U.S. general warns against Russian bombers in Cuba

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2229801920080722

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Air Force officer warned on Tuesday that Russia would be crossing "a red line" if it were to use Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers.

Gen. Norton Schwartz, whose nomination to become the Air Force's top military officer is being considered by the Senate, was asked at his confirmation hearing how he would advise U.S. policymakers if Russia were to proceed with such a plan.

Russia's Izvestia newspaper this week quoted a "highly placed source" as saying Russia could land Tu-160 supersonic bombers nicknamed "White Swans" in Cuba as a response to a planned U.S. missile defense shield in Europe, which Moscow opposes.

"I certainly would offer best military advice that we should engage the Russians not to pursue that approach," Schwartz told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"And if they did, I think we should stand strong and indicate that that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America."

[shadowknows69]

1. Did I wake up in the 1960's again?

[seemslikeadream]

2. Yes I guess this will be Cuban Missle Crisis Part Deux

[junkiebrewster]

20. Cuban Missile Crisis II -- Electric Boogaloo n/t

[Canuckistanian]

5. That's what I thought when I saw the title

And I don't even HAVE acid flashbacks.

[Bandit]

15. Except back then we had a responsible leader

Now the country is being led by spoiled brats with zero wisdom or knowledge

[whistler162]

21. and for similar reasons!

missiles in Turkey or missiles in a former Soviet bloc country!

[seemslikeadream]

3. Russia's bombers fancy Cuba

http://orenburg.kp.ru/daily/24133/353179/

A Russian base may soon be stationed near the U.S.

[Ilsa]

4. That's right. Ramp up the pressure again. Let's call them

names, and maybe we can scare the public into believing that they need to vote for McSame.

[lonestarnot]

6. Now there is a fucking comforting thought. McSame trying to fucking manage a Cuban missile crisis.

:rofl: OMG :rofl:

[Ilsa]

9. He probably thinks Spain still fucking owns it. nt

[lonestarnot]

10. He'll declare war on Czechoslovakia.

[shadowknows69]

11. Indeed, we might as well just surrender to Russia and be done with it

Or nuke ourselves in an effort to keep the "murican way of life" from being defeated.

[lonestarnot]

16. Do we have to torture ourselves first?

[Hugabear]

7. US: "Do as I say, not as I do"

I am so fucking SICK of the United States trying to bully the rest of the entire world into abiding by OUR rules. It's okay for us to place missile defense systems near Russia, which Russia strongly objects to. But we will absolutely NOT allow Russia to place anything in Cuba.

Did I miss something, where the US got to make the rules for the world to abide by?

[Postman]

8. Double standard. Why is it okay to place missiles at their border?

But they can't land in Cuba......

This is all just so much bullshit already...

[hack89]

12. We posture - they posture. We bluster - they bluster.

life never changes.

[Angleae]

22. Because national security isn't fair.

As long as they have nukes and ICBMs this is they way it is.

[Snazzy]

13. Whoa I heard Russia is drunk

and will soon have a hangover.

Can't remember where, but I know the cameras were off FOR A FACT!

[Snazzy]

14. Oh should add

"I forgot to check my calendar," a DC lawyer reader writes. "Apparently today is the day that the entire ... Cuban exile infrastructure that has controlled US Cuba policy for the last fifty years gets indicted: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/613611.html." The same U.S. Attorney in the Pharmed case above, Alex Acosta, is also prosecuting UBS for tax evasion, he further notes. Coincidence? "I have a really hard time believing that the same U.S. Attorney brings two tax evasion cases in one month and they are not related," he says.

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/007755.html

B-)

[Gabi Hayes]

18. linkee no workee....is this the story?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flbfraud0723sbjul23,0,6222630.story

no mention of their links to anticastro stuff.

CANF?

will do some checking

thanks

wonder what Ileana has to say about this.....if she hurries, she can have dumbo do for them what she and Jeb had Poppy do for Bosch

[Snazzy]

23. thats it

Yeah one of the brothers is on the board of CANF, presumably large funders. I don't personally know the extent of their ties, however seems to be a confluence of stuff going on as that blog mentioned.

See for example:

Cuba Democracy Groups Facing Audits After Reports of Fraud

The U.S. Agency for International Development will begin conducting financial reviews of about a dozen Cuba democracy groups that receive federal money to answer concerns in Congress about possible fraud totaling at least $500,000.

The reviews follow the agency's suspension of a grant to the Miami-based Grupo de Apoyo a la Democracia after a recent audit turned up $11,000 in irregular spending. The group's executive director did not return an e-mail and a telephone call seeking comment yesterday. The matter has been referred to the agency's inspector general.

In March, agency officials suspended a $2.3 million grant to the Center for a Free Cuba after the group disclosed that a former employee, who later became a White House staffer working on Cuba issues, allegedly had used more than $500,000 in grant money for illegitimate purposes. The former employee, Felipe Sixto, resigned from his Bush administration job March 20 after the allegations came to light.

The case is under investigation by the Department of Justice and the USAID inspector general.

....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202678.html

[seemslikeadream]

24. HEY YOU!!

[Snazzy]

25. hey hey!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Eeek!! The big bogeyman is back!! Quick! Give more money to the Pentagon!!

And, don't forget to talk tough and have a lot flags around.

[LeftinOH]

19. This makes it perfectly clear what we must do: Invade Venezuela

:sarcasm: