Journalists Forget Cold War History 101 (Pershing II anyone?)

[UCFBS]

U.S. would destroy banned Russian warheads if necessary: NATO envoy

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...arheads-if-necessary-nato-envoy-idUSKCN1MC1J6

“At that point, we would be looking at the capability to take out a (Russian) missile that could hit any of our countries,” Hutchison told a news conference.
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Note the: "Looking at the capability"

In other words ...

• like when the Russians rolled out SS-20 in the late '70s
• and the US did nothing ...
• NATO complained to the Carter Administration to no avail
• NATO voted to develop an anti-SS-20 system
• Reagan won in 1980, and changed the US stance
• Pershing II was designed to take out Russian Command'n Control Bunkers
• Pershing II was deployed, and ...
• Russian came to the negotiation table on SS-20

That's how this works people. I know the US media is anti-Trump, but this is about as f---ing ignorant as they can get.

 

[UCFBS]

And sure enough, I have to go overseas ...

• Tensions rise as US threatens to 'take out' Russian missiles

'Indeed, other US experts have sometimes suggested that a more likely US response might be to throw over the INF treaty itself and deploy a similar category of weapon.

That would be very bad news for arms control.

Back in the Cold War, the US was [NOTE: actually, it was NATO in 1979] alarmed at the then Soviet Union's deployment of the SS-20 system.

Some of Washington's allies agreed [NOTE: actually, NATO adopted a resolution to develop a counter system] to receive US Pershing and Cruise missiles in response. The move prompted widespread protests and huge political tensions.

The resulting INF treaty swept this whole category of weapon away and significantly reduced tensions."

At least the BBC remembers its history, unlike the US media. This is all INF-related. It's not the first time.

And it's not the first time in recent US media history where ignorance is widespread and absolute, and continues uncorrected in the US itself.'​

 

[UCFWayne]

i thought trump was russia's puppet?

 

[UCFBS]

i thought trump was russia's puppet?

Indeed, it gets old as the US media and the anti-Trump left talk out of both sides of their mouths.

 

[sk8knight]

Indeed, it gets old as the US media and the anti-Trump left talk out of both sides of their mouths.

I find it funny that some look at an independently wealthy headstrong New Yorker with a long history of domestic and international business wins and losses who loves America and went into politics on a whim (or out of vengeance) and say he’s a Manchurian Candidate for Russia.

Especially after the last President, who had no real wealth before entering office, worked his way rapidly through the government system, spent less than a half a year in the Senate before running for President, no real legislative or governance experience, vowed to Fundamentally transform the country, rode a populist wave to election, never met a socialist policy he didn’t like, worked and works actively to diminish America’s position in the world to this day, and is now rich as hell from a hell of a lot more than a book deal. Oh, and he was caught on tape saying he’d be able to do more for Russia after his second election to Russian President Medvedev.

Which of these is the more likely Manchurian Candidate?