'Unprovoked escalation':
U.S. slams Russian military's
partial blockade of Black Sea
Washington Times,
by
Ben Wolfgang
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
4/20/2021 11:10:59 AM
Top U.S. officials late Monday slammed Russia‘s “unprovoked escalation” in the Black Sea, saying Moscow‘s plan to blockade parts of the sea during military exercises is unacceptable and further evidence of Russia‘s intent to undermine neighboring Ukraine. State Department spokesman Ned Price’s condemnation of the Kremlin comes amid a massive buildup of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border and underscores fears in Washington that Russia may be laying the groundwork for a major military offensive. “The United States expresses its deep concern over Russia’s plans to block foreign naval ships and state vessels in parts of the Black Sea, including near occupied Crimea
Reply 1 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 4/20/2021 11:25:15 AM (No. 760555)
I'm sure Putin is scared out of his wits!
Putin clanks when he walks while BiteMe wets his diapers.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nimby 4/20/2021 11:37:18 AM (No. 760567)
Slam away clueless and cackles! No one is paying attention
7 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
rockeysroomie 4/20/2021 11:39:03 AM (No. 760570)
#1: I think you're right. Putin is shaking in his boots for sure.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
volksford 4/20/2021 12:18:00 PM (No. 760615)
If there is a confrontation between the US and Russia I suggest that Nancy's blue state National Guard leave DC... Battle tested against the Trump insurrection those boys have the will to fight !
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
smokincol 4/20/2021 12:19:06 PM (No. 760620)
commie only act against a people when they think they can intimidate them into defeat. joe is leading us into a precarious situation with his weakness and confusing edicts and nonsensical postulations. joe, quit while you're still ahead because you'll never be a leader because you never were a leader. now, President Donald J. Trump on the other hand ... .
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/20/2021 12:28:19 PM (No. 760633)
I still do not blame these thing on Biden.
He isn't leading this mess he is only sitting behind the desk in the oval office.
While unknown people are making all of the decisions.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/20/2021 12:34:11 PM (No. 760646)
Meanwhile the Captains of 2 aging US destroyers are breathing a sigh of relief. This would be like storming Normandy with a couple of rubber inflatables and 8 Navy SEALS. Frankly the SEALS might actually pull it off. Slow Joe however has had his LID on for too long.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 4/20/2021 12:40:07 PM (No. 760653)
Just like China has been trying to block off huge swaths of the South China Sea to international traffic by building some artificial islands an threatening people.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/20/2021 1:17:37 PM (No. 760693)
Kind of like what the USA would do if Russia led a foreign naval task force into the Gulf Of Mexico up to about Mobile, Alabama or Pensacola, Florida?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
dst4life 4/20/2021 1:44:02 PM (No. 760729)
Biden slams the economy. Biden slams Trump. Biden slams Trump supporters.
But slamming the Russians for anything? Nope. He's tap dancing. Putin and Xi are having online meetings, laughing, and eating popcorn.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Luandir 4/20/2021 1:46:50 PM (No. 760733)
Putin jerks Joe around because he knows he can.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 4/20/2021 1:51:48 PM (No. 760735)
#9, If they did send in Russian surface fleet, it would be legal, and I doubt it would be opposed in any way by the USN, but would of course be shadowed by aircraft.
The chattering classes would chatter, of course, but that's what they do.
And the Russians have so many ship breakdowns that they often send an oceangoing tug as part of any fleet out of home waters to tow their junkers home. They sent their 'almost an aircraft carrier' to the eastern Med a few years back, and it belched black smoke the whole way and had an ocean going tug nearby all the time. Launched a few dozen airstrikes into Syria, crashed two of their 'up to 30' aircraft operationally and headed home.
Their subs have entered the Gulf of Mexico, a stunt really. The Gulf has extremely broad continental shelves around the edges so they have pretty limited maneuvering room in the deep portion of the Gulf, only about 120 to 150 miles N-S, only four or five hours of fast running time. Add in that there are only two passages in and out of the Gulf, 120 and 90 miles wide, and I'd imagine that a sub would feel pretty trapped in that area and not want to be so limited in their operations.
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Never Trumpers have leg hairs tingling over Joe Bidet's steady diplomatic hand leading us to the brink of hostilities, versus Reckless President Trump and our rare interval of unprofitable international peace. Also, why do we care about the Ukraine or anywhere else when we refuse to secure our own border? Dispatch a ship of our Proud Rainbow Warriors under the gay/trans flag, maybe even with a Village People brigade singing "In the Navy" over loudspeakers. Vlad will recoil in horror.