Re: The Inauguration, & U.S. President Donald Trump's First 100 Days in Office
Reply #227 –
There's lots more going on. But Assad has (…or Russia has) crossed a "red line". Barack Obama's leading from behind strategy is toast. And Putin is between a rock and a hard place…
I don't think we (the U.S.) needs to solve the Syrian civil war. But Russia has required us to do so…
(They want to see how far we will go…) There's a message being sent,
What will Putin's response be?
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Anyone notice that Sanguinemoon has stopped posting? (Well, Howie's posts tend to have that effect… ) But doesn't Sang have something to say?
Nah! He's waiting to see what his "leaders" have decided.
(And they just can't decide… )
Heil!
He won't get the joke; but he also won't ever reject the Democratic ideological way of viewing the world.
Guess what? Nobody cares anymore…
What do our European brothers think?
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Another thing about Russia's reaction:Apparently all 50 Tomahawks struck home. Assuming that to be true, several deductions are possible.
First, those are slow missiles. Top speed, about 500 miles per hour. They are very accurate, but they are slow. They were in the air for at least half an hour. They went past areas defended by Russian missiles of SA-6 and newer, any of them capable of shooting down a slow cruise missile like a Tomahawk. It is unlikely that the fleet of 50 Tomahawks, fired in a time on target pattern, were not observed; but so far as I know, not one was intercepted.
(This, from Jerry Pournelle… You can find his stuff easily.)
I'll wait to hear from SecState Tillerson. (Your milage may vary… )
Indeed, there's a new sheriff in town. And Putin knows it.