About That Global Cooling
Anyone up for another Cold War? AFP, Russky ships headed to Cuba:
A group of Russian warships will from December 19-23 visit the Communist island of Cuba, a long-time adversary of the United States and Moscow’s ally in the Cold War, the Russian navy said on Monday.
“This will be the first visit to Cuba by Russian warships since the Soviet era,” the Russian naval headquarters said in a statement.
The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko and two other ships will visit Havana in what the navy described as a “significant practical step towards strengthening and developing ties between the two states’ navies.”
Russian ships have been touring countries close to US waters in what is seen as a riposte to Washington’s own moves in Russia’s Soviet-era sphere of influence, including US naval deployments in the Black Sea.
Last month President Dmitry Medvedev visited Cuba on a four-country Latin American tour intended to revive what he called “privileged relations” that existed between Moscow and several Latin American states in the Cold War.
Well, all Obama has to do is pull back, stop the Bushite aggravation of Ivan and he’ll go away, right?
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:08 am on Monday, December 15, 2008
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December 15th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Obama’s not CiC yet. My bet would be on one or more attack sub skippers taking the opportunity for some free stalking practice. Just like the bomber escorts in the air, we should never miss an opportunity to remind the Russians how much we care.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Just a warm up for after January 20, 2009 when the Russians and other would be tough guys will get to serious testing of our brand new President. No doubt his inexperience will have us in a shooting war with somebody before 2012. My guess would be Mexico, but it’s just a guess.