...a little to the left, Kimmy....
***it makes me uncomfortable that people are starting to come to the same conclusion about Russia, communism, and the enemies of American that I am...
Posted on 10/11/2006 6:28:16 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Monday, Rush Limbaugh interviewed me on Epicenter for the November issue of The Limbaugh Letter. For about 45 minutes, we discused how since taking office in 2000, former KGB chief-turned Russian President Vladimir Putin has built strong personal, political and military ties to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Putin has sold Iran and North Korea billions of dollars worth of arms and even nuclear technology. He is arming America's worst enemies for war, and in so doing, Russia has joined the "Axis of Evil." Yet on this critical issue, official Washington seems to be in a true state of denial.
As I document in the book, Russia signed a $1 billion arms deal with Iran in December 2005, providing the radical Islamic regime in Tehran high-speed missile and other high-tech weaponry, despite Ahmadinejad's call to annihilate the U.S. and Israel two months earlier. Russia is building nuclear facilities for Iran, training over 1,000 Iranian nuclear scientists, and running political interference for Iran at the U.N. to prevent us for imposing economic sanctions that could slow down Ahmadinejad's feverish bid for nuclear weapons.
But there's much more to the story. Consider Putin's dangerously close ties to Kim Jong Il:
* On July 19-20, 2000, Putin became the first President of Russia ever to visit Pyongyang. He met with Kim Jong Il and explored ways to rebuild the once-close relationship between Russia and North Korea.The Bush administration and Congress must confront Putin directly on Russia's increasingly dangerous ties to North Korea and Iran. Time is running out.* In December 2000, the Kremlin announced its desire to dramatically increase military sales to North Korea.
* In April 2001, the Kremlin announced an official agreement to modernize North Korea's military. Sales have soared since then. "In 2001, Pyongyang imported combat plane parts, armored vehicles, helicopters and gunpowder worth $120 million from China and Russia," said one report. "In 2000 it bought aircraft parts, air-search radars, engines, automatic navigation devices, military jeeps and others worth $100 million" from Russia, China, Belarus and others.
* In August 2001, Kim Jong Il visited Russia and met with Putin in Moscow.
* In August 2002, Kim Jong Il visited Russia again, meeting Putin in Vladivostok.
* In 2003, the Kremlin refused to rule out further arms sales to North Korea, despite increasingly dangeorus and provocative moves by Kim Jong Il.
* In 2003, Asian intelligence services became increasingly concerned that "North Korea and Iran are in talks over a plan to export Pyongyang's Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missiles to Tehran and to jointly develop nuclear warheads....The two countries have been negotiating the deal for about a year and are likely to reach an agreement in mid-October," according to defense sources "familiar with North Korean affairs."
* In 2004, the CIA estimated that North Korea had “at least” six nuclear weapons and by 2007 could produce enough highly enriched uranium to produce six new nuclear weapons a year.
* In 2004, the New York Times reported that the International Atomic Energy Agency recently found strong evidence that the 1.7 metric tons of the uranium in Libya’s possession came from North Korea. The uranium was described as being unusable for nuclear fuel, but was enough material to make one nuclear bomb, noted the web site MissileThreat.com. The Times said "that a new level of suspicion now lurks, that North may have sold uranium to other countries or to terrorists."
* In August and September 2004, U.S. intelligence officials and analysts began worrying openly about the threat of North Korea and Iran firing nuclear missiles at American cities off the back of commercial container ships, giving us little or no warning before impact and detonation. Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld said one Middle East nation already has "launched a ballistic missile from a cargo vessel," referring to Iran. "They had taken a short-range, probably Scud missile, put it on a transporter-erector launcher, lowered it in, taken the vessel out into the water, peeled back the top, erected it, fired it, lowered it, covered it up. And the ship that they used was using a radar and electronic equipment that was no different than 50, 60, 100 other ships operating in the immediate area." According to Bill Gertz of the Washington Times: Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, commander of the U.S. Northern Command, also said recently that the danger of ship-based missiles is growing. "I believe it's just a matter of time until the terrorists try to use a...maritime attack against us. I believe that attack could come in terms of bringing a ship into port, whether it's [carrying] high explosives or whether it's weapons of mass destruction." Noted Asian intelligence specialist Richard Fisher: "Should North Korea adopt this strategy, it would have the option of trying to infiltrate and pre-position its missiles in Canada, Central America or even the continental United States. U.S. missile defenses do not currently defend against either launches from the south of or within the contiguous 50 states." (I write more about Iran's efforts to develop a ship-launch capability in Epicenter.)
