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US To Send Drones, Humvees To Ukraine, Boost Russia Sanctions As Moscow May "Deploy Nuclear Weapons In Crimea"

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So much for the second Minsk ceasefire. A few hours ago, the US returned to its strategy of escalating Russian "costs" when it placed sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatists and a Russian bank, warning that recent attacks by rebels armed by Russia violated a European-brokered ceasefire in the war-torn country.

"If Russia continues to support destabilizing activity in Ukraine and violate the Minsk agreements and implementation plan, the already substantial costs it faces will continue to rise," Adam Szubin, the Treasury Department's acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement announcing the sanctions.

As Reuters adds, "the sanctions signal Washington is ratcheting up pressure on Moscow a day after accusing Russia of sending tanks and heavy military equipment into Ukraine, which a top U.S. official also said breached the Minsk accord agreed on Feb. 12."  What was not said is that this also comes a day after the US sent over 100 tanks and armors to Russia neighbor Latvia in a move that would, from the Kremlin's perspective, signal further NATO arms build up on its borders.

Among the more prominent individuals sanctioned was Roman Lyagin, who chairs an election commission in separatist territory. The U.S. Treasury accused him of preventing voting in Ukraine's May presidential election.

 

Lyagin said he was not a fighter and was playing a peaceful role in the separatists' activities.

 

"It's the opposite, I do my best to stop the bloodshed," he said.

The full list of sanctioned individuals, as well the Russian National Commercial Bank, can be found here.

The Russian response to the latest sanction pending, but the response may have been hinted at earlier today when an official from Russia's Foreign Ministery said the nation has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, however he added "he knew of no plans to do so."

"I don't know if there are nuclear weapons there now. I don't know about any plans, but in principle Russia can do it," said Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the ministry's department on arms control, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.

And finally, indicating that the semi-hot escalation between the US and Russia is close to getting out of control, AP reported moments ago that Vice President Joe Biden told Ukraine's president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include small drones and armored Humvees.

The White House said in a statement that Biden delivered the news in a call to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, while expressing concern that Russian-backed separatists are violating cease-fire agreements in eastern Ukraine and keeping out international monitors.

 

U.S. officials, speaking on a condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the aid on the record, said the aid includes some small Raven drones systems, which can be launched by hand. The U.S. will also send 30 heavily armored Humvees and 200 other regular Humvees, as well as radios, counter-mortar radars and other equipment. All of the aid is nonlethal, and the drones are not armed.

AP adds that the drones and other equipment, not including the Humvees, are worth about $75 million. It's not clear how many drones would be sent or what the Humvees cost.

The good news: unlike US Humvees in Iraq, there are no ISIS soldiers in Ukraine who will "confiscate" this latest US taxpayer funded gift. At least not yet.

Finally, anyone curious why Joe Biden may have an extra special interest in preserving the Ukraine stats quo, here is a reminder:

Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest private gas producer, has expanded its Board of Directors by bringing on Mr. R Hunter Biden as a new director.

R. Hunter Biden will be in charge of the Holdings’ legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations. On his new appointment, he commented: “Burisma’s track record of innovations and industry leadership in the field of natural gas means that it can be a strong driver of a strong economy in Ukraine. As a new member of the Board, I believe that my assistance in consulting the Company on matters of transparency, corporate governance and responsibility, international expansion and other priorities will contribute to the economy and benefit the people of Ukraine.”

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burisma Holdings, Mr. Alan Apter, noted: “The company’s strategy is aimed at the strongest concentration of professional staff and the introduction of best corporate practices, and we’re delighted that Mr. Biden is joining us to help us achieve these goals.”

R. Hunter Biden is a counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, a national law firm based in New York, USA, which served in cases including “Bush vs. Gore”, and “U.S. vs. Microsoft”. He is one of the co-founders and a managing partner of the investment advisory company Rosemont Seneca Partners, as well as chairman of the board of Rosemont Seneca Advisors. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Masters Program in the School of Foreign Service.

Mr. Biden has experience in public service and foreign policy. He is a director for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, The Center for National Policy, and the Chairman’s Advisory Board for the National Democratic Institute. Having served as a Senior Vice President at MBNA bank, former U.S. President Bill Clinton appointed him an Executive Director of E-Commerce Policy Coordination under Secretary of Commerce William Daley. Mr. Biden served as Honorary Co-Chair of the 2008 Obama-Biden Inaugural Committee.

