Posted on 12/06/2018 4:20:18 PM PST by Zhang Fei
You can’t speak for the black Americans in all 57 states and you know that.
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The Russians are the ones bent on the reconquest of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet slave states.
Also, history has taught that if you don’t stop dictators when they start trouble then you have to stop them later.
Putin needs to be stopped.
International Law governs the issue, and when a nation has both sides of a straight, they can claim to control the passage and exclude non permitted traffic. Russia is now on both sides of these straights and seeks to have the international community recognize the international law claim that Russia is obviously making.
If other nations, like the USA do not recognize the claim and seek to pass as usual, the Russians will be forced to exercise force majeur, which they have already done with the Ukraine. The Russians are obviously ready to make the decision to use force against all comers, including the USA, or they would not have made the legal claim to control the straights, since Russia is now on both sides of the straights.
If Russia backs down on its claim to control access to the Black Sea,, then watch the Russian Artic brigade, they may claim oil rich Arctic territory by sending troops into the Canadian portion of the Arctic. Canada does not have the military means to prevent Russia from annexing parts of Canada in the far North.Also Lithuania and /or Estonia could be annexed by Russia.Nato cannot stop Russia, its weak and compromised by Russia economically, at least Germany is for sure, they get ALL of their natural gas from Russia, so Germany is unlikely to stand in Russia’s adventurism in Europe. Canada can’t, its ruled by an ideologue privileged class of Liberals and Socialists who get more upset by male dominated Saudi Arabia than they would about the Russian annexation of Canada’s far North.
In short, Russia has NATO and Canada by the short hairs, and there is not much the USA can do about it.
[Remember the Maine...]
Today, Russia is almost 2x the size of the second largest country on Earth (Canada). Its continual expansion despite its gargantuan land holdings means that its territorial ambitions are insatiable.
most people read the msm for history and do not realize Crimea has been russian for hundreds of years. The people voted overwhelmly to rejoin russia.
You need to put your lil’ chickenhawk neocon war drum down and take a deep breath.
History has taught me that the euroweenies expect us to step in and save their sorry asses time and again when they fail to defend themselves.
If Putin is such a threat, why aren’t THEY gearing up and riding to the sounds of the guns?
...and where are the feckless UN “peacekeepers” we pay for?
Too busy pushing “immigrants” down our throats.
[If Russia backs down on its claim to control access to the Black Sea,, then watch the Russian Artic brigade, they may claim oil rich Arctic territory by sending troops into the Canadian portion of the Arctic. Canada does not have the military means to prevent Russia from annexing parts of Canada in the far North.Also Lithuania and /or Estonia could be annexed by Russia.Nato cannot stop Russia, its weak and compromised by Russia economically, at least Germany is for sure, they get ALL of their natural gas from Russia, so Germany is unlikely to stand in Russia’s adventurism in Europe. Canada can’t, its ruled by an ideologue privileged class of Liberals and Socialists who get more upset by male dominated Saudi Arabia than they would about the Russian annexation of Canada’s far North.
In short, Russia has NATO and Canada by the short hairs, and there is not much the USA can do about it.]
Technically, the US is not a party to the treaty and isn’t bound by it.
Lots of limitations on tonnage and number of vessles based on various circumstances. Article 14 - no more than 9 vessels aggregating 15,000 tons displacement in transit. Article 17 -No use of aircraft while in transit. Article 18 - tonnage in the Black Sea not to exceed 30,000 tons. Limit of 21 days.
We most certainly have, and continue to “bag and tag a bunch of goat-humping cave dwellers”.
And Russia knows better than to F with us.
Germany penned a deal with Trump to buy US LNG in addition to having a new Russian pipeline. Try to keep up.
Yeah, but that’s “under the surface” at this point. Though they will ‘go there’ at some point beefore too long.
Now they’re just (falsely) claiming the Ukrainian ships were operating unsafely.
What they’d like changed:
There’s a 2003 bilateral treaty designating the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait as shared territorial waters and the UN Law of the Sea, which guarantees access through the strait.
[most people read the msm for history and do not realize Crimea has been russian for hundreds of years. The people voted overwhelmly to rejoin russia.]
“Crimea was Russian before communists.”
Well, it was a Russian navy base about 6 years before George Washington was sworn in. That damned Catherine the Great annexed it.
[Well, it was a Russian navy base about 6 years before George Washington was sworn in. That damned Catherine the Great annexed it.]
A Burke class destroyers requires is a minimum of 9m under the keel. This could get very entertaining.
This could get very interesting.
My fear is that Iran wants to really, really sink a major US Naval vessel. Could the Republican Guard be invited into Turkey with some long range weaponry and do the dirty work for Russia? Sure they could.
Why interests does the US have in the Black Sea?
[The deepest part of the Sea of Azov is 14m deep. The average depth is 7m.
A Burke class destroyers requires is a minimum of 9m under the keel. This could get very entertaining.]
[Why interests does the US have in the Black Sea?]
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/AZOV2006/HTML/TOPOGRAPHY/AzovSeaBatimetry.jpg
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