Russia and China to participate in joint military excercises

[mcctatas]

If this has already been posted, sorry.
From Huffington Post (LA Times) <snip>


China, Russia Join Forces For Biggest Military Exercise In Modern History...
The Los Angeles Times | Mark Magnier and Kim Murphy | READ STORY | permalink


AP/Elizabeth Dalziel

As they prepare to join forces for their largest military exercise in modern history, China and Russia have billed this week's maneuvers as a cooperative fight against terrorism. But they're also sending a message to Washington, analysts say: Don't push the two former Cold War adversaries too far.

The eight-day exercise, which is set to begin Thursday, will be the most extensive since Beijing and Moscow fought together against U.S.-led forces during the Korean War half a century ago. Originally billed as a modest exercise when proposed last year, it has grown in scope to include nearly 10,000 troops using a range of sophisticated weapons systems. <snip>

I just don't know what to think. :shrug:

[Greeby]

1. Uniter not a divider indeed

:eyes:

[FreedomAngel82]

4. It seems to me

as though he's uniting everybody but not in the sense he was hoping. Heh heh.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. That's pretty scary stuff

[Maple]

3. The US does the same thing

all the time.

A rattling of sabres, a display of strength, a demonstration of unity, sending a message...

This time the US has been put on notice.

[mcctatas]

5. I had been hoping that the rest of the world would stand up to bushCo.

but this scares me just a little. Plus the good old Connecticut cowboy and his posse might get their undies in a twist and do something really stupid...(I know, how unlike them :sarcasm:)

[JDPriestly]

6. Way to go, Bush! Divide America! Unite Russia and China!

[mcctatas]

8. Well he got it half right...

that's damn near A+ work for the little douche.

[AlwaysQuestion]

7. Not to worry...............

Yeah, right!

Isn't there anyone within the federal bureaucracy who can screw the Bush administration? When will the majority fully understand where the Bush policies are taking us? When is this screw-up administration going to be taken down? As things are going, there are no winners. This nonsense is a lose-lose situation. Oh joy, China and Russia. Things only get worse. I'm just rambling and feeling ever so depressed.

[HadItUpToHere]

9. i wonder if they'll make agreements to watch each other's back-

russia wants chechnya, china wants taiwan...

who would stand up to a Russian/Chinese alliance?

(unfortunately, i think i know the answer to that)

[lvx35]

10. Nobody would stand against that alliance.

Surely not Bush's America. The thing about the Bush administration is that they tried to pick a fight with the littlest, wussiest kid on the playground, Iraq. No nukes, no million man army like North Korea. Its like larry mattlage...The one thing he has the nuts to pull his shotgun out over is the people who aren't a threat, like Cindy Sheehan. All pukes are like that...So you can bet they won't have the nerve to stand up to Russia China unless they are up against our mainland, and then it'll be us on the frontlines.

[mcctatas]

15. I hope you're right...

but W's stupid cowboy posturing (not to mention the prosthesis in his flight suit) makes me worry that he takes his "masculinity" a little too seriously. I hope he doesn't see this as a pissing contest.

[cthrumatrix]

11. hmmmm...both countries rely upon IRAN for energy and the US

nahhhhh...it can't be

the US isn't looking to take on china and russia

[Cats Against Frist]

12. If I'm not mistaken

I think that China and/or Russia, Venezuela and Iran have some kind of alternative oil trade-type organization going, in case they need to squeeze us out, or something.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. I think Bush's bullshit about taking our Iran is just a bluff to try

and save face! On the other hand we all know how insane Bush and his neonutzi puppet masters are.

China
Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
Population: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 342,956,265 (2005 est.)(more than the TOTAL US population)

Russia
Area: total: 17,075,200 sq km
Population: 143,420,309 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 35,247,049 (2005 est.)

Iran
Area: total: 1.648 million sq km
Population: 68,017,860 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 18,319,545 (2005 est.)

Iraq
Area: total: 437,072 sq km
Population: 26,074,906 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 5,870,640 (2005 est.)

U.S.
Area: total: 9,631,418 sq km
Population: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 67,742,879 (2005 est.)

U.K.
Area: total: 244,820 sq km
Population: 60,441,457 (July 2005 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 16-49: 14,607,724 (2005 est.)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html

[moodforaday]

14. Meanwhile in the US....

Here's a small sampling of recent and ongoing terror drills and military exercises:

08/12/2005 - Drill prepares county for bioterrorism attack
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15027921&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=528197&rfi=6

"Terror drill tests local emergency readiness"
http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=newspage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=13646&-search

U.S., others hold anti-terrorist nuclear exercise
http://www.pei.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/15/nuclear_anti-terrorist_exercise20050815.html

US lets NZ join military exercise
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3379927a10,00.html

DefenseNews.com - N. Korea Says U.S., S. Korea Exercise Preludes War - 08/15/05 16:07
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1034623&C=asiapac