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Putin Threatens US Missile Bases In Europe
Melugo writes to let us know that Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that US plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons against Europe. This reader notes: "It feels like the Cold War all over again." "'If the American nuclear potential grows in European territory, we have to give ourselves new targets in Europe,' Putin said... 'It is up to our military to define these targets, in addition to defining the choice between ballistic and cruise missiles.'"
Let's think about this for a second. A missile defense system ... defends against missiles. So you're going to fight that by throwing missiles at it?
It seems what Mr. Putin needs is more artillery, not missiles. That's what I'd do if I was going to wage war against someone using a missile defense system.
How has such a discussion got anything to do with science or technology and therefore why is it even on slashdot? - supposedly a site featuring "news for nerds, stuff that matters".
For nerds, such international politics are irrelevant and belong on mainstream news sites (CNN, Msnbc etc.) NOT SLASHDOT!
There are plenty of technology orientated stories out there today but instead this gets put on. It shows what Slashdot has become: " news for wannabe nerds ".
you seem to have glossed over the 'population in the camp' part.
would you care to elaborate?
or is it to be accepted now that millions of displaced are permanent refugees?
i think in this case, the sheep and the wolves are one, fed up and frustrated by decades of neglect.
this was the inevitable outcome of the imposition of the modern state of israel on the middle east. commentators of the time knew it, but still it went ahead, and still there is conflict as a result.
the people in these camps are the displaced persons from the territories given to the modern state of israel ( by whom, and from whom is something i'll leave to the reader to discover), plus of course the refugees created when israel expanded during several wars in the ensuing years.
a military to protect these people?
please, it was the military of modern israel ( backed of course by USA) that lead to these people being in the permanent displaced state they are in, and it is the various state military that will keep them there for generations to come.