Pity the Vassals of Moscow

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Michael Totten;

Russia has long been a paranoid land power. It’s huge, mostly flat, and wide open to invasion. Just to name a few examples, it was invaded by the Mongols in the 13th century, Napoleon in the 19th, Nazi Germany in the 20th, and has been recently squeezed by NATO expansion in the former Soviet bloc. These events seared themselves into the Russian psyche. They breathe better with buffer states.

45 Replies to “Pity the Vassals of Moscow”

  1. One thing that Russia most assuredly is NOT is “mostly flat”. Michael Totten is ignorant.

  2. The United States got real paranoid when Gorby tried to put missiles in Cuba. And if I were other sovereign counties I would be real paranoid as well because the US now is no more than a thug to impose the will of world bankers and oligarchs. I wonder how the US would react if Canada or Mexico started to get cozy with Russia.
    Just to name a few examples, it was invaded by the Mongols in the 13th century, Napoleon in the 19th, Nazi Germany in the 20th, and has been recently squeezed by NATO expansion in the former Soviet bloc. These events seared themselves into the Russian psyche. They breathe better with buffer states.
    America has not endured such horrors compared to Russia’s but has in the last decade been responsible for nearly a million killed around the world. America that is surrounded by vast oceans on both coast with the largest most effective navy in the world, a docile friendly neighbour to the north(Canada) and to the south a third world country Mexico is so paranoid it needs to disrupt cause coups and destroy other nations around the world. Who is paranoid?

  3. I’m just curious when Neville Chamberlain was raised from the dead and took up residence in the White House?

  4. If you look at Russia with Google maps terrain view (you did check your info before you posted, right?) you’ll see that the ancient Russian homeland, from the Baltic south to Volgograd west of the Urals, is (while not as flat as the Canadian prairies) is still a large, open, accessible plain, and Totten’s right that over the centuries some fairly awful people have stampeded across that plain. He has a point. You have one, too – on top of your head.

  5. Maybe Russia could join the west, instead of fearing it? We’re really not all that deadly these days…..

  6. Shawn, it was Khrushchev that put missiles in Cuba. You got the rest wrong as well.
    And if our, curly locks King to be, were to invite Putin into Canada I would hope the USA had a President with the balls to take us over.

  9. I got Goby and Khrushchev mixed up but you knew excactly what I was talking about for you to make the right correction.
    When Regan caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, Regan was content and extended a hand to Russia to join the rest of the world and for a time they seem to be just doing that. I remember in the early nineties two Russian migs came to Comox. I was able to stand in front of them and get my picture taken. Two Russian migs on a Canadian Air force base would have been unheard of only a few years before that. I remember seeing Russian and former Soviet bloc military officers in Borden. The two tall beautiful Russian gals in uniform I saw is the reason I remember so well. A friend of mine drank vodka with a Russian flight crew on one of their large transport aircraft in Trenton. Things began to change when the Neocons in Washington began take power and that began as far back as Clinton and steam rolled with Bush. Obama is no different and does what Berezniki or Soros tells him to do.

  11. Shawn “Things began to change when the Neocons in Washington began take power and that began as far back as Clinton and steam rolled with Bush.”
    Bush’s fault.
    So Putin’s paranoia has nothing to do with Putin? My take is the guy is a paranoid lunatic.

  12. “recently squeezed by NATO”?
    Interesting choice of words.
    The largest country in the world at close to 7 million square miles through 9 time zones and 1/8 of the world’s land surface is squeezed.

  13. What Michael Totten misses is that Russia has been conquering it’s neighbours since the 15th century when Ivan the Great threw off the Tartar yoke and expanded the principality of Moscow which was the size of Belgium to the size of France. Over the centuries, Russia conquered everything to the east until they reached the Pacific and then claimed what is now Alaska. While the rest of the world was focused on the revolutions in America and France the Russian Czar (which is a corruption of Caesar which gives us an indication of their intent) took Poland, the Ukraine, Crimea and the Baltic states.
    It can be argued that WWI was caused by the German fear of Russian expansion, given that the Russians were on the borders of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire and were supporting the secession of Serbia from the Austro-Hungarian rule it would not be illogical to think that Europe was next on the Czar’s to do list.
    While it is true that Russia has been invaded four times (don’t forget Kaiser Wilhelm II) they have invaded almost all of Asia, all of Eastern Europe (Poland twice) so it’s only natural that every country that is now free of the Czars and the Commissars wants to stay that way.

  14. “so it’s only natural that every country that is now free of the Czars and the Commissars wants to stay that way.”
    Exactly. All they need is for NATO to step up to the plate and their combined armies will be something to contend with but noooo, people pretend this is happening only on Russia’s doorstep, not the doorstep of these former vassal states too.