Mr. Biden is a member of the bar in the State of Connecticut, and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Court of Federal Claims. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

R. Hunter Biden is also a well-known public figure. He is chairman of the Board of the World Food Programme U.S.A., together with the world’s largest humanitarian organization, the United Nations World Food Programme. In this capacity he offers assistance to the poor in developing countries, fighting hunger and poverty, and helping to provide food and education to 300 million malnourished children around the world.

 

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:26 | 5877594 jomama
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bullish, bitchez.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877608 Hitlery_4_Dictator
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That's like, totally radicical dude.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:30 | 5877625 strannick
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So we're going to risk WW3 so Joe Biden's son can steal some Ukranian Natgas consessions?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:38 | 5877631 ukspreads
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Meanwhile the DAX is starting to close in on 12000 !!!!

WTF 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:40 | 5877676 swass
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This can only end well.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:43 | 5877690 Took Red Pill
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Here’s a good analysis of the current situation between Russia, NATO, US and Europe;

 

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9459602/its-nato-thats-empire-building-not-putin/

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:48 | 5877705 Gaius Frakkin' ...
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Try to look at the bright side. Hopefully some of those APCs the local thugs have will go to the front lines and get blown to hell.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:58 | 5878032 new game
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not to be drama king, but this is a fucking retarded escalation of a situation that shouldn't even be happening. in your face russia; just plain full retard by empire out of control. GERMANY, HELP, SAY NEIN, PLEASE STEP UP AND REMIND THE WORLD OF THE PAST. just fucking sad...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:39 | 5878259 Chupacabra-322
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That pic of Biden's son should be posted up on every post in the Ukraine with "Wanted Dear or Alive" written on it.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:49 | 5878308 Miffed Microbio...
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But he seems like such a nice young man. Such a humanitarian. Food and assistance for those trouble nations in need. Some of you have become too cynical and insensitive. Besides, he has hair. Isn't that all it takes today?

Miffed

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 15:54 | 5878865 mkkby
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Vicki Nuland says Russia started it, so that's good enough for me. 

Who wants to bet that $75 million in equipment doesn't somehow end up with ISIS, or sold to line PorkyShank's pockets?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 17:30 | 5879211 FlyinHigh
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Hunter Biden Suks just like his Daddy.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:09 | 5879964 wee-weed up
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The kid is butt-ugly!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 22:03 | 5880156 Manthong
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Hey, if the Russians turn off the NG, Biden can always ship CIA coke to eastern Europe in cleaning pigs.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/bidens-son-hunter-kicked-out-of-the-navy-after-failing-cocaine-test/

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 22:56 | 5880279 Self-enslavement
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Ok, on the count of three, all countries bomb ISRAEL!

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 01:18 | 5880485 nidaar
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"US To Send Drones, Humvees To Ukraine, Boost Russia Sanctions As Moscow May "Deploy Nuclear Weapons In Crimea"

Bringing a knife to a gun fight?

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 03:50 | 5880632 edotabin
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I was wondering if that headline is a bunch of bullshit as I was scrolling down the messages. Crimea is a stone's throw from Russia.  What the hell difference would it make if they put nuclear weapons there?

What gun fight? Many nations are capable of delivering nuclear warheads from hundreds and thousands of miles away.

Something's off here......

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:16 | 5880721 Lore
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Nuclear deployments don't happen by themselves. Permanent emplacements require huge investment in logistics, infrastructure and support.  Essentially, you build a town (base) around them. The message is that Russia has no intention of giving ground.  The Crimeans essentially asked Russia to extend their defensive shroud around that peninsula, and now the Russians are seen to be acting on that request, with the greatest possible determination. 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 07:58 | 5880822 edotabin
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Nothing happens by itself. I don't think anyone in their right minds thought they would just up and leave anyway. They have pretty much solidified their position. I appreciate the reply but it still sounds like staged, attention-getter headline to me....... just fail to see the significance of this goofy announcement.

For 65 years all they talk about is nuclear weapons and blah, blah, blah.  It's quite obvious it's all posturing. Then, in '91 when the Soviet Union collapsed, all of a sudden Russia was our friend and no mention of the nukes. They magically disappeared or didn't matter for some reason. Now all of a sudden they are back. I call horse shit.

 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 15:22 | 5882615 Lore
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Kinda reminds me of a bar fight. Those start with bluster and posturing, too.  And the reasons usually seem stupid in retrospect.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 19:07 | 5879530 Thirst Mutilator
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 "Besides, he has hair. Isn't that all it takes today?"

