Originally posted by Hangtime
What I find staggering is the concept of attacking/invading Russia.
What on earth for??
In order to garner an attack from the western nations, Russia would have to strike first... what could possibly be a motive for such a strike?
Second.. invasion? By the west? laughable. Total destruction in response to a strike or invasion on the Baltic States? Sure.. I could see western europe immolating Moscow in retaliation.. but an invasion?
Hell, invade WHAT? It'd be like 'invading and occupying brooklyn'. Who the hell would wanna do that?
Russians are incredibly paranoid, STILL it seems. The concept that anybody would ever wanna live in or 'occupy' the dump is truely laughable..
Hangtime, are you kidding?
During last 10 years USA attacked and invaded 3 countries: Yugoslavia, Afganistan and Iraq. Now they are actively planning attack on Iran and North Korea. None of these countries threatened or even could treaten territory of the USA or Western Europe, it was completely unprovoked strikes.
And you are asking why Russia having such agressive and unpredictable neighborhood bewares about security of its borders?
The USA don't need real reasons to attack anybody, Bush's paranoia works better than intelligence service anyway.