  15. The West’s useful idiots said the same thing in defence of the USSR and unilateral Western disarmament. And any list that doesn’t include Charles XII of Sweden is lacking. BTW, let’s ask Poland or Ukraine since 1920 what it thinks about its neighbours.

  16. Let’s get this show on the road… BOMB IRAN’s nukes.
    =Instant credibility for the Kenyan ( which I don’t want)
    Putin MAY want to talk a bit.
    Either way Iran would be off the radar for a while. I like that so does Israel.

  17. Yes, except what would China do with these other permanent security council members acting unilaterally.
    We shouldn’t forget what has been done recently in Iraq and Libya, actions which were vetoed by Russia and China.
    I think it’s ironic that Russia is denying that it has troops occupying Crimea at present.
    Lying straight up to the U.S. government the way the U.S. government lies to the American people.
    If it weren’t for Russia’s neighbours having suffered historically from Russian brutality, it would be very funny.

  18. Russia is not denying it has troops in Crimea.
    Those troops were already there and no ADDITIONAL troops were sent into Crimea.
    Those uniformed soldiers with no insignia are long-standing local militias.
    Unlike Guantanomo Bay Naval Base, a US base located in a foreign country, the Crimea is the home of the Russian Meditteranean Fleet and, if you look at a map, is located very close to the Russian border.
    There are many other US bases around the world in foreign countries. Is that because the US is morally superior?

  19. I think it’s ironic that Russia is denying that it has troops occupying Crimea at present.
    Lying straight up to the U.S. government the way the U.S. government lies to the American people.
    If it weren’t for Russia’s neighbors having suffered historically from Russian brutality, it would be very funny.
    ——————-
    The fact of the matter is that 16,000 Russian troops have been in Crimea since the 1990s. Under the Russian-Ukrainian agreement, Russia has the right to base 25,000 troops in Crimea.
    Washington organized the coup in Ukraine in order to promote its world hegemony by capturing Ukraine for NATO and putting US missile bases on Russia’s border in order to degrade Russia’s nuclear deterrent and force Russia to accept Washington’s hegemony.

  20. Crimea is gone, swallowed up by Russia. Whatever is said here or anywhere else in the NATO countries won’t change this fact, and people will get used to it and forget it happened in five years, as with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Kudos to you if you even know what I’m talking about there (two parts of Georgia that Russia decided they should have).
    Now if they try this stunt with the Baltic countries I suspect it will be different, but as long as they stick to areas that have large ethnic Russian populations, they will escape any meaningful pushback.
    A compromise will be worked out, Putin has refrained from being overly aggressive in eastern Ukraine. He wants to have some leverage and clearly is mainly interested in securing the military assets in Crimea. With the sort of people the U.S. are electing president, can you blame him?

  22. “Those uniformed soldiers with no insignia are long-standing local militias.”
    Militias have insignia. The troops that occupied the Crimea and Russian troops with new for-Russian-Army-only equipment.
    In fact, far from being militia or even regular Russian Army, these troops with their new Ratnik digital camo are probably Spetsnaz.
    http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/03/foghorn/guns-russians-ukraine/
    Russian Ratnik digital combat gear:
    http://en.ria.ru/photolents/20121129/177802480.html
    Notice the above uniforms are identical to what the ‘unidentified forces’ are wearing in the Ukraine incursion and yet there are people who are pretending that the latest Russian combat camo is being worn by some ‘militia’ while the Ukrainian Army still has Soviet era issue.
    Yep, uniforms match right down to the rifle slings and the ski goggles.

  23. And that’s why Obama pulled the anti-missile shield planned for Poland last year, because he planned to put them in the Ukraine this year.
    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A U.S. plan to deploy missile defense interceptors to Poland and Romania has been a source of assurance to Washington’s allies, who welcome further integration in a key U.S. security system. Meanwhile, it has infuriated Russia, which sees the interceptors as a threat and has cited them to block cooperation on nuclear arms reductions and other issues.
    So some might have expected the Russians to be relieved and the Poles to express anxiety at a new plan announced last week by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, which effectively cancels plans to put long-term interceptors in Poland in the next decade.
    FROM
    http://news.yahoo.com/us-reassures-poland-over-missile-defense-changes-134545437.html
    …………………………………………….
    Can I get some of what you’re smoking?

  24. What are the uniforms the head choppers from outside of Syria wearing that the US are funding? Can you find any insignias to show us OZ? I think there is something in the Geneva convention about fighting in war without properly marked military uniforms.

  26. So there is a Moral Equivalence between Soviet Russian aggression and US/NATO guardians of world peace?
    This blog has taken a curious turn.

