tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post4984179201114344852..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Russia's limits of actionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-16309417560324837602016-06-15T13:36:22.874+02:002016-06-15T13:36:22.874+02:00Slightly related:
"Most Europeans see Russia ...Slightly related:<br />"Most Europeans see Russia as a 'minor' threat compared to Islamic State (IS), the refugee crisis or other issues, a survey suggests.<br /><br />Roughly seven out of 10 people in the EU named IS, the jihadist group which recently carried out attacks in Paris and Brussels, as a 'major' menace in a new study by US think tank Pew, out on Tuesday (14 June)."<br /><br />https://euobserver.com/foreign/133815Rettawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-68104257461571195992016-06-12T12:57:04.125+02:002016-06-12T12:57:04.125+02:00Tell me about how the Russian air power was and is...Tell me about how the Russian air power was and is unrestricted in the Donbass conflict.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-80275373957972716692016-06-12T11:27:50.231+02:002016-06-12T11:27:50.231+02:00There are different kind of rituals. Western Ritua...There are different kind of rituals. Western Ritualised warfare today means especialliy strict ROEs, which the russian armed forces do not respect in the real practical warfare although the respect them rethorical. The diffference between the show outwards and the real acting in place is a advantage for the russian armed forces in comparison to western european armies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-36736031271119866782016-06-12T04:11:45.581+02:002016-06-12T04:11:45.581+02:00I read a book written by a native american (can...I read a book written by a native american (can't remember the name) when asked how he lost his land he sat on a bench with the questioner and slowly inched along the bench till the questioner fell off. The indian said "thats how i lost my land". If one can see the meaning behind that statement i think it would explain russia's 'aggesive and daring' behaviour concerning the baltic and various southern borders. ododlighetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-11772340711501789862016-06-09T23:00:50.465+02:002016-06-09T23:00:50.465+02:00A picture is worth a thousand words
Restoration of...A picture is worth a thousand words<br />Restoration of the Russian Empire and/or neo-Soviet influence?<br />https://onceuponatimeinthewest1.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/neo-soviet-military-influence.jpg<br />What is interesting with this 2008 map, is to see how the situation have evolved in some countries: Georgia, Libya, Moldova, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, normalization of relations between US and Cuba, the double game of Russia in Armenia (vassal State, recipient of Russian military aid) and Azerbaijan (planning the construction of a new Voronezh-DM early-warning radar for 2017?), and the regular Kremlin’s threat to deploy nukes in Kaliningrad and Crimea to counter NATO’s expansion.<br />I have some doubts that the 2008 comments on Iceland and Algeria (because of its special relations with France) could still apply today.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-46574401025361203092016-06-08T19:37:15.020+02:002016-06-08T19:37:15.020+02:00I suspect he would prefer indirect rule through CI...I suspect he would prefer indirect rule through CIS inregration for the former Asian SSRs, and direct rule only over the former European territories. <br /><br />Some people think of a state as a fiction that serves the people, while others think of state and nation as an entity in its own right. The greatness and power of the state are important to the latter group, even beyond the utility of greatness and power to the people.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-32484359355328657862016-06-08T18:51:38.458+02:002016-06-08T18:51:38.458+02:00Why do you think that Putin wants to rule over Tas...Why do you think that Putin wants to rule over Tashkent?<br /><br />Nostalgia?<br />Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com