 

Bald is where it's at these days... Upstairs & down... Where TF u been hiding?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:49 | 5877692 AlaricBalth
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Vice President Joe Biden, faces no automatic review of his law license in Connecticut following his discharge from the U.S. Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine use, Connecticut legal authorities said Friday.

Hunter Biden works in Washington as a private equity executive and board director of an international (Ukrainian) energy firm, but he is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, where attorneys' privileges can be examined under a disciplinary review system. Legal clients, state lawyers, judges and any citizen can file grievances, but as of Friday, none had been filed, authorities said.

Lawyers in Connecticut face automatic review of their bar admission only when they have been convicted of a crime, said Michael P. Bowler, Connecticut's Statewide Bar Counselor, who heads a team of lawyers that investigate attorney grievances. Criminal convictions have to be reviewed by a statewide grievance committee, as do other complaints, which can range from drug and alcohol abuse to inadequate legal representation.

"At this point, I'm not aware that Mr. Biden has been arrested for anything, and certainly not convicted," Bowler said. The Navy's brief confirmation of Biden's discharge did not cite any arrest or charges. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press he was kicked out after testing positive for cocaine, confirming what was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Bowler added that Biden had told state authorities in 2007 that he was also admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C. Current District of Columbia bar records do not show Biden as member.

The Navy said Thursday that Biden was discharged in February from a part-time position as a public affairs officer in the Navy Reserve but did not provide a reason. Biden released a statement through his attorney saying, "I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge."

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:13 | 5877817 Squid Viscous
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nothing wrong with a little blow. just stay off our dime you fucking POS...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 15:48 | 5878855 mkkby
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Does every VP son grow up to be a piece of shit?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 23:17 | 5880327 agNau
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Hunter Biden, a chip off the old stupid.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:16 | 5877829 maskone909
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nose candy?  candy makes you dandy!  plus he could be pre-uh-dent like gwb

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:30 | 5877868 fleur de lis
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Is the Connecticut bar all that difficult?  And how did he ever survive law school and the Navy? Those places require discipline.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:45 | 5877695 y3maxx
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WW 3 Putin will send Qatar/Saudi Arabia to kingdom come...no pun intended

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:48 | 5877706 McMolotov
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On one hand, this means there are fewer drones and humvees for the feds to give to police departments.

On the other hand, this brings us one step closer to being vaporized at any second, so...

I think the glass is half full of shit.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:17 | 5877835 TheFourthStooge-ing
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Look at the bright side. It means that in a couple months, the Armed Forces of Novorossia will have more drones and humvees.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:27 | 5877888 pendragon
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moforussia

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:59 | 5878360 Max Steel
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pussyriot .

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 14:03 | 5878377 Ignatius
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Or maybe it means their marginal cost per unit is dropping...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 18:56 | 5879486 Perimetr
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Why waste more time, send them tactical nukes.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 16:59 | 5879107 Kirk2NCC1701
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"This can only end well."

Yup, you gotta read BETWEEN the lines, and look for what's Missing...

1. The US is recycling its old inventory -- bullish for its MIC.

2. The arms will end up in Rebel hands anyway, so... "It's All Good"

3. Hunter Biden won't make the company rich, but they'll make him richer, while on its payroll.

In the meantime, I'd like to see the US loan the Ukes a couple of their Stealth Bombers, to see the Ruskies use them for target practice. Should be entertaining and educational*, no matter how that would turn out.

* What Radar Cross-Section (RCS) do these planes emit, and what can the Russian tech detect? I'd imagine that ground-based radar could/should be complemented with drone-based radar, whereby a part of the Retro-Reflection X-section(RRX) is picket up by the multitude of airborne radars. Given the cost of the Stealth planes, you can build a heck of a lot of Drone-based radar systems and Drone-based Air-to-Air rockets.

IOW... "Quantity has a quality all of its own", as Stalin used to say.

