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Another Test
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Ever Wonder … Another Test They just keep coming. This one gives him a chance to be JFK-like. via Yahoo : Cuba, Venezuela may host Russky bombers. Topics: Cuba , Obama , Russia , chavez Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:08 am on Saturday, March 14, 2009 Leave a Reply Trackback URL You must be logged in to post a comment. [image] Laugh? Cry? Learn Something? The wife wants to know why I'm spending all this time with you. Support the Site: [image] Amazon.com Widgets ...
The testing continues: Will President Obama defend the Monroe Doctrine?
TigerHawk —
... , and now Russia is speaking "hypothetically" about basing strategic bombers in Venezuela and Cuba: A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported. The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said Cuba could be used to base the aircraft, Interfax reported. The ghost of President Monroe hopes that we have a plan to shove back. 0 Comments: ...
Russia takes the Biden Challenge
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... in the first six months of his administration because of his inexperience. That prediction now looks like sunny optimism. Just days after China aggressively challenged the US Navy in international waters in the South China Sea, Russia now says they may start basing bombers in Venezuela — and Cuba : A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported. The chief of staff of Russia’s long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said ...
America’s strength in the eyes of our enemies? Zer-O
Stop The ACLU —
America’s strength in the eyes of our enemies? Zer-O Posted on March 14, 2009 AP: Cuba, Venezuela could host Russian bombers CNN: Russian strategic bombers could use Cuba airfields “There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us,” Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev told Interfax. Zhikharev, who is the chief of staff of the Russian Air Force’s long-range aviation, said, “If the two chiefs of state display such a political will, we are ready to fly there.” Zhikharev also told Interfax that Venezuelan President Hugo ...
The Problem With Electing A Sissy President
Six Meat Buffet —
... After you abandon our allies on missile defense, after you send Carrot Top to execute your foreign policy, after you want to engage moderate wing of the Taliban, after you lick the boot heel of Bashir, after you seek to give Hamas a billion dollars, after you’ve capitulated on every conceivable front - they still want to expand by putting long range bomber bases 90 miles off of your coast. ...
Barcepundit (English edition) — ... OBAMA'S OVERTURES towards Russia and Cuba have been answered: : A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported. > > The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, also said Cuba could be used to base the aircraft, Interfax reported. Bienvenidos de nuevo a 1962. ...
Russian Strategic Bombers in Cuba and Venezuela?
Little Green Footballs —
... For today’s test of Barack Obama, Russia is hinting about putting strategic bombers in Cuba and Venezuela. ...
Saturday links
Maggie's Farm —
... The Myth of Relativism and the Cult of Tolerance. Anderson at American Thinker
Memo to America's Irresponsible Tea Party Whiners: STFU
Never met a Left Wing Dictator they didn't admire
Dem crook du jour: Maxine Waters
Is there anybody out there with a clean life who wants a job at Treasury?
What is Chavez doing these days? Centralizing power. And Russian bombers?
What's the big hurry, Mr. Pres? Barnes
No ...
"Missiles of October" Encore Performance? It seems to me we've been here before...
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. -- President Kennedy's Address to the Nation on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba
Things are not nearly at that level, just yet, but "mighty oaks from little acorns grow...."
Cuba, Venezuela could host Russian bombers MOSCOW – A Russian air force chief said ...
The Bomber Question...
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Nothing much to see here; Chavez postures, the Russians posture, and perhaps a few lucky bomber pilots and ground crewmen get extended vacations to Venezuela. ...
3/16: Everybody Hates AIG
Blogometer —
... that the fundamentals of the economy are sound: OBAMA II: The Russians Are Coming! Conservative bloggers are declaring that Russia is "testing" Obama after a Russian air force chief said that the country "could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela": CHENEY: Go Back To Your Cave...Dick Not surprisingly, liberal bloggers did not take kindly to Cheney's ...
The Cuban situation about to get depressingly worse?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... of Cuba, but then Communists never really care about that sort of thing in the first place, so that’s not really an issue. So there’s some indication that Castro might have to worry that the CBC visit actually reflects a change in American Cuban policy - one that would take place before his death by old age, which is probably the only goal left that really concerns him right now.
And as Mickey notes: when you’ve already made noises about hosting Russian bombers, what have you got left for an encore?
Moe Lane ...
