Russian-Belarussian Wargames - "West 2009"

[Neil]

Question:  Has the Norwegian attitude towards Russia deteriorated or improved since the collapse of communism?

Now Norway can legitimately hate Russia since they no longer have ideological reason to oppress their own people. I suspect you approve.

While I approve of the hatred of Russia, I have a hard time looking upon peoples who are soft on leftism with anything but contempt.

[Viking]

Question:  Has the Norwegian attitude towards Russia deteriorated or improved since the collapse of communism?

Now Norway can legitimately hate Russia since they no longer have ideological reason to oppress their own people. I suspect you approve.

While I approve of the hatred of Russia, I have a hard time looking upon peoples who are soft on leftism with anything but contempt.

Norwegians are leftists and do not hate themselves. I do my best to change that.

[Viking]

It turns out that Zapad2009 is only part of the military exercises going on around Russia's borders. Onega2009 is happening on the Norwegian border near. In effect it seems to be exercising the transport of a para brigade from Yekaterinburg to Petsamo (it's not called Petchenga you Russian Imperialist scum) and manoeuvres by the Russian Atlantic Fleet. 

Which is actually worrying because Norway rarely has more than 3-5 F-16s operational (out of a total of 48) at any time.

[Syt]

Cold War style sabre rattling.

[Agelastus]

Cold War style sabre rattling.

Makes the "peace dividend" look even more like nonsense than it did then, doesn't it...

[Ideologue]

I understand that Russia's nuclear second-strike capabilities are still in a shitty state, is this correct?  Would a preemptive strike be worthwile?

[Zoupa]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

[HisMajestyBOB]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

Because they're in the EU and in NATO?

[Barrister]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

[Zoupa]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

We didn't?

[Zoupa]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

Because they're in the EU and in NATO?

It was just a jab at Martinus' paranoia.

[HisMajestyBOB]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

We didn't?

It was all the Austrian's fault.

[Barrister]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

We didn't?

Sorry, I saw a chance to make an anti-French quip and I took it.

But no, it's not like France (or Britain) did a hell of a lot during the 1939-1940 period to help poor Poland.

[Drakken]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

We didn't?

Sorry, I saw a chance to make an anti-French quip and I took it.

But no, it's not like France (or Britain) did a hell of a lot during the 1939-1940 period to help poor Poland.

To be honest, France and England didn't expect Poland to reach debellatio within 3 weeks.

On paper, the Poles had an Army strong enough to reasonanly expect it to withhold the Germans at least until Winter, which would have given time to the French and English to organise their first offensive.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

France is 90% nuclear and could export energy if needed.

In a fight-to-the-death-total-war scenario, France and England would blow the russian airforce out of the sky within a week.

I don't see why we'd lift a finger for Poland though.

I agree - you didn't do anything in 1939, so why change now?

We didn't?

Sorry, I saw a chance to make an anti-French quip and I took it.

But no, it's not like France (or Britain) did a hell of a lot during the 1939-1940 period to help poor Poland.

Well, since when is going to war for nearly 6 years nothing? Must have missed the memo