Punchline: There's NO way a stealth plane could take out dozens or hundreds of drones, before getting detected, targeted and shot down.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 20:48 | 5879880 conscious being
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Captain, is it really all that dufficult? There is no way to stealth the heat signature.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:04 | 5877781 Bossman1967
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Cant we just get this party started

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:33 | 5877640 FreeShitter
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I thnk agenda 21 is still their main goal.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:47 | 5877704 angel_of_joy
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They can have their agenda but the simple fact is that they are too broke to implement it...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 17:26 | 5879191 Big Corked Boots
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As long as you have money, they aren't broke.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:26 | 5880729 Lore
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They offer to store your money and loan at interest, so they're never broke!  Such a cool con.  After all these centuries, it still works!  Oh, wait...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:21 | 5877857 El Vaquero
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Some people might tell you that global thermonuclear war is bad for the environment.  Something about fallout. 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 14:02 | 5878375 knukles
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Global Thermonuclear War is GOOD for the environment.  It will rewarm the cold portions of the planet, all the shit thrown up into the air will stop the sun from heating the place, combating global warming and man will become extinct meaning that Gaia can regroup with cockroaches and Spam sandwiches ....

And if the cockroaches ever learn to build homes, there'll be one hell, of a lot of windows needs replacing, giving Paul Krugman's ashes a tremendous woodie

Booyah motherfuckers.

It's all good.

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:34 | 5877646 stant
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No they are going to war because the debt scam is about to blow. Don't have to pay or feed dead people

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:40 | 5877679 V in PA
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NO. WWIII will happen regardless. Joe Biden is just setting up his family to get rich off of it. Thats what they (elite) do.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:31 | 5880730 Lore
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Interesting that junior gets stationed in the selected war zone. A little friction between generations?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:03 | 5878059 drendebe10
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Stoopud fukn arrogant narcissistic fudgepacker 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:03 | 5878061 drendebe10
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Stoopud fukn arrogant narcissistic fudgepacker 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:31 | 5877632 ILLILLILLI
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Uncle Sam's Used Cars and Drones...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 20:23 | 5879793 The Chief
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Never bring a drone to a nuke fight.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:35 | 5877659 SHEEPFUKKER
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Are we still using the euphemism "military advisors" or can we call them troops now?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:38 | 5877674 CrimsonAvenger
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No, let's keep up the facade for now. Helps people sleep easier at night (American people, anyway; I doubt Ukrainians get much sleep either way.)

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:47 | 5877701 Took Red Pill
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and what's the difference again between freedom fighters and terrorists?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:02 | 5877769 BlindMonkey
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What are the DPR/LPR accused of in violation of the Minsk2 agreements? It was the Ukies that didn't withdraw heavy weapons.

Oh wait. It must have been that repair job in the railroad. Or something.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:51 | 5878321 Anunnaki
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Obama hates winners

As a coward himself, he prefers neo Nazis who are good at killing and raping civilians but fighting in actual battles? Not so much

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:35 | 5880736 Lore
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Golf is a kind of battle.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:14 | 5877819 e_goldstein
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That depends completely on which side you are on.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877609 ParkAveFlasher
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Humvees and drones?  Why not!  We have plenty of them laying around.  Might as well let the Latvians play with 'em!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877613 NotApplicable
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If there's any abstraction more evil than "representative government," I'm not aware of it.

Stupid fucking statists are going to kill us all.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:32 | 5877633 KingGenius
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This is their solution to give millenials jobs so they can pay back those student loans.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:41 | 5877680 10mm
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Don't forget the immigrants so they can now go into the meat grinder. 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:42 | 5877685 V in PA
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Similar to how they gave jobs to baby-boomers in Vietnam.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:09 | 5877804 chunga
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Yeah but it's bad because "mob rule". Blah.

These so called representatives fuck shit up every single solitary time. MOb rule would string these pricks up by their balls and we'd all be better off except them.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:12 | 5877809 estebanDido
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Like I always say, they only represent themselves. The fucks are in charge, time to run away and hide. Is it democratic for the mayority on citizens to hang a president in a public square? I always wonder.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:29 | 5877617 BLOTTO
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Ezekiel 38...

.

Gog is ruffling his feathers.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:47 | 5877703 czarangelus
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Oh my fucking god dude. Gog and Magog have been Germany and France; the USA and the USSR; France and Russia; and pretty much every other combination of two powers. How many times do you have to be wrong before you start admitting that the book doesn't say what you think it says?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:35 | 5877862 BLOTTO
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Magog - a specific geograhical area of the world (Russia...furthest country north of Israel)

Iran (Persia)

Sudan (Cush)

Libya (Put)

E. Europe (Gomer)

Turkey (Togarmiah)

.

