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I will never understand what is with the fixation that some Iranian have towards Israel.. You would think they have bigger things to worry about.

I'm also of the opinion that's its a brilliant move by USA. They split the UE and effectively buried any notion of a German-Russia cooperation, all the while wining Ukraine (or parts of it) on their side for the next couple of generations. And that's exactly at Russia's door step. They are...

Not yet a shooting war, and probably not ever.Ukrainians are in a very nasty sport.. Now the most important is the relocation of NATO towards the East and the level of sanctions to be approved by the EU.If what I've read so far is somewhat true, expect depression hitting Russia pretty soon...

I have seen this point being made before,but I'm not convinced...if it was more a case or bad timing for the roman empire, or the fact that the germans were more dangerous enemys..i've read a lot of pro/contra opinions on this :) Edit; Austerlitz, I will continue this interesting debate later...

Yes, but that (the shift towards cavalry) was a cause of the decline of the roman legionnaire status & roman legion, not an innate superiority of the cavalry over infantry. Basically it meant that the later roman emperors used cataphracts not because they were superior, but because they could...

No don't think so. If anything, it signals that the roman legions, in their imperial professional form were a thing of the past, not that they were surpassed in any way by cavalry. If the Goths invaded just 1 and 1/2 century earlier I think they would have ended up crucified in some ditches...

Except they aren't Russians and Ukraine isn't Russia...but hell, just some small details. Carry on.

NATO is not EU, article 5 will be supported, Turkey and EU are a different matter with a different cause. It's irrelevant, nobody in this world would dare attack a NATO country and test USA's resolve in the matter

Eastern Europeans made their choice with NATO for better or for worse. And we don't rely on the British to save us (and to be frank, we also really don't care what some British think) Now can you cut it out with Eastern Europeans?

Works both ways, you know. Russia can't touch NATO. And with NATO expending ever closer to Russia every year..afterall, the ABM shield and USA bases are only a couple of hundreds km's from Moscow, not the other way around. This Crime invasion is truly the best thing that could have happened to...

First, no they can't "easily overwhelm" most of their neighbors (if you're not talking about Georgia, that is). They can defeat some of them, but occupation is something completely different...and not easily Second, NATO is bound by article 5 for collective defense. It would be foolish to...

Be careful, Russia might consider China as it's "backyard" in a decade or two.

Voted "no", but not because Turkey isn't a responsible country, but because. - you are in NATO, any attack on you means article 5 - USA has more than enough nukes and far more impressive means to wage nuclear war, if it gets to that (God forbid it gets that far) - nuclear proliferation is...

Backup Hungary is a non issue, and even if, Turkey will more than likely stay out of it, like you did before. And indeed, Romanian/Turkish relations are very good and bound to get better, we have similar interests and no real divergence Edit: There are 0 problems with our Turkic/Tatar...

Hence why I expect stronger military relations with your country (and Poland) for the future. A back-up plan if things get nasty. Bulgaria and Serbia aren't very reliable when it come to Russia.. :)

Hungary, I suspect (it's formed in 1991). Besides, my guess is that we are more orientated towards the southern flank of EU/NATO, while Poland handles the northern part. This just happened, earlier this month: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia trilateral PM meeting takes paceBulgaria, Romania...

How's that saying go.."don't put all your eggs in the same basket"? :D Having a contingency plan is always a smart choice. I also want to see a stronger military collaboration between us and Turkey, and it's probably likely to happen after Ukraine..

Medium term, (think 5 years), Europe dependency towards Russian gas will be a thing of the past. Besides Qatar, and the rumored Libya, plans for fast building liquefied gas terminals are made as we speak..USA/ME have all the gas we would ever need, problem is in getting it here, and that we...

You need about 3000 thousand warheads to put USA/Russia out of action ( including duds, intercepts, malfunctions, etc), from what I've seen speculated China now has around 300, give or take. It does not need more as it's arsenal is intended to counter India, rather than SUA/Russia (China was a...

What??? Why the hell didn't anyone tell me that we're doomed? :help: But thank God that we have a highly developed country such as Russia right besides us, with such a developed economy and rule of law..we have so much to learn from the.... oh, wait...:closed: