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Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: Libertas on May 15, 2014, 07:22:29 AM

Title: This Sale of French Warships to Russia Highlights the "Way Things Are"
Post by: Libertas on May 15, 2014, 07:22:29 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/world/europe/frances-sale-of-2-warships-to-russia-worries-us.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/world/europe/frances-sale-of-2-warships-to-russia-worries-us.html?_r=1)

The NY Slimes appears surprised by this, that is funny...

When push comes to shove cronyism, wealth and power knows no borders...

You'd expect a bunch of ComIntern progressive saps at the Old Grey Hag to be better at spinning this story...

Title: Re: This Sale of French Warships to Russia Highlights the "Way Things Are"
Post by: AlanS on May 15, 2014, 09:14:53 AM

I figured it would be beneath Putin's ego to buy from someone else. He apparently doesn't have confidence in Russia's technology to build ships.

Title: Re: This Sale of French Warships to Russia Highlights the "Way Things Are"
Post by: Libertas on May 15, 2014, 11:14:56 AM

I would buy ships from the Polish Navy before I touch any Rooskie-made disaster!

Especially anything more complicated than a destroyer!

Putin's qwest to rebuild the Old Empire trumps the embarassment of buying other peoples war machines...