  27. US/NATO guardians of world peace?
    Perhaps that was what was going though Kaddafi’s mind just before Nato backed insurgents shoved a stick up his ass and blew his brains out. Than we all got to see Hiltery cackle like a witch when she heard the news. That must be one big bowl of stupid you have for breakfast in the morning gunney that is able to last you all day till this late in the evening.
    Now for something a little funnier. http://westernrifleshooters.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/image-7.jpeg

  29. Yeah, you wouldn’t know anything, anything at all, about Poland not getting that missile shield last year. Sincerely.
    But according to you, the U.S. had machinations on putting a missile shield in Ukraine this year.
    doh!

  30. … it’s like this, IMHO: for quite some time most western leaders have been talking like a bunch of fags and their shit’s all retarded. This, together with the amelioration of the national idea throughout western institutions has contributed to the bizarre reaction.

  31. When Russians have been settled in eastern European countries for the purpose of later acquiring parts or the whole of a nation, then, no, no one is paranoid. Crimea didn’t just vote to be a part of Russia; this was all part of a plan. Russia wouldn’t attempt this if it knew the US gave a crap.
    Stalin had 20 million Ukrainians killed in the Twenties. He ordered the deaths of 22,000 Poles in the Forties. If the US is a heartless, bloodthirsty monster, I would hate to hear what you think of Uncle Joe.

  33. ‘Shawn’ and ‘set you free’ are correct, besides we have no business meddling in the affairs of other countries. It’s not like we don’t have enough problems of our own.
    If you don’t like that, go join up and lay your life on the line for those lofty ideals and moral outrage. It’s always easy to send someone else off to die for your ‘principles’.

  34. The United States of America has the God given right to impose democracy and freedom in any country in the world. FCUK the EU!

  35. Stalin? Oh God no! 🙂
    North of 60, kindly stow it. I don’t like what’s going on in North Korea, either. Should I not care? The world has stood by and not cared about the eastern bloc for decades. Are we going to repeat the same mistakes? I’ve said before- expel Russia from the G8 and withdraw from the UN. That’s what can and should be done. How’s that for “lofty ideals and moral outrage”?

  36. Yesss, that’s an excellent idea. Then Russia can shut off its gas and oil to Europe and while Europe is freezing in the dark it can sell them to China. And bonus…it can stop using the US dollar for these transactions, too.

  38. Right, overnight they are going to supply oil and gas to China?Ugh good luck with that. Fact is, Putin cannot afford to stop selling gas to EU. And that is the end of a very mild winter in Europe with reserves full. EU would be in much better shape without ruskie gas, than ruskie would be without a amarket for it.

  39. For all the “blame Amerikkka first” paulbot morons above (with a special dedication to those who think that it was Gorby who wanted to put missiles in Cuba – how typical):
    “We want the world to solve its own problems for a while. The problem is that all this – invasions, wholesale slaughter, ethnic cleansing, missile tests, naval provocations, and raw brutality – is how the world beyond our borders solves its own problems.”
    Read the rest here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/372554/new-world-disorder-jim-geraghty

  40. Hussein Ogabe Al-Chicago cancelled the missile shield in Poland in 2009 not last year. He did it on September 17 – the anniversary of soviet invasion of Poland in wwii. He did it without any prior notice to the Polish side.

  41. An often ignored fact is that following the breakup of Soviet empire Ukraine agreed to give nuclear wepons then within her territory in exchange for guarantees of territorial sovereignty from US. So yes US has formal obligations there regardless of what the isolationist nimrods claim.

  42. “It’s always easy to send someone else off to die for your ‘principles’.”
    The leftist ‘chicken hawk’ argument?
    I suspected you were a Leftist with your kneejerk french-fry grease obsession, but that seals it.

  44. “Then Russia can shut off its gas and oil to Europe and while Europe is freezing in the dark it can sell them to China.”
    Not gonna happen……
    Selling a few prototype aircraft carriers, obsolescent air craft designs and old diesel subs is one thing but giving China access to Siberia’s energy wealth is quite another matter…..like Canada selling the US water……….
    Russia, much like the USSR, doesn’t station whole armies (not just divisions) on the Sin-Russian border because it’s a great training area.
    Fear of eastern (Asian) invasion is written permanently into Russian DNA…..in fact Russia has had more successful invasions/conquests from Asians than Europeans….
    Russian kids don’t play cowboys and Indians…..it’s Russian and Turk….
    Russians revere Cossacks but Cossacks are not Russian cowboys but rather Russian settlers who retained their Christian religion but otherwise directly copied Tartar culture….and were defiantly independent of Russia(Muscovy).

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