The stifler in chief

[colonelbuckrobely]

Interesting read about how Barfy would stifle military and medical creativity.

tinyurl.com/nkneaj

[mndapa1]

well then.

I think Russia thinks the same. When you have a weak prezident...guess what...they walk all over you.

www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/05patrol.html?_r=3

Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.

by MARK MAZZETTI and THOM SHANKER
Published: August 4, 2009
WASHINGTON — A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.

The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States and the Soviet Union regularly parked submarines off each other’s coasts to steal military secrets, track the movements of their underwater fleets — and be poised for war.


Is America in trouble or what?

[hasset]

I always like Goldwater because he thought being a strong America was the best defense we could have and would prevent going to war. I so agree. Then the left started saying he was a war monger and would just love to have us go to war......... Another case where people didn't pay attention to what was being said.

YES, AMERICA IS IN TROUBLE.

[piperdown]

Akula class boats. I bet they are trying to sell a few of the old Akula-1 to someone, Iran or India most likely. They are showing off how good their boats are, but that noisy bugger couldn't evade a dinghy with a good fishfinder.

The US navy's sub fleet was designed to defeat the cold war anticipated capability of Soviet boats. The difference is that ours actually DO have the capability.

A while back they buzzed one of our carrier groups with a wing of bombers. That is really reminiscent of the 1980's Who knows, maybe someone gave putin a "flux capacitor" and he's trying to go back to the future