roll over NATO when the NATO forces were drastically reduced; but, the border moved from western East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary to the other side of Poland though eastern Bulgaria.
No only has DoD and the Administration forgotten Russia DID NOT roll over NATO when the NATO forces were drastically reduced; but, the border moved from western East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary to the other side of Poland though eastern Bulgaria.
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An objective view of the situation makes it clear that Warsaw (Poland) and most other Warsaw pact countries are now members of NATO and that Russia pretty much stands alone. Is it conceivable that most of those former Warsaw pact countries could fall to Russia before a counter offensive was mounted? Highly unlikely, but perhaps... the problem with that scenario is that whenever the scales begin to tip seriously against Russia or NATO, someone is going to break out the Nukes. At that point it really doesn't matter how much conventional forces you have, we are all pretty much dead or dying.
http://billmoyers.com/story/the-trillion-dollar-question-the-media-have-neglected-to-ask-presidential-candidates/
Welcome back to the 1950's...
http://billmoyers.com/story/the-trillion-dollar-question-the-media-have-neglected-to-ask-presidential-candidates/
Welcome back to the 1950's...
The US is Set to Spend $1 Trillion Upgrading Nuclear Weapons
The expenditure is for a 30-year program to “modernize” the US nuclear arsenal and production facilities.
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One of the major differences now and the past is quality of respective forces. Neither is as good as they were just a decade ago and both are much smaller in size. With the exception of the eastern Europeans in NATO, almost none of the other nations in NATO are likely worth much in deployability or general quality. US forces are in speed bump mode and though better than their traditional allies or foes, don't have the numbers to accomplish all that much. Logistics for both sides would be harder than before given force cutbacks.
The former Warsaw Pact nations have the guts but only Poland is making much progress in upgrading it's forces. So the added distance and traditional hatreds of much of eastern Europe would be an additional wild card.
Lastly any war would have to be very short as the political will to really fight is next to non existent in the West and not much better in Russia (which has far more internal problems than it can deal with). Putin has been pretty successful w/bluff so why start fights w/someone who might just fight back?
The former Warsaw Pact nations have the guts but only Poland is making much progress in upgrading it's forces. So the added distance and traditional hatreds of much of eastern Europe would be an additional wild card.
Lastly any war would have to be very short as the political will to really fight is next to non existent in the West and not much better in Russia (which has far more internal problems than it can deal with). Putin has been pretty successful w/bluff so why start fights w/someone who might just fight back?
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