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US Destroyer Enters Black Sea To "Reassure NATO Allies And Black Sea Partners"
The war of words between the west and Russia escalated some more on Wednesday after NATO's top military commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, said the Russian military presence at the border with Ukraine continued and released satellite photos of tanks, attack helicopters and war planes to validate this.
Russia promptly replied that it would have none of this, and not only denied once more that it has any plans to invade Ukraine, but foreign minister Lavrov said that Russia was merely retaliating to what it sees as a NATO build up in proximity to Russia:
"The constant accusations against us by the secretary general convince us that the alliance is trying to use the crisis in Ukraine to rally its ranks in the face of an imaginary external threat to Nato members and to strengthen demand for the alliance ... in the 21st century."
As opposed to the 19th century, one assumes, eh John Kerry?
Today it was NATO's turn to retaliate once more. First with words, after NATO Secretary General Rasmussen said: "I have this message to Russia: you have a choice to stop blaming others for your own actions, to stop massing your troops, to stop escalating this crisis and start engaging in a genuine dialogue." He added: "If Russia is serious about a dialogue, the first step should be to pull back its troops."
And then with actions, by explicitly confirming that Lavrov was absolutely correct when he accused NATO of building up weapons around Russia and thus forcing Russia on the defensive, when US destroyer Donald Cook crossed the Bosphorus overnight and entered the Black Sea. Why? To "show America's commitment to the region."
“The Donald Cook’s mission is to reassure NATO allies and Black Sea partners of America’s commitment to strengthen and improve interoperability while working towards mutual goals in the region,” Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steven Warren said.
More importantly, it will also reassure Russia and its citizens that their country's stance that the arms building up along Ukraine's borders is indeed simply to defend against a boosted NATO presence is valid, and will likely prompt even more of a troop and weapons build up.
Until finally someone on either side of the border "accidentally" fires a shot across into the other side and then the war of words will progress into the real thing.
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So keep an eye on further escalations by both NATO, and naturally Russia - which suddenly is once again on the defensive in its view - and perhaps on what Russia's aircraft carrier currently in Cyprus' port of Limassol is doing.
Some interesting ships in Limassol harbour this morning! #reds50 pic.twitter.com/ITdPdQJWlC
— Red8 (@RAFRed8) April 10, 2014
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things are movin pretty fast,....
We're sending ships but accusing Russia of a military "build-up." Hypocrisy, thy name is Uncle Sam.
Calling troops and equipment on a military base a "build-up" is like accusing a grocery store of hoarding food.
I'm more concerned with the military buildup within our own borders. Our local police department just got some nice slightly used military hardware.
Doc, are you in Washington, IA?
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2014/04/08/Opinions/37365.html
Nope, Indiana.
Sorry to hear that your area is occupied territory.
At least you have 911. Here in WA, it has been out most of the day.
I sure hope no one has an emergency. Now that I think about it, the response times won't change much,
Dr Engali, The Man From Nope.
I am pretty sure that is what everyone voted for.
Nope and change.
Turns out all those posters had a misprint. Bad spelling. Cannot be helped. It's Murika.
Omojo warned that he was going to do this "civilian army" crap in Colorado in 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKvRHaJ2w6w
As for the Daily Iowan newspaper, if the extreme leftists of Iowa City are worried, you know something is up.
Yeah. Stateside, the military calls 911 when someone starts shooting at them. The world's largest military base is defenseless but small town cops ride to the rescue.
Hate to say it, but there are only so many decent-paying jobs with benefits left in the private sector, that don't have a hire/fire policy indexed to stock price fluctuations. When the stock's Up, they hire. When it's down, they can't fire (lay off) fast enough. Except that their PR and legal sharks have told them to rephrase things. Early Retirement is now popular, as it sounds so caring and liberating.
