Posted on 03/30/2014 9:13:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The single Russian aircraft carrier has a larger displacement than both Italian carriers together — not that a single metric means much.
How would your conclusion change, if you were to factor in Russian strategic and tactical nuclear weapons , and Russian nuclear submarines?
Oh, so you agree with Obama’s comment?
That Russia is a regional power? Yes.
They could not do the same to us.
Their aging nuclear arsenal could indeed start a global war - but it's hard to call yourself a global power if the only way you can make your power felt globally is to use a tactic that will ensure your own erasure as a country.
The thing is, Russia could wind up doing something they couldn’t do during the Cold War, winning the “Hearts and Minds” war.
With the US making promoting gay rights and proclaiming that Global Warming is the greatest danger to mankind, and trying to bully other nations to adopt their agenda, this is putting off a lot of countries that think the US should butt out of such things.
The US never ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
Putin's Russia not only ratified it, Russia's ratification was the last one needed to make it binding on the parties - Russia is the one who imposed Kyoto on the world.
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