Germany...and France? are not in the land of Magog

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:29 | 5878208 Volkodav
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Ancient maps show other than Russia

you learned from amateurs..not scholars

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 14:07 | 5878404 Max Steel
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religious gibberish 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:20 | 5878150 Volkodav
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right....it is none of those...or that   people or place

How many times wrong?  check Hal Lindsey and his ilk...

not prophets, but for profit

 

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:14 | 5878121 Volkodav
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Ignorant post...

Look many ancient maps for that identity

Gen 10:3

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:46 | 5877696 Max Damage
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The people of Europe are worried. Not about Russia, but about the USA fuctards and our own puppet leaders

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:05 | 5877783 BlindMonkey
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True. I had 3 conversations with Germans and one Turk in Frankfurt. That about nailed it. I believe the proposed EU army isn't about Russia but getting an army that doesn't have the American stench on it in Europe.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:45 | 5878290 Wile-E-Coyote
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The consensus over here is the USA will get us all fucking killed. There is NO appetite for a war with Russia; we know this is a Nuland construct.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:40 | 5880441 perchprism
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I think you Euroweenies need to get with the program and not be so knee-jerk anti-nuclear annihilation. Why not give it a test drive at least, before coming out all whiny and sniveling about it?? Have you ever been imprinted on a wall? How about your outline, or silhouette? No? Then what the fuck are you crying about?

Modern day nuclear strategy poo-poohs the mushroom cloud: Better results are had from aerial bursts, not surface detonations. It's the latter that cause radioactive fallout. So you see, nuclear warfare has come a long way since it was last tried in 1945. You are much likelier now to be caught on fire 30 kilometers from ground zero now, with all exposed flesh searing off the bone instantly from about 13 kCal per square cm thermo- radiation. Chill out.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 01:48 | 5880525 StychoKiller
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Chill out, with thermo-radiation?  Methinks not! :>D

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:47 | 5877699 YouSerious
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Putin is cruising for a bruising!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:53 | 5877725 czarangelus
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Punishment for Hasbara will be the removal of fingers.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:47 | 5877700 YouSerious
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Putin is cruising for a bruising!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:01 | 5877764 Squid Viscous
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lol, back to Zio-troll school for you... minus 1000 shekels

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:14 | 5877822 JailBank
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Wasn't Hunter drummed out of the Naval reserves for testing positive for coke on his first drug test as well? HAHAHAH what a fuckhead. He even knew he was going to be tested, but couldn't stay off the nose candy.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 02:28 | 5880559 NuckingFuts
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He just likes the way it smells.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:40 | 5880741 zerocash
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"The good news: unlike US Humvees in Iraq, there are no ISIS soldiers in Ukraine who will "confiscate" this latest US taxpayer funded gift. At least not yet."

The separatists captured at least one Humvee from Ukrainian troops at Debaltsevo.

http://orientalreview.org/2015/02/19/ukrainegate-nato-weapons-for-truce/

Given the ineptness of the Ukrainian army and their tendency to run away leaving their arms the US supplied Humvees will sooner or later end up in rebel hands.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:27 | 5877601 dimwitted economist
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WW III is getting closer... Will Wall st like this? 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:33 | 5877639 10mm
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Not if there in the Cross Hairs.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:55 | 5877731 unplugged
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nah - just yet another huge pissing contest like the cuban missile crises, etc - to keep the MIC funded

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:02 | 5877771 Squid Viscous
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seems like a good reason to slam gold down another $10

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:27 | 5877605 hedgeless_horseman
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"If Russia continues to support destabilizing activity in Ukraine ...

Only the USA is allowed to support destabilizing activity in Ukraine.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:46 | 5877698 hampsterwheel
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The US government has never learned --- they lay piles of S**t everywhere they go -- in Korea - the Chinese didn't care if the US troops kicked the S**T out of the N. Koreans so long as they didn't cross the 38th parallel and put troops on the Yalu River - -- they warned McCarthur, Warned Truman, sent cables, called, told the UN, .... they couldn't have been more clear - what did the US do -- told the to F**k off - .... so 1 million screaming reds came a runnin' south -- up until that point there were only 2,000 dead GI's --- two years later.... 48,000 more dead GI's and where did the line get drawn..... right were the Chinese wanted it drawn before the million deaths........ nothing changes.... the founders were right - perhaps because they knew we'd just muck it up....

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:37 | 5877937 Miffed Microbio...
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Your post implies the government is simply stupid in tactical decisions. I'm afraid in reality that the death of these men frankly was of little consideration or remorse.

U S foreign policy appears to me to resemble a toddler having a temper tantrum while playing Whac A Mole.

