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Putin Makes Idle Threats Again
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday chastised the United States over its policy in Iraq and Iran, and announced “grandiose” military plans, including development of a new nuclear weapon.
In a nationally broadcast link-up with ordinary Russians across the country, Putin called the US intervention in Iraq a “dead end” and called on Washington to set a deadline for the withdrawal of troops.
Putin suggested that Iraq had been invaded because of its oil wealth and assured one caller that energy-rich Russia could not suffer the same fate. To think so, he said, was “political erotica.”
I don’t know anything about “political erotica” that must be something they only have in Russia. What I do know is that Putin is a lot of talk and little else.
In a video link-up with servicemen at the Plesetsk nuclear missile base, Putin said that Russia would build another nuclear submarine next year and was also planning a “completely new” atomic weapon.
The Soviet Union could use threatening rhetoric, because they had a powerful military. Besides, its nuclear stockpile Russia’s military is in complete tatters. The average soldier in Russia earns less than $2.00 a day and over half are serious alcoholics.
Putin likes to talk about America being bogged down in Iraq, but he should try not to throw stones when he lives in a glass house. Putin has over 100,000 troops occupying Chechnya and fighting a gruesome gorilla war with Muslim militants.
Russia’s army lives in horrible conditions and when a soldier is killed in Chechnya, the Russian Government can’t even afford to ship the corpse back. The other soldiers take up a collection if they can to pay for the shipment, otherwise it’s up to the family.
Every single branch of the Russian military is an absolute mess, so Putin just makes himself look like a jackass when he talks tough.
By Chris Jones
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I wonder if I am missing something here? Bashing Putin may be good for the ego, but the country is a wash in oil money. The vital interests of Russia are tied to the Caspian Sea, Iran has similiar interests. Doesn’t make sense that Putin will not send his navy into the Gulf of Oman to watch the naval power the US and European nations have sent to the region. Will China stand by, WHEN the US invades IRAN. I think the neo conservatives have put the US on the road to a major war and I fear for our country.
If “Russian military is an absolute mess” so there’s no worry about! Let’s forget all Pootie-Poot words!