Eventually, a guy will do what he has to do to pay the bills for his family (to get by) or for his brood of proper modern consumers (to make the finance people happy) -- as the case might be. History teaches us that there are ALWAYS plenty of people to do anything their masters ask or demand of them. I wouldn't put too much faith in the "decency" of these LEA guys, unless you know them really well, or (better still) have some serious dirt on them, like TPTB do. Plan accordingly.
Just take a look at what IRS agents will do for the Lightbringer. Now imagine the thoughts going through the heads of Bureau of Land Management "snipers" or Dept of Education SWAT team folks.
TSA agents dream of the day when they can sport a Glock on the hip, sayin' "We don't take no lip."
Rather nice gesture by the US,,,delivery of a new artificial reef,,well done.
What if Russia would send two to 5 ships for excersise towards the US border? If the US is free to go wherever they want, why not the Russians?
Russia should invest $5 billion in promoting democracy in Mexico.
They should start with rule of law. They could try our constitution for a while. We're not using it.
Might wanna double check those nautical charts.
Keep an eye on the Hummingbird too, when it gets into single digits, you might wanna stop.
pods
My regret is that it's not crewed by obama, hillary, horseface and the us congress. And bring Jeb for extra ballast.
If it's done for the benefit of the EU and NATO, shouldn't the EU or NATO be sending a ship, instead of the US/DOD using the EU and NATO as pretexts/cover for their own imperialist expansion?
So many questions, so few answers.
Text book false flag setup.. OK now im a little worried.
Currency wars >>> Current Sea Wars
Maybe they can can start shooting in July, that would be the 100th anniversary of the
"war to end all wars".
President Wilson's version of Hope.
Can you guys wait? I would like to finish Game of thrones and The walking dead....also my last AR15 build...
It's a very affordable hobby if you enjoy dry firing and saying "pow".
Remember the Maine.
That is all.
There's a ship I wouldn't want to be serving on. The US has a history of losing single ships sent into or near harms way that suddenly get attacked and go down. The Maine is a great example, but not the only one.
If you're on the ship, you better have your affairs in order.
I'm no fan of Putin or Yanukovich but the USA started this, going with $5bn to destabilize the democratically elected government - thanks, Victoria Nuland.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/angela-merkel-furious-nulands-f...
DavidC
Nuland works hard for Exxon Mobil and Chevron to liberate oppressed energy resources under tyrannic foreign ownership.
Free Brent Crude!
Sounds like a national treasure to me, when you put it that way.
plus she's a member of the tribe, dirty slimeballs
Sweet jesus, it is time for the CIA to get in the zodiac.
Someone here needs to call the CIA and let them know that there's problems brewing in Ukraine.
They really need to be there.
that would be bad.
surely there is some singing and dancing somewhere.
"I SAID I WANTED SOME BACLAVA, NOT BALICLAVA!"
Oh yeah, I feel a lot fucking safer now. Thanks a bunch.
Never underestimate the average Russian's resistance to hardship.
Napolean's on the way? Burn down the town.
Just start WWIII already.
DXY break down at the blue line
https://www.tradingview.com/x/c8slrKxW/
American exceptionalism in action!
We are going to need moar boats. The empire has it's hands full.
The USS Homo Transgendered to the rescue!
... It ain't over until Johnny Onions and the Liver Eaters sing...
Queue the Village People belting out "In The Navy".
im no fan of war. the postering is what scares me. over what-someone tell me what this is really about? america imperial march to base nato in ukraine? pipelines? petrodollar? maybe russia should send a destoyer to the pacific and see how americans like that...
well I hope their eyes and ears are on full alert....Russians hate to be challenged...they will fire the first shot..
Just watch out for Israeli torpedoes.
dont hear much about the bird shit covered islands over by japan anymore...
REREAD AS
obama sends sacrificial lamb to the slaughter...
benghazi redux
hey guys .... i got a fundraiser be back at ya tomorrow or so... and moochelle has to go to the vineyard and bo is getting antsy...
lots of luck all the best... ill watch on the drone vidfeed... ciao
Where are they going to find all the mercenaries to fight for Banksters and the NWO Politicians. Maybe they are remote controlled vehicles with clones of Jamie Dimon and Loyd Blankfein in them.
Cue Kd4 to Qe5 : Russian nuclear weapon capability to Iran. Check!
Please Tyler, don't be so dramatic.
It's ONE ship. It isn't a threat. The US and Russia are not going to shoot at one another. Why? Because no one really gives a shit about Ukraine.
*Yawn*
When's lunch?
All this feels like another build up to invade Syria. The Israelis still want it, so it's still viable. BTW, are Israeli diplomats still on strike. I ask because 3 of them were arrested at an airport in India a few days ago. I wish India well.
There's currently 11 Russia surface ships in the Med + Subs .. I don't think Syria is going to happen yet.
U.S. Government = shit for brains
Russia's answer for those pesky US Ships:
http://youtu.be/qGnnmjbn-sE
US fleet, meet Iskander missiles, just in case you get some sort'a idea before going all Western movies...
Where are they going to find all the mercenaries to fight for Banksters and the NWO Politicians. Maybe they are remote controlled vehicles with clones of Jamie Dimon and Loyd Blankfein in them.
There are still plenty of "Merikans" willing to die for the flag...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfp09W-EJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG1xsENCaQA
The Neoconservative Communists have demoralized Americans for nearly 40 years, at least 3 generations. If there are any remaining Patriots, the fight is at home, not over there. Protect your homeland.
Look, Obomber is not going to do anything and if he does it will make things worse.
One sea mine away from an impromptu reef.
the USS Donald Cook carries the Aegis BMD system, so this is the US putting BMD into the Black Sea, in close proximity to Russia's only warm water port.
how can that possibly be of concern to Russia?
regarding Russian warm water ports:
Kalingrad on the Baltic sea and Murmansk in the arctic are also ice free year round
"US Destroyer Enters Black Sea To "Reassure NATO Allies And Black Sea Partners"
Perhaps sending back gold to Angela is the best way to reassure Allies and even the World.
Good point. Threat of invasion is a great way to confiscate gold from Turkey? Why doesn't China buy it directly from Turkey? Why confiscate, then sell to China? Could the Turkish government be stupid enough to give away its sovereignty indirectly to China? Sure they can, the US and UK did!
What?! The USS Liberty crossed into the Black Sea.
Ruh roh!
The enemy isn't Russia, it's the CFR. The CFR was started by a Communist, and its members are Communists. Do your own research. It began, in America, with E.M. House.
Another economic/banker instigated fucking war is brewing! Im an american citizen but id be rooting for russia if war broke out, how am i supposed to feel about this? Someone tell these clowns that news propoganda doesnt work that well anymore. 22 us veteran suicides a day, men wracked with guilt from fighting senseless and illegal wars no doubt
Your enemy is anyone who wants to turn you into a slave.
...commitment to the region.
Is the crew donned in coveralls and armed with pitchforks?
If they want to show commitment to the region, have Mooschelle take the spawn on an all-expense vacation to Kiev.
Say Hello to my little friend!
The USS Sitting Duck has arrived and awaiting your (Jamie's) orders Mr President.
Cue 'In the Navy' - Village People 1978
"The Donald cook" is that thing named after a now unemployed Crimerian burgerflipper ?
so some crappy satellite photos of Russian military equipment at Russian military bases inside of Russia necessitate a NATO military build up in eastern Europe and the Black sea.
but at least we can rest assured that there will be no US "boots on the ground".
oh, wait..
NATO commander says US troops may be deployed to Europe over Ukrainian crisis
and of course yet another diplomatic overture by Putin is being ignored by the west as general breedlove has just shot the most recent attempt down with the statement that if Russia wants to talk seriously about solving the Ukraine crises diplomatically they must first withdrawal from the boarder...
so he's saying Russian must pull it's military back.
from it's own border.
inside it's own country.
all while NATO continues to build up it's own presence and promises more to come.
yeah, cause that makes perfect sense.
one might just conclude from all this that the west is intentionally trying to provoke Russia to the point where they will have no choice but to throw the first punch...
