tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post8939041818419910074..comments2024-03-28T10:26:00.255-05:00Comments on An Ex Rocket Man's Take On It: Cold War 2 ?Gary Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06723964751681093047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post-11612519616209107902014-03-23T11:23:51.420-05:002014-03-23T11:23:51.420-05:00Abandon the ISS stop funding it the Ruskies need o...Abandon the ISS stop funding it the Ruskies need our $$$$ to keep it going, de-orbit and burn it go with Bigelow.<br /><br />Missile shield in place, open USA pipelines to EU, energize the USA economy, drive gas prices down, impose strong sanctions on Russia. Then military face-off with Putin ....then give him an off-ramp to backdown. Then you have good old fashioned cold war as long Putin and his cronies are in place.....fat chance of any that happening while Obama or Hillery are in power. So we must assume for next 11 years Putin will continue to roll-on gaining power while the USA grows weaker and slumps into a nanny state melt down. In the end which is worse a weak socialist based banana republic nanny state USA or a strong Putin nationalist controlled USA.....I will choose Putin the lesser of two evils in my mind.<br /><br />I plan to brush up on my Russian and get ready for what appears to be a long hard ride. Good luck Comrades.Retrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247437903053655014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post-20843753672642589552014-03-18T16:13:18.569-05:002014-03-18T16:13:18.569-05:00Hi Marcel:
No, there'll be no fight over the...Hi Marcel:<br /><br />No, there'll be no fight over the ISS. Fundamentally, neither government cares much about the ISS. <br /><br />Putin's game is reconquering the breakaway republics. First, Georgia, now Ukraine. There are many, and some of them joined NATO. That's when the shooting war starts. <br /><br />Before that happens, this'll look just like appeasing Hitler did 8 decades ago. <br /><br />-- GWGary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723964751681093047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post-15615637280594175842014-03-18T11:48:37.424-05:002014-03-18T11:48:37.424-05:00Since the ISS is partially owned by Russia, are we...Since the ISS is partially owned by Russia, are we going to fight them over the ISS too? The US needs its own space stations-- not an international space station. <br /><br />Marcel Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com