Russian diplomacy : Do as we say, not as we do.

Amusing news story:

http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/ukrainian-bomber-for-sale-on-ebay-1.1718794

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@Flashman:

Looks like I’ll be a year short of getting a pension.

But the odds are that civilization will be destroyed by some religious fruitcake long before then.   :evil:

Religious Fruitcakes are the leading cause of death in world history.

Whatever makes ´em happy…

Air OOB: http://www.scramble.nl/index.html

Land OOB:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/army-orbat.htm

sea OOB:http://jfs.janes.com/public/jfs/index.shtml

@Imperious:

Yes the key to do that would have been to invade the Soviet eastern territories before they were transfered. The reality of a japanese “northern” solution was often discounded due to the huge defeat they faced in the border clash with the Soviets in 1939. Its hard to go against experience. My feeling is Stalin could have  ignored or buffered this huge area with a few troops playing for time until a decisive outcome could have been obtained against Germany. The japanese didnt posess enough troops at any point to even push even 500 miles into Soviet Territory. They had to commit too many in China in a war that could not have been decided for even another 10 years. Remember they fought them since 1931 with no decisive result.
The key was to keep bagging Stalins armies using proven tactics. But with the strategic outlook of true mobile army having the ability to retreat and reform for counterattacks once the Soviet offensive lost steam. This elastic approach was what Manstein favored, while Hitler kept his old WW1 ideas intact. Hitler allowing his generals to fight the war would have brought victory. That along with the extra month of time.

Yeah, that was the other thing.

He acquired all of Europe through a mobile army, then hunkered down in the worst place in the world at the worst time.

So…
If they are not allowed to not support the system yet still use parts of it…

seperate issue. 1st, its the opposite from the offset (onset? i dont know, you get the point). i support the system they do not (the respective systems that is).
2nd, protesting the use of oil, than using a diesel powered boat, which is not simply powered by diesel, but uses mass quantities of it, to protest drilling is inherently hypocritical.
3rd, my being pissed off if the downside of my system occurred to me does not change my support of it, it simply pisses me off. supporters of the current legal system could be wrongly imprisoned and/or summarily executed, yet they may not stop supporting the system because of it.
4th, I take it that at this point, you know what i mean, and i honestly cannot believe you would couldnt see this

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKBWN9NED.html

Well, are they there … or aren’t they?
Only their camel attendants know for sure! :)