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Renew Deal

(85,300 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2016, 03:15 PM Jun 2016

We are preparing for war with Russia [View all]

I know this is third hand, but this is the internet where third hand speculation is encouraged.

I spoke with a friend this weekend. He said he has a friend in the Army and the friend said they are preparing for war with Russia. Obviously this preparation is probably ordinary, but I was hearing similar things about Iraq after 9/11. Back then a friend in the marines said "we're going to Iraq." This was before UN votes, protests, congressional hearings, etc. The military knew first.

We'll see

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We are preparing for war with Russia [View all] Renew Deal Jun 2016 OP

Iraq was written on the wall the moment that the Senate accepted the Bush victory spud_demon Jun 2016 #1

Technical Note: "Project for a New American Century" - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2016 #28

We were already bombing Iraq over their alleged "WMDs" before Bush was even elected. arcane1 Jun 2016 #2

When I was in the Army during the time period of the 1980 election, ... MohRokTah Jun 2016 #3

Exactly PJMcK Jun 2016 #4

Preparing for war with North Korea.... MohRokTah Jun 2016 #5

I would imagine Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2016 #8

And Mexico PJMcK Jun 2016 #12

It's absolutely true, it's called Joint War Plan Red Ex Lurker Jun 2016 #17

Doesn't that movie open next month? PJMcK Jun 2016 #20

Warplan Rainbow during the inter-war years LanternWaste Jun 2016 #14

Minor nitpick, WPO was the contingency for war with Japan Ex Lurker Jun 2016 #19

Exactly. +1 LiberalLoner Jun 2016 #9

We've been doing that most of my life jberryhill Jun 2016 #6

Whatever did happen to that Peace Dividend? Octafish Jun 2016 #10

Pay for new bridges? PJMcK Jun 2016 #21

After Basic in '67 they told us we were going to war with China and put us on a plane pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #7

That was a pretty shitty thing to do! peace13 Jun 2016 #11

It was cruel pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #16

It's the military's job to be prepared for war against any country where this would be possible. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #13

Oh dearie dear. longship Jun 2016 #15

That's what they do. lpbk2713 Jun 2016 #18

I was in the USAF, October 1973. Ptah Jun 2016 #22

3 carrier grou0ps are headed to the Persian gulf. leeroysphitz Jun 2016 #23

Planning to invade Russia is BS, but my brother was on an op to invade Laos before Vietnam pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #24

It's been awhile since I read the history of the time, but IIRC, JFK's team negotiated KingCharlemagne Jun 2016 #29

This was after JFK's assassination, shortly ater LBJ became President pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #31

Ah, geez, now I'm going to have to crack some books. Laos sort of fades into the KingCharlemagne Jun 2016 #33

Some music for World War III. roamer65 Jun 2016 #25

...and a bit more. roamer65 Jun 2016 #26

We are preparing to whip Putin's ass...is more like it AllTooEasy Jun 2016 #27

Said by Hitler shortly before the commencement of Operation Barbarossa - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2016 #30

We've been planning for war with Russia for seventy years. Codeine Jun 2016 #32