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How does a blockade keep the sea lanes open?
That would be idiotic.
Isn’t a blockade traditionally considered an act of war?
I thought we left this Neo-Con crap behind?
Notice the lack of talking about blockading China, which is a FAR bigger potential threat.
Sounds as dicey as all hell. It would leave Russia with very little choice.
Why is the Secretary of the Interior commenting on Department of Defense matters?
It would be impossible to blockade Russia.
It was hard enough to blockade Cuba.
I spent a year off the coast of Cuba on a destroyer in 1962. I couldn’t imagine the number of ships needed to blockade Russia.
The author has no concept of what a Naval Blockade requires in ships and manpower.
The Spirit of Alfred Thayer Mahan Lives On
You want a war with Russia, put your sons and daughters on the front line first.
Let’s have a war with Iran..!!!
Let’s have a war with Russia..!
These war mongers are nuts.
Russia Russia Russia. Oh, did I mention Russia? They are the focus of all the misdirection.
How about China, China, China.
How about SA, SA, SA.
How about DC, DC, DC.
How about Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve.
How about _MORE_ USConstitution, USConstitution, USConstitution.
why would I care?
Let Europe and the middle east deal with the Russians themselves.
Unless of course we are becoming soldier boys for the Sauds again.
> the U.S. Navy can blockade Russia <
Great idea! Show ‘em who’s boss!
But wait...what do you do if a Russian ship decides to run the blockade? I guess it would be a The Bedford Incident case.
“If he fires one, I’ll fire one.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOll3v55Dmo
I didn’t know Mr. Zinke was the Secretary of Defense. I thought he was Secretary of the Interior....sarc
The man is a fool if he thinks this would not result in shooting.
Once the shooting starts, nobody has control of subsequent events.
WTF? Why would we want to got war with a nuclear superpower?
Only NeoCon psychos want to do that.
“Russia is a one-trick pony.”
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago, on how Russia has surpassed the US in the sale of wheat for several years and the Russian farmers are thriving. Their expenses are much lower (US farmers’ expenses are 5 times as much) and the Russians can undersell the US and the European Union. The Russians pay their expenses at home in rubles, but get paid in the world market in dollars.
Yep. I’ll bet that Putin is real pleased that he helped Trump get elected. /s
“making sure the sea lanes are open is a far cry from a blockade. Did Zinke actually use the word blockade, or is some journolista putting those words in his mouth?