Miffed

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877610 Panic Mode
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Yeah and it takes 45 seconds to reach your country. We all heard it all. 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877612 vyeung
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Zionists are desperate for WW3! They need it becoz their scam USD is about to blow up together with its BS debt paper!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:30 | 5877626 NotApplicable
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Kind of a misnomer labeling a more than century-old plan as "desperation."

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 16:06 | 5878911 mkkby
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Kind of dishonest calling the USD "about to blow", when it's rising exponentially against every other currency.  The truth is the others are much closer to blowing.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:22 | 5880425 cornfritter
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if it's true it's already lost 98% of it's purchasing power already, seems like it's already kinda fizzed out.  unfortunately the indians down south invented the zero... so if they were from venezuala, then they'll get their comeupins.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:58 | 5877749 unplugged
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the oligarchs are desparte to instill fear to keep themselves "needed", and to fund their MIC - the current fearmongering isnt working: ISIS, Ukraine - hell, no one I talk to knows anything about Ukraine - I get a blank stare back - "uh duh Ukraine?  what's that?"

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 19:23 | 5879588 TungstenBars
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Ugh..things like that make the idea of millions of American fuckheads disappearing seem not at all that bad. 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 01:52 | 5880530 StychoKiller
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"Oops, I misspoke, I meant to say:  'Your Trane,' i.e. your air conditioner, is it running?"

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:26 | 5880432 cornfritter
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that's largely because the generation behind don't really care much about TV .. nor do those of us who have become increasingy aware in the past couple decades ... the remaining mind controlled power base is largely the elderly and some percentage welfare recipients, network traffic analysis would show the current state of affairs (on a daily basis i'm sure ;-)  people are even falling out of the left right talk radio dialect

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:28 | 5877615 czarangelus
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The Jews just can't help themselves, can they?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:35 | 5877653 FreeShitter
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Ze jews vill never be at peace until all ze goyim are dead and ve rule ze world!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:45 | 5877694 V in PA
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If all the goyim die, there wouldn't be anymore (debt) slaves to rip off.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:55 | 5877730 Ass Burger
Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:28 | 5880433 cornfritter
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how long will it take the robots to figure it? :-)

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:30 | 5877622 Slomotrainwreck
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Whaa? Those are perfectly good Police armament vehicles. Why are they giving them away to foreigners when they are in such dire need here in the US?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:38 | 5877673 chunga
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Mayberry is going all new. These colors don't run.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:30 | 5877623 Big Corked Boots
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LEAVE.

THE.

RUSSIANS.

ALONE.

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 16:08 | 5878926 mkkby
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Disband the US government and go back to 50 separate sovereign states.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 02:22 | 5880554 Alvin Fernald
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Articles of Confederation are better than the Constitution.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:31 | 5877630 suteibu
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Don't understand the slow crawl.  The majority of Americans don't care and those that do know the whole thing is a scam from the beginning.  Who do they think they are deceiving?

I imagine these guys giggling and rubbing their hands together a la Monty Burns after every escalation.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:32 | 5877637 will ling
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.... and the sheepulace drones on... until the "flash".

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:32 | 5877638 aliki
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drones - sending in real "defensive" weapons

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:55 | 5877732 oddjob
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Wedding season is fast approaching.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:47 | 5877979 Jethro
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HAHAHAHAHAHA

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:34 | 5877644 youngman
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Why Humvees...send those old russian cars....they are tough as nails...and run forever...

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:05 | 5878072 Volkodav
Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:07 | 5879957 Parrotile
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Owned one of those (Niva, not tank :-) )

Waterproof headlights, waterproof electrics. Survived a "dunk" in the Tamar River (Devon / Cornwall border) after a miscalculation on a public slipway, and carried on completely unaffected (apart from the sodden interior!)

http://s3.vidimg.popscreen.com/original/21/X2FEUGJjZ09qclkx_o_lada-niva-4x4-extreme-offroad---water-mud.jpg

IMHO a far better "off-road plaything" than the Suzuki SJ410 - and far less prone to roll-overs.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 07:53 | 5880825 acommenter
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It drinks too much gasoline, and it has too much noise. But everyone is afraid of me and always have right of passage amongst cars!

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:39 | 5877645 JustObserving
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The Nobel Prize Winner proving why he deserved his Nobel Peace Prize.