* In 2005, Putin actually personally awarded a medal of honor to the North Korean dictator who is starving his own people and threatening the world with nuclear war.
* In August 2006, a Russian newspaper reported that U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea is laundering money through Russian banks and in the process helping North Korea sell ballistic missile technology to Iran, Syria and Pakistan. “The American Center for Nonproliferation Studies released a report yesterday claiming that North Korean authorities, with the help of private Russian companies, are providing ballistic missile to third countries, Iran, Syria and Pakistan in particular. This information comes at the same time as a scandal is unfolding over the North Korean regime's transfer of a considerable part of its bank accounts to Russia, skirting American sanctions. Although these accusations are only coming from NGOs right now, they may become the case of the next strain in Russian-American relations." U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that “Russian firms help North Korea develop missile technology, Pyongyang sells it to other problem countries, and the proceeds from those sales are deposited in North Korean accounts in Russian banks. It is only a small step form that picture to the accusation of violating nonproliferation rules.”
Thank you for those quotes, AmeriBrit. They solidify my beliefs.
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All you need is a load of oppressed, impoverished, uneducated people. Throw in a charismatic leader to convince them that communism will bring them a utopia that has never existed, and you're good to go.
Kinda like the current Democrat party.
...a little to the left, Kimmy....
***it makes me uncomfortable that people are starting to come to the same conclusion about Russia, communism, and the enemies of American that I am...
I'm already chilled to the bone, but I can take up to 70-below. (I'm an Alaskan....'nuf said)
I'm on my way to the link in your post. If I don't come back, feel free to chisel my frozen self small enough to fit in the adult beverage of your choice. ;)
*BUMP*!
I know, it sounds horrible doesn't it? LOL It does take your breath away. Actually, it freezes your breath, and your lungs, and your hair, and those pesky nose hairs too. heh heh
I can't complain right now though. We're having an Indian summer/fall and the temps have been up to 50 during the day (about 20 degrees warmer than they should be but please don't tell the global warming fanatics). I've never been to CA but I think I'd like the temperature. ;)
In the core of my consciousness I have known, ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and especially since the rise of Putin to the seat of the Russian emperors, that in due time Russia and China would become allies in an all-out struggle to reduce the United States of America to a tnentity among the nations of the world. Their steadfast and coordinated refusal to join in decisive actions against Iran and North Korea indicate their intent to include those nuclear powers in their anti-America gang.
Meanwhile, the American people, being lulled to sleep, in part by a soporific and essentially treasonous press, remain virtually totally unsuspecting of the fate being crafted for them, and for liberty.
You missed my meaning - in the context of making Russia more democratic after it fell apart, they made it worse for Russian people by allowing their military to build up again and basically seize control. They hurt democracy growth there by being soft on Russia's mil indus complex.
Thanks for the ping!
Thank you for an informative read.
When did he leave, exactly?
I wouldn't call him a top priority threat atm, but Russia has never stopped being a threat.
All the despots of this word - add to your list the chinese on one end, the mugabes, castros and chaveses on another, and those in between, too.
Now, now, now. We can't have you going and spreading the real message of Fatima. All is well and completed, remember?
If you study prophacy, it's no suprize. The day Putin stepped into power is when all hope for Russia was lost.
"Son of man, turn towards Gog and the country of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him." Ez.38:2-7
Putin has been sneaking around making back door deals with Satan for a while now. What comes of it whether Putin is
still around or not, will be bad news for Europe, and the entire west. This rise of this prince of Persia will most likely come about because of his meddling, which he may regret.
I wouldn't call him a top priority threat atm, but Russia has never stopped being a threat.==
WHy that? Let me guess. It is beacuse Russia exercises her independent policy but not follows the US wake? Am I right?:))
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