Russia to hold military exercise with Venezuela

[saltwn]

Moscow to send naval squadron, anti-submarine patrol planes to region

MOSCOW - Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment that comes amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said the exercise was planned before Russia's war last month with Georgia "and it's unrelated to the current political situation and the developments in the Caucasus."

"If this exercise takes place, it won't be directed against interests of any third party," Nesterenko said at a briefing.

Good the freaking grief! Could anything else happen to this country during Bush's term?
I mean really, I'm beginning to think the guy was born under a bad omen or something. He probably wonders about that himself by now.

[cnredd]

Originally Posted by saltwn

Good the freaking grief! Could anything else happen to this country during Bush's term?
I mean really, I'm beginning to think the guy was born under a bad omen or something. He probably wonders about that himself by now.

And America's enemies wouldn't be so brazen if they knew they don't have friends withing America itself that will see to it they will eventually be appeased...

Unfortunately, that's not the case...

[saltwn]

Originally Posted by cnredd

And America's enemies wouldn't be so brazen if they knew they don't have friends withing America itself that will see to it they will eventually be appeased...

Unfortunately, that's not the case...

I think there is a misspelled word and I can't figure out the meaning of the rest of the sentence. I was interested in what you had to say.

[faithful_servant]

I think it's a great thing to happen to our Military. They are going to get some nice firsthand experience with the Russian Navy. I can guarantee you that there will be lots and lots of American intel gathering efforts going on. The submariners are going to be "happier than a puppy with two peckers". This is going to be a playground of hide and seek, culminating in some nice loud "pings" to let the "enemy" know that they are there. I used to have a roomie who spent two years in a sub (one of the ones that patrolled Russian waters) and some of what he told me was pretty wild, so you can bet that we're going to see a lot of hide and seek.