It is payback for Putin for supporting Assad and giving asylum to Snowden.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:34 | 5877650 melickisa
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The Jew comments on here invalidate your views and make you seem stupid.  Do you really believe there are no Christians involved in beating the drums for wwiii?  I mean really?  Is Jammie Diamon a Jew?  

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:42 | 5877682 cossack55
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Well, I don't know if he is a jew, I do know he is an asshole.

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:50 | 5877715 Consuelo
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"The Jew comments on here invalidate your views and make you seem stupid."

No, they do not.   In fact, when it comes to using others (Goy) for matters of war - especially as it pertains to U.S. foreign policy and the $$$financing thereof, the comments are quite valid indeed.

 

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:28 | 5878203 Anunnaki
Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:10 | 5879967 Parrotile
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Karma's going to be one hell of a payback, on a planetary scale.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:33 | 5880436 cornfritter
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Judgement is in the stars ... all those who rode on the coat tails of the false Jews are not exempt, nor are any of us ... get your house in order

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:52 | 5877721 chubbar
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He works for the jews (FED) so it doesn't matter as long as he carries out policy.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:24 | 5878176 Anunnaki
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Jamie D is a Greek

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:35 | 5877654 Ness.
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BTFWWIII

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:35 | 5877655 Ghordius
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I don't even see why the presence or absence of Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea should be worth even one drop of ink, electronic or not

Sevastopol was and still is a base for the Russian Fleet, and that Fleet includes nuclear weapons

actually even all this equipment sent by the US is quite irrelevant. By St. George, patron saint of both parts, the whole thing has to stop. There is no space left for maskirowskas and Proxy War

that both sides are still at it just shows how keen they are to make some equipment dirty (or get lost) and justify the expenses for new equipment

I repeat: there is no moral high ground anywhere, in this Ukraine Affair, for any side. Stop supporting this exercise in futility and get those "leaders" back at the negotiating table before Spring Comes Back Again in the heads and veins of foolish young warriors

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:02 | 5878043 permarig
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This comment doesn't really fly.
You're completely ignoring that the West is the original aggressor here through their neonazi thug proxies conducting the violent ousting of Yanukovich.

This is standard NATO Gladio B type playbook for destabilization and strategy of tension, only in Ukraine, they're called Svoboda and friends instead of Mujahideen/Jihadists.

(Which Svoboda was called the Social-National Party earlier. McCain met and was on stage with Svoboda leader Oleh Tyahnybok in Kiev already in December 2013. Like he met the "rebels" in Syria. He also met Yatsenyuk who was Nuland favorite for a new prime minister and low and behold he became the prime minister.)

And as soon as the coup government grabbed power, atrocities started against Russian ethnicity. Russia could legally have up to 25,000 troops in Crimea so they stepped up the military presence and orchestrated the secession vote. Crimea is like 95+%, so they protected their own before these new Kiev powers can really reach them.

So yes, the West has put in a new moral low by supporting neonazis for destabilizing a country in Europe and constantly spreading a propaganda that is supportive of this situation.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 14:28 | 5878420 NuYawkFrankie
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re there is no moral high ground anywhere, in this Ukraine Affair, for any side

 

Nice try - but EPIC FAIL. attempting to conflate  The Mugger with The Muggee

We know who the instigatore are: none other than the TROIKA Of TERROR:  USSA ,pUKe IsraHELL

If you dont already work for them, try applying to the The Lobotomist (aka Economist) where, I'm sure,  your sanctimonious, obfuscating "skill set" of feigned above-the-fray impartiality would be more than appreciated.

Must Try Harder:  F

 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:37 | 5877656 Reptil
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"The good news: unlike US Humvees in Iraq, there are no ISIS soldiers in Ukraine who will "confiscate" this latest US taxpayer funded gift. At least not yet."

HAHAHAHAHA
Do neo-nazi crazed murdering scumbags count?
From my pespective.. same thing as ISIS.
http://newcoldwar.org/the-guardian-publishes-romanticized-feature-on-neo...

This is what the western allies paint on their humvees vehicles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS

The general public is in the dark. They react angry when this issue is brought up. The conditioning is STRONG.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:35 | 5877658 FieldingMellish
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How long before the separatists get hold of these?

