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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:17 AM Original message |
Russia: Poland risks attack due to U.S. missiles |
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Altean Wanderer (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Cold War is back, baby... |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Great News! I was getting bored with being afraid of Muslims... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Where is Karol Wojtyla when we need him? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Where is JFK when we need him? |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Him, too. ;( |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Agreed, Pope JP and Lech Walesa did all the work.. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Exactly! That really sends me over the edge... |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
121. We may not have JFK, but we may soon have Bay of Pigs repeat. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
74. Is the Pope sleepy? Is he? |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Perversely |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Time to resurrect Bert |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Already done... |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. *snort* |
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kittycat1164 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. I never saw the similarities before - but now that you mention it..... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
71. OMG! That IS him!!! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
113. L-O-L! n/t |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Hatin on Muslims wasn't working out for either side |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
126. "Duck & Cover" |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. PNAC, Neo-cons... this IS 1968. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, Russia is pumped up now. |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Don't they remember why they gave up their claim on those places? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. exposing itself to a strike — 100 percent |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Let's see now |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
75. Don't let the DOD get ahold of that screen door idea. $39Bn dollars later, they'll agree with you. |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
99. I'll sell them |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Deja vu all over again.. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I know. My mother is Polish and she feels the same way. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. People try and speak Russian to my friend all the time.. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. That is quite bizarre... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. And so it begins. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. Some seem to believe that Russia is justified in insisting that governments in their region |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. yes.. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I would agree that we are as hypocritical as Russia is, if that is your point. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Then If WE feel threatened by LatinAmerica, WE must have a really extreme inferiority complex |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I would agree, if we did feel threatened by them. Do we? n/t |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. just remember the brown invasion from the south |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I'll certainly grant you that. There is an hysteria about the "brown invasion" that is so |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Venezuela is a bit different from Poland |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Considering.... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Considering that Poland is not buying the system to be used by them selves |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Not sure what exactly you said... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. In latin america there is a movement to become more independent |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
59. Errrrrr...Poland is a member of NATO... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Haven't had my coffee this morning. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Poland is a member of NATO already, as are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. True, but Poland and the Baltic States are not a good analogy to West Germany |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. I am aware of and have considered most of the points that you make in your post, |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Of course... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. For some reason Mexico and Cuba (and Canada) apparently don't fear a US invasion, |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. How many people in latin america has die due to our imposition selecting their leaders? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Way too many. Latin American countries have every right to defend themselves |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Purchasing jets from Russia is not the same thing as Russians operating a missile base in Venezuela |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. This is the return of Realpolitik |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. The importance of oil and oil pipelines in this region.. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. True and not to be forgotten |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. No |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. Oh noes! |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. relates to "Bush hits Russia on 'bullying and intimidation'" (link) |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. I guess "All options are on the table" eh? nt |
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sourmilk (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Gee, I wonder wht the price will be for getting Russian soldiers out of Georgia? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
21. I am happy that Russia is pushing back. The US needs to stop policing the world. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. The Polish, Ukrainians, and Georgians.... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Exactly. Two wrongs don't make a right.. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. The U.S, could do something about it, but I am not sure that.. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Of course this is exactly what the neocons wanted...n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Not sure about that... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. What I meant was in terms of.. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
95. How would you have proposed "reining Putin in"? n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
128. Better hope McLame doesn't get elected because you know he will go to war. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
57. When are they going to help us? We are about to go bankrupt and yet we are supposed to help everyone |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
120. Hmmm ...are they states in our country? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. SO... you got room in your mom's bomb shelter basement or all your friends |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
55. Why do we have to help everyone continually? Who made us the world police? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
96. Now that's the spirit! "Fuck them!" |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #96 |
117. You can only help others when you have your own house in order. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. I seem to be able to help others when my house is messy |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Poland is being used for American imperialism. The expression "fuck em" represents my discust... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 03:55 AM Response to Reply #125 |
135. Russian War Capitalism doesn't bother you, though? nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Russia is only making threats because of the US missile bases in Poland. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. My question was about war capitalism. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
119. I suppose the Iraqies have/had bomb shelters too |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
93. You're happy that countries are being threatened with attack? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #93 |
118. Go work for FOX ..I am more concerned with our country and our future not theirs. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #118 |
131. Wow, contempt for threats of force is conservative now? (nt) |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. you and your country are welcome to go over there and die for them if you wish. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. Troops stretched thin ? Maybe it's time for the "N" word. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I would not be shocked at all if this ended up in a nuclear stand-off.. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Neo-cons are drooling all over themselves just at the thought of that (n/t) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. Putin is a neocon? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. As with Iraq, Poland just wants the oil. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. If Poland just wants oil, wouldn't they do everything possible to keep Russia happy, |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
53. Kick |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
58. Oh great... First us and now Russia... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
129. Unfortunately many Americans are knee jerk reacting meat heads who would rather fight than think. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. While I do not agree with such power politics... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. True isn't it? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
69. Russia DIDN'T forget Poland..... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. But George Bush* has... |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. i ike that.... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
81. Russia in nuclear threat to Poland |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. No More Mr Nice Guy |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. This just proves Poland right for signing the deal. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. We are scared witless of the Russians. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. No one is using any nukes. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. Seriously? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Just exactly what course of action would we use? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Mostly economic. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Russia is now a capitalist country with oil revenues. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. You're right. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. They are an oligarchy... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. What makes you think that would work? |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
90. It's worth it. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #90 |
114. Hahahahahaha. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. I believe that was his/her point... |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
92. but of course.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
97. Good God people, Russia is threatening one of our allies and you guys are... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. They would suck up to Stalin if he was still alive |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #98 |
133. I read The Gulag Archepeligo and The Cancer Ward |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Solzhenitsyn went off his moorings toward the end - but his writings from the 60s are seminal |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. I read "August 1914", most of it anyway. |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. So how is the U.S. going to confront a direct nuclear threat.... |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. "Russia is threatening one of our allies..." |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #103 |
122. Think again |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
130. Well put, some here are taking "enemy of my enemy" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
101. This is Looking More and More Like the Beginning of a World War |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. War over resources is looking more likely and |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
105. Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. I think the longest lasting legacy for jerk is that ha has slowly let the nookyoolur genie out |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #105 |
107. And how would we feel if Russia put missles in,, oh,, say Cuba? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #107 |
108. And Mexico and Canada! That WAS part of the Georgia plan, of course! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. These are missile interceptors |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #110 |
115. Note- just a reference to Cubam missle crisis during Kennedy administration |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
136. While i would normally agree with you |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. This is just common sense |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Throughout history Poland has been a target should war come. |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #105 |
111. 100%? |
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susu369 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
116. Any word from Ambassador Victor Ashe? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
127. Who's gonna blink this time, George? |
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