russia

[stokeace]

so russia has said it will point nuclear missiles at europe if the us places missile bases in poland and the czech republic.putin has already spoken of the possibility of a nuclear war 'accidentally or deliberate'meanwhile america is thousands of miles away out of any the way of any nuclear holocaust.....has the world gone mad?

[Gromit]

The US will ring Russia with missiles to guard the Czech Republic and Poland against an attack from a rogue state such as North Korea.

I sympathise stokeace, you could well believe the world has gone mad.

If it was so deadly serious, it would be funny.

[Neilzulu1]

Its all a ploy to take the medias eye of the Iraq war debacle. Russia will not go through with this threat, and the USA will only just plod on with what it wants - as usual.

[BillStickers]

Where have the Russians been pointing their missiles up until now, if not Europe?

[Loosehead]

Read what I wrote here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question41 5505.html

It's just rhetoric, they can point them where they like instantly anyway. Nothing has changed.

[Gromit]

This has been rumbling on since at least 2001. See this link pre- 9/11.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/145266 4.stm

The reason why this has now hit the headlines again is unclear. The present disagreement could have been maunfactured to distract from the Iraq debacle.

[Neilzulu1]

Hey Gromit, people will think we are the same person. Your reply is practically the same as mine...LOL.

[stokeace]

its a very dangerous situation whichever way you look at it.................

[kwicky]

It was interesting on Newsnight yesterday when a US congressman was asked how America would react if Russia installed some defensive missiles in Mexico. His reaction was disturbing. Wha.t..tt....ttt!