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rustic
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Posted: March/05/2014 at 13:27 |
It should be interesting with Putin's recent behavior has on the Deutschland. I am heading over there in a few weeks and have already heard there could be some possible changes in business behavior. Most of Germany's energy is supplied by Mr Putin(28-30% of natural gas/oil and at least 50% coal fired electricity).
With the Deutschlands puppet strings controlled by Mr Putin. Its quite obvious where Germanys allegiance is... along with the rest of Europe. |
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BeltFed
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And they thought the cold war was over.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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+1 It appears to be re-kindling! Too bad we don't have Mr. Reagan any longer. |
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Cuba blockade here we come............
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Dogger
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Its quite obvious where Germanys allegiance is... along with the rest of Europe. I`d say that it`s a damn nervous alliance with Putin`s hand on the energy taps and his imperialistic leanings. Obama sure doesnt inspire much confidence with his empty rhetoric. What concerns me even more is how the western leaders all seemed to be caught off guard by Putin`s move. His (so far) smooth and rapid incursion into Crimea could not have been accomplished without a lot of prior planning. The Kremlin obviously saw the real possibility of this crisis well in advance and methodically prepared both a short-run military tactic and a long run geopolitical strategic plan to partition Ukraine. |
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God save the Empire!
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rustic
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Nervous or not, there is no doubt these country's and their industry are pawns of Mr Putin. Every day goes by with their utter dependace on Russia, the deeper they sink. What is worse yet, is the vast majority of 80+ million citizens in Germany are wholly oblivious where their energy needs come from, even if they did they don't give a s%#@. They have made their bed and are sleeping in it. Every time I go over there their blind behavior astounds me, ignorance is a choice... and bliss so it seems. Edited by rustic - March/06/2014 at 11:29 |
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BeltFed
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Ever since Putin was elected President of Russia the cold war has been back on. We just refused to recognize it. The first thing he did was to improve their economy, and at the same time he started to covertly consolidate his power over Russia by rigging elections and silencing his opposition. The second thing he did was to keep military spending low so as not to appear to be a threat to the west, but at the same time he has sold off older military stocks to raise capital and at the same time supply arms to enemies of the west. He also has kept military research going on conventional weapons. The third thing he has done and this is the biggest tell, has been his diplomacy with enemies of the west. He has seen that issues with Iran, North Korea, Palestine, and Syria are not resolved all the while sitting back and observing the leaders of the west and their resolve. Of course We've made it easy for Putin to gain economic power. We have closed factories and shipped them to China and other countries that aren't exactly our friends. We've either stopped or made it difficult to mine resources (oil, coal, lead, etc.) and have become dependent on countries like Russia and China for those resources. Our politics have hurt us as well by letting in anyone that can get across our boarders become a drain on our welfare systems and even becoming part of the political process. I could go on, but I don't have the time. I'll just sum it up with Putin's own words. It should give you an idea as to how he operates. As Putin said about negotiating with President Obama, "Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. He nocks over all the chess pieces, and then struts around like he won". Putin is playing chess with the world, and he's winning. |
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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rustic
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^This is true, the eventual collapse of the EU then all of Europe, uncle Putin will be there to put Humpty Dumpty back together again... with conditions.
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Son of Ed
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Meanwhile, Obama will be over here playing pocket pool while denying his latest Scandal-of-the-Week....
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koshkin
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Just out of curiosity: why would you think that the Cold War was ever over? Putin did not restart it. It never stopped. ILya
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Dogger
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Well if not stopped altogether Ilya the period of detent from the mid 80's at least reduced tensions considerably on both sides. Earlier SALT talks/treaties, perestroika/glasnost, Start I talks and the removal of the Berlin wall point to a significant shift in Soviet attitudes until fairly recently.
The fact that these shifts were not altogether altruistic (heavy pressures due to a floundering domestic economy and the inability to maintain the status quo on arms build up) should not be a surprise but it certainly is an indicator that for a period of time at least they were attempting to engage in a moderate approach. I wish I was more optimistic for the near future however. |
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God save the Empire!
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rustic
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With all of western Europe - its piss poor work ethic, living on and spending others money. It was and is obvious Russia would stick around. There is no way western Europe could ever be economically viable with their wholly socialist government and industry. Their behavior over the last century plus could only enable the totalitarian states to border them.
But, then again... same ol' story different century in the cradle of so called civilization. |
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koshkin
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Which exact place are you calling the cradle of our civilization?
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koshkin
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The were significantly reduced tensions from one side: US. Not so much from the other side. I think you are confusing change in the balance of power with reduced tensions. They were never attempting to engage in a moderate approach. Any brief survey of russian-language press and literature would tell you that. ILya
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After the tensions with Cuba in 1962 and again in 1983 after the Korean Airlines incident and the Able Archer war games I'm willing to bet that the Soviet brass were able to relax their sphincters more than a little bit.
Balance of power certainly shifted after the dissolution of the USSR in '91 but the lack of military response to those Warsaw Pact countries that overthrew their communist regimes certainly seemed out of character to what we had come to expect of those openly defying Moscow in the past. I must admit I am at a real disadvantage not having your perspective - an outsider view can be easily skewed depending who is writing the history books. As for surveying Russian-language press I admit defeat. My linguistic skills are sorely lacking Ilya! |
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God save the Empire!
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rustic
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I should have said - so called self proclaimed cradle of civilization. You know... in their own uppity way. |
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BeltFed
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That period when Boris Yelstin was President of Russia, I would say there was no hostility between the U.S. and Russia, but that's about it. I recently watched a Russian war movie called "White Tiger", made in 2010 or 2012. I was kind of shocked by symbols of the hammer and cycle in the credits (couldn't read anything, everything was in Russian), and the emphasis that was placed on the importance of being a Communist Party member in the movie. I think the Russian people are wanting Communism back, and that scares me. |
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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Steelbenz
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Rustic, I don't know what your hard on is for Germans but your bullsh*t is getting deep. I work with Germans daily and understand them quite well. Maybe I work with a high caliber group of people but my travels in Germany tell me to throw the BS flag.
Edited by Steelbenz - March/10/2014 at 13:33 |
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rustic
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Just my personal observations. I travel over there several times a year for business purposes, there is no way their industry could ever survive without help from their socialist government. Then there is the issue of Germany's puppet master, Russia.
After all Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist... is basically worshipped over there. |
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Steelbenz
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As do I from Friedrichshafen to Bremerhaven & everywhere in between, your stereotyping of a whole people group is offensive an only makes you look like the goober not them.
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