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:36 | 5877662 joego1
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This all make General Dynamics very happy as these vehicles will all promptly need to be replaced.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:09 | 5879962 Berspankme
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Crown family of chicago, big obama supporters and Gen Dynamics guys and of course hebes

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:36 | 5877663 venturen
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So Obama has successfully accomodated the mega rich and we have a zero rate policy(with a record stock market) on Leg 2 of the great depression(leg 1 Greenspan\Bush)....now lets ramp up the ultimate stupidity of caring one iota about Ukraine. WHY THE HELL DO WE CARE ABOUT UKRAINE....have they ever been anything other than a Russian satelite..... How would we act if China/Russia deployed weapons to Canada (or dare I say Cuba)? Wonder if Obama ever won or even played a game of risk? He becomes apparently dumber each day.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:39 | 5877672 FreeShitter
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Its not obama calling these shots, its the NWO financed by the rothchilds doing it.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 15:20 | 5878739 venturen
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I always think of the Iron Man movie with the puppet terrorists played by a movie actor who is a clueless nitwit. Obama plays his part though he is more Nitwit than Ben Kingsley 

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:36 | 5877664 kowalli
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it is not sanctions, this is embargo. Only UN can put sanctions.


Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:18 | 5880003 Parrotile
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Whilst an embaro is not de facto an act of war, unilaterally imposing such a resstriction on trade, and expecting others to "go along with it" could very easily be construed to be a blockade tactic, and blockades ARE an Act of War.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/185507/embargo

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 21:59 | 5880140 rwe2late
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 It's not just

"expecting" others to go along with it.

Others are pressured and penalized if they do not.

If any part of a company's trade is with the embargo target,

the company is also blacklisted.

If any part is made in the embargo target, the whole item is blacklisted.

If any percentage of the company's business is with the target, the company is blacklisted.

That is why the "sanctions" against Cuba, for example, have caused economic hardship ( done by the US to supposedly show that "resistance is futile").

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:43 | 5880449 Parrotile
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So we are in agreement that this is actually NOT an "embargo", but actually a Blockade, which IS an act of war (see below).

Not that supplying "Lethal Aid" to one side of any conflict could ever be considered an act of at least hostility, if not war . . . . . .

Wonder how long before the US invokes "US Law" effectively nullifying any Treasury paper held by that "certain Country" ('cause we're now at war with them . . .)  Wonder if this is why Russia (AND China) are decreasing their UST holdings, "just in case"??

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:36 | 5877666 Panic Mode
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Scare tactic war mongering. They are trying to craft the old Soviet Union is back, so that they can continue to to use the foreign army bases as a protection and demand foreign countries to buy their treasuries as reserve or empty the gold reserve.

Mafia practice but in a legalise way.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:37 | 5877668 Panic Mode
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Hang on, did you find out in those *persnoalised* email accounts??

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:39 | 5877675 ScorpionDeathLock
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The road to war is a one-way street. Those that don't have to fight it do not want to look like cowards before their "enemies." So it is nothing to them to continue to do things we with logical thinking abilities see as being irrational.

The warmongers sit in their nice comfy offices in DC and the Pentagon. They will get $$$ added to their stock portfolios. The generals await their CEO postions at Raytheon and Boeing.

Once mobilization begins it will not stop, because the logistics of returning that equipment back home is too expensive, it must stay thereas a permanent contribution to the war effort or to be destroyed.

If Obozo doesnt like Putin, let them meet out in a field somewhere and and have an old western quick draw shootout, last man standing. If McCain doesnt like Assad, do the same.

But these men are cowards and I'd probably could drop McCain with one punch in his glass jaw. So they send poor kids to fight their battles. Fuckin losers, hope they all have accidents.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:53 | 5877726 Thisisbullishright
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Poor kids and men have been lined up and slaughtered for millenia!

Not saying it's right, it's just the way it goes....

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:22 | 5878163 Anunnaki
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Henry Kissinger has a word for those poor kids: useless eaters

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 07:03 | 5880766 zerocash
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He called them "dumbstupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy".

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:56 | 5878342 king leon
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No doubt that you could drop McCain with just one punch to his glass jaw, but you would have to catch him first.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:41 | 5877681 samsara
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These bastards are intent on killing us all....

The Day After

There aren’t many made-for-tv movies worth watching, let alone 32 years later, but “The Day After” is the exception–as a movie and as a warning. Neocon Herman Kahn used to stand out in the 1960s for advocating first use of nuclear weapons. He’d have plenty of company in these days of crazed Russaphobia.

The Day After‘ is a graphic, disturbing film that first aired on November 20, 1983. It is the frightening story of the weeks leading up to and following a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents near Lawrence, Kansas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r2B7sdLPMfc

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/03/no_author/the-day-after/

 

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