I am really alarmed about developments with Russia. - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Cali Coug · 08-15-2008, 04:37 PM

I can't believe how little attention the crisis in Georgia is receiving here in the US. Russia is clearly ignoring international demands for withdrawal as they continue to capture more and more Georgian territory. Russia is also making strong statements with respect to Ukraine, suggesting that Ukraine may be next on the invasion list. Ukraine controls a portion of the Black Sea, and Russia doesn't appear to like that fact. What happens if Russia's navy asserts Russian control over those waters?

And then there is this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/...issile_defense

Russia is making threats about invading Poland. Wow. What in the world would our response have to be to something like that? It would be tough to imagine anything other than a military response. Clearly we can't go back to a policy of appeasement, and we can't allow Russia to simply expand back to its Cold War borders.

Is Russia testing the waters for something like a return to its Cold War status? Dangerous times.

08-15-2008, 04:37 PM	#1
Cali Coug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,996	I am really alarmed about developments with Russia. I can't believe how little attention the crisis in Georgia is receiving here in the US. Russia is clearly ignoring international demands for withdrawal as they continue to capture more and more Georgian territory. Russia is also making strong statements with respect to Ukraine, suggesting that Ukraine may be next on the invasion list. Ukraine controls a portion of the Black Sea, and Russia doesn't appear to like that fact. What happens if Russia's navy asserts Russian control over those waters? And then there is this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/...issile_defense Russia is making threats about invading Poland. Wow. What in the world would our response have to be to something like that? It would be tough to imagine anything other than a military response. Clearly we can't go back to a policy of appeasement, and we can't allow Russia to simply expand back to its Cold War borders. Is Russia testing the waters for something like a return to its Cold War status? Dangerous times.