If you closely look at those same crappy satellite photos you see the Donald Cook towing an enormous red line behind him.
Wonder where he is going to drop it.
One thing for sure, you cannot trust the American Gov.
They are exceptional "Liars and Thieves"!
They will False flag something, and of course the Presstitutes will con the easily conned American public with a "special bulletin just out" following American Idol (because they won't interupt that show) and the couch parked unemployed, potatoe chip eating American's will swallow it hook line and Pepsi.
What a sad state of affairs.
Perhaps the Mayan civilization ended this way, with one group thinking they were exceptional.
I have always said on ZH that the West's incursions into Ukraine and Crimea were primarily about installing NATO on Russia's borders to further surround it and contain it from whatever the latest paranoid belief is. Putin outflanked them and may do so again by moving into East Ukraine, leaving West Ukraine to align itself with the bankrupt EU. Good luck with that.
Recent events have proved me right and this latest spew from NATO Secretary General Rasmussen confirms it.
A realistic way of viewing Russia's response to what NATO is trying to do is to consider what the USG response would be if Russia installed vast quantities of military hardware and missiles along the Mexican border with the US. We all know the USG would not tolerate it.
" ...and contain it from whatever the latest paranoid belief is."
Nice one.
But don't lose sight of the bigger game, Ukraine is not as significant as breaking the back of US meddling in EU foreign policy and action. The Russians are stuck with Ukraine, one way or another, NATO will not defend it and actually can't, plus already said they won't get into it, militarily, with Russia.
But Moscow can get rid of the US in Europe, so that the strategic bullshit that it causes both Moscow and all other European capitals finally goes away, all they have to do is pressure Europe to tell Washington to get out of Europe.
What the hell is wrong with Europe, they're 700 million people and they seem to think they need the 320 million USA war-criminal to protect them ... still? ... really?
The US has occupied Germany for seventy years -- I don't think it will end soon.
What's wrong with Europe?
France: world's leading manufacturer of white flags.
Germany: serious constitutional limitations on militarisation.
Italy: makes the world's only tank with more reverse gears than forward gears.
Britain: its defence & spying agencies are fully integrated with the US, and inseparable.
There is nobody else worth mentioning.
It's quite obvious what the US is seeking to do with this shit, they've done it numerous times in that past, for example:
Only this time the dopey feckless clowns like Kerry and Obaaaaahma are actually trying such idiotic crap on a major nuclear power.
Classic post-2008 US Tragi-Hope.
I smell a false flag
If it is a false flag, know that all this is being staged to convince you to become a slave to those who promise more security after the false flag op. The same people guilty of the false flag want to control you by promising you protection. This is an old tactic, but they use it because it works evey time.
I smell Pussy Riot!
Perhaps Lavrov could explain how massing troops on Ukraine's LAND BORDER is intended to defend against NATO naval vessels in the Black Sea.
It's O-V-E-R
The fall of the USSA will be swift & shocking. Prepare accordingly.
JFK once said (paraphrasing), "Any man who is asked in this century what he has done to make his life worthwhile, could say with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the United States Navy."
I am truly ashamed. This Skipper must do the right thing here.
Kennedy. Dead. The Navy. Dead. Killed by the same assassins.
Look at the second picture. The tweet'r was high in his own airplane or helicopter above an aircraft carrier, caught the picture AS the jets were flying formation. Sure. Fuck that.
Countdown to the Pussy Riot .............................................finally! Woohoo!
I think Reverend Wright's uptight Trinity Church could use some Pussy Riot.
Anti-Maidan activists have detained a foreign national in Kharkov’s Beketova Street and posted the video footage on the web. The same video features a group of aggressive people using strong language while interrogating an unidentified person wearing the uniform of the Sokol (Falcon) police task force.
The unknown man, pinned to the ground, speaks English and says he is a US citizen.
