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Report: Russia to allow pre-emptive nukes
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 14, 2009 | DAVID NOWAK

Posted on 10/14/2009 11:48:49 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

MOSCOW (AP) - A top Russian security official says Moscow reserves the right to conduct pre-emptive nuclear strikes to safeguard the country against aggression on both a large and a local scale, according to a newspaper interview published Wednesday.

Presidential Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev also singled out the U.S. and NATO, saying Moscow's Cold War foes still pose potential threats to Russia despite what he called a global trend toward local conflicts.

The interview appeared in the daily Izvestia during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, as U.S. and Russian negotiators try to hammer out a nuclear arms reduction treaty by December.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: belarus; bhorussia; bhosovietunion; bhoussr; coldwar2; communism; firststrike; kazakhstan; preemption; putin; russia; sovietunion; ussr
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1 posted on 10/14/2009 11:48:49 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Outstanding negotiations, BO!


2 posted on 10/14/2009 11:51:47 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds like they are covertly declaring War on us!!


3 posted on 10/14/2009 11:52:53 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wait a minute... I thought Hillary “reset” relations with Russia, and that Russia is our friend...

Oh yea, I forgot... that was an “Overcharge” button!
BTW, the Russians are expanding their military, and it is now on par with the old Soviet military, even though it is smaller.


4 posted on 10/14/2009 11:52:59 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The cornerstone of Nuclear Stability has been the mutual “No First Use” doctrine between the US and Russia/USSR...

The world just became a more dangerous place....


5 posted on 10/14/2009 11:52:59 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A direct slap in the face of Obama with this statement.


6 posted on 10/14/2009 11:53:20 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Pres_ _ent SoVain Hussein Obama: "Go Moscow. Go Taliban. I don’t give a damn
‘cause MY new presidential ‘copter lets ME cook a meal while under nuclear attack."

7 posted on 10/14/2009 11:54:06 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Well Obama certainly tamed them...
8 posted on 10/14/2009 11:55:40 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I wonder what Zer0 will say about this!


9 posted on 10/14/2009 11:56:29 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Diogenesis

If we were struck by Russia, Barack Obama would not retaliate.


10 posted on 10/14/2009 11:56:41 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Global Memo to Obama: “Don’t forget that peace prize we just gave you.”


11 posted on 10/14/2009 11:56:52 AM PDT by thouworm
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To: Uncle Ike

Neither the US or Russia have ever had official no first use policies.

Russian military strategy has always been nuke-heavy and the US had plans to use nuclear demolition charges to destroy bridges and other infrastructure to slow a Russian advance.


12 posted on 10/14/2009 11:58:32 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: lizol; Lukasz; strategofr; GSlob; spanalot; Thunder90; Tailgunner Joe; propertius; REactor; ...
Russia/Soviet/Coldwar2 PING!!!

To be added to or removed from this list, please FReepmail me...

13 posted on 10/14/2009 11:59:45 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
It just proves how fearful they really are of Obama.


14 posted on 10/14/2009 11:59:46 AM PDT by avacado
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To: MediaMole

” Neither the US or Russia have ever had official no first use policies. “

Thank you for the correction...

‘No First Use’ was/is such a natural corrollary to MAD, that I just assumed that it had been formalized as Doctrine...

My mistake..


15 posted on 10/14/2009 12:01:28 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: himno hero

Thank goodness he removed the missile shield in Poland and Czek Republic.

NOW THEY’RE REALLY SCARED !!


16 posted on 10/14/2009 12:01:41 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: himno hero

it is truly amazing how quickly oblabo has completely obliterated so much of what reagan accomplished. breathtaking really how “he deserves this nobel peace prize for his good intentions and what he will accomplish” when what he HAS accomplished makes the world a much more dangerous place. it really boggles the mind, no?


17 posted on 10/14/2009 12:02:56 PM PDT by madamemayhem (defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Things have been going downhill with Russia ever since we bombed Serbia back to the Stone Ages.

This is the result of Bill Clinton’s actions. They are pissed at Clinton, so the Zero sends his wife to talk to them. Of course they will reject her out of hand.


18 posted on 10/14/2009 12:03:50 PM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar. ---- "OBAMA: THE GREAT MISTAKE OF 2008")
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To: massgopguy

I agree.....he will tuck tail and run to his basement. This guy has got to go.


19 posted on 10/14/2009 12:04:30 PM PDT by RC2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I would hope that zero and the rest of his amateur administration realise just how dangerous this is. Perhaps as these libtards are doing healthcare reform, they will include language that covers blindness, flashburns and radiation sickness. And while they are at it, are nukes covered under cap and tax?


20 posted on 10/14/2009 12:04:31 PM PDT by mapmaker77
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