This proves the earlier reports that US mercenaries have indeed arrived to take part in a military operation in the southeast of Ukraine. The mercenaries have indeed changed into the uniforms of one of Ukraine’s elite police task forces.
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_10/Crisis-in-Ukraine-anti-Maidan-p...
Finally, some intelligent Ukrainians are taking power away from western interlopers.
US military on the move for NATO/Europe oil interests.
Leftwing protesters blocking traffic and screaming hysterically in anti-war marches in
3...
2...
WAIT!
WHO is it in control now? WHO is it running the American war machine? WHO is beholden to BIG OIL and BIG Banking and BIG Corporate and BIG money in politics?
NOTHING TO SEE HERE! MOVE ALONG!! HOPE AND CHANGE!! MOVE ALONG!!
There are some Starbucks windows to smash
and Monsanto GMOs to trash.....
Then take your Government Phone
and leave ANTI_WAR talk alone....
US Homo Navy vs USSR Pussy Riot. Too close to call!
always, I mean ALWAYS bet on the pussy...
Ready the fiat cannons and high frequency propaganda lasers!
You can get into the Black sea. Can you get out?
Only in lifeboats.
Hey US sailors, stop obeying illegal, unconstitutional orders. You took an oath to defend the US constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Did you ever think about actually upholding that oath?
Your bosses are foreign infiltrators and their lackeys. Uphold your oath.
'Ship 'o Fools'
They're doing it again ... laughing at us
Where do they get these names from ...
War Chief = Breed Love.
I give up.
All of this is bullish, of course. Check your memories or look at stock charts from when we invaded Iraq, March 2003, if memory serves correctly.
Meanwhile, a friend says her son in the Army reserve has been told to be prepared to deploy to Africa next year. Is there any possibility that this entire agenda has been pre-planned some time ago?
That is a rhetorical question.
Isn't the Kracken around there somewhere? Release it and let's get this myth-buster going
Not to worry folks. The US has not won any "wars" since 1945
Huh? We won two wars in Iraq and a war in Afghanistan. True, we weren't able to stop Iraqis and Afghanis from continuing to kill each other afterwards, but the war part was won.
And nobody else has challenged us to a war where we weren't at a complete geographic and logistical disadvantage (Korea, Vietnam). Putin's playing hardball in this case because the territory in question is right on his border.
Delusional...
So the US is sending a destroyer to the Black Sea - how to you say "disposable pawn" in Russian?
Yugo?
No one believes one iota of the USSA script anymore.
It's beyong tiresome - it's cringingly embarrassing.
'Change You Can Believe In'
hmmm... that's funny.
the MSM hasn't said a word about this.
wonder why.
oops.
/sarc
Maybe their lookin' for Malaysian Flight MH370?
do not mock freedom
you scum
for you are free.
do not laugh at the us navy.
do not mock the uss donald duck
it is not a sitting quaking thing.
israel is are friend
they would never
hurt us.
do not remember the uss liberty
How about the USS Disney Magic?
This stuff is soooo last century, Jeezus!
So, we sent one destroyer into the Black Sea? That seems really stupid unless it is there to try to gather some sort of information or extract somebody. The Donald Cook has been retrofitted to carry the most current of versions of the AEGIS weapons systems. I am no expert on these types of weapons systems but that would be the only logical reason that you would send in just one destroyer. It is there for confirmation on targeting. The AEGIS system seems to be questionable in some cases.
One has wonder what the sailors aboard the Donald Cook must be thinking right about now. Someone said it earlier on this post that American servicemen did not sign up to to protect NATO. They signed up and swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. At least a few of those sailors must be wondering why they are now in the Black Sea alone.
I have a better idea. How about the Donald Cook turns about and heads for it's home port.
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE
Children, can you say Anti Ship Missle Magnet?
Sure, I knew you could!
Clusterfuck inbound, brace for impact.
War is a racket.
Sending in a single boat? That's like taking a sling shot to a shoot out.