We’ll just have to wait and see but Obama has certainly given them opportunities.

they tested unique ICBM missiles launched last fall including launches from the submarines

they are reforming their military exactly according to the concept of US colonel Doug McGregor – the brightest strategist in conventional force

When you hear about N Korean launch of a ICBM : don’t fool yourself there is no sovereign N Korea. It is Russian-Chinese alliance that launched that

When Taliban promises a coming devastating attack on USA again: do you civilized people actually believe the nonsense that people with towels on their heads in caves with the goats actually can threaten USA?

Dont forget there are 2.3 mil people employed by KGB . You think they also wear towels?

Wrong. They play chess, they have advanced degrees in mathematics and physics

they want to kill millions of us here and looks like they are going to get a chance on killing everyone here.

Of course coward comrade Obama hopes that kremlin will warn him.

But out of his ignorance he never studied well in college, probably thats why he hides his records in every school he went: he has no idea that when kgb will start an operation top behead American Government – they will fry Obama on the priority basis. It is a pity he got little kids because all of them will be wasted by spetsnaz.

CNN and state department(if they will have a window of couple of hours before they will suffer the same) will call it `islamist` but they will speak fluent russian of course.

An exception and an approval:
Traveling recently in Eu (and Eastern Eu) I heard a lot of about this – however, I don’t think that Putin/ Medvedev have this intention, and this for two reasons:
1) the crappy act that the Europeans have put so far when they (Russians) keep tightening the gas/oil noose around their neck signals to Russia that military action in Europe is unecessary;
2) Ukraine is in a very bad shape and a military intervention there would only complicate the situation, which I think that anyway tilts towards Russia.

However, this (military intervention) is much more likely to happen now, after the Russkies had a chance to size up Obama in person.” – unfortunately, your prediction might materialize, the Russians having (had) a good opportunity to get an encouraging assessment of Obama’s personality traits:

While media is making a huge fuss about Obama’s Europe tour (Part II) and popularity, little is said about his propensity to acommodate everyone’s views and interests (from Russia to… Iran) – except America’s.
It is unreal to see the US president abroad engaged in a relentless exercise of blaming the US for anything and apologizing for everything – but then, when we remember that Obama’s presidential career began with the “God damn America!” as cri de guerre, we have the proper context for this situation.
And very few find something disturbing here… so, it might be that the Ukrainins will be the first to experience on their skin the community organizer’s ways.

It is unreal to see the US president abroad engaged in a relentless exercise of blaming the US for anything and apologizing for everything – but then, when we remember that Obama’s presidential career began with the “God damn America!” as cri de guerre, we have the proper context for this situation.

And very few find something disturbing here…

Actually the Russians aren’t the Balkans and they can easily track the B2 and regularly do using spy satellites. The British have shown how to track stealth aircraft using, of all things, background clutter from cellphones.

While I do believe in force I think it needs to be the West ganging up on a tyrant not just the US. Europe needs to suffer a while and get back into the game. We should not go it alone.

Absolutly. That isn’t the question, however. War is inevitable, it is delusional to think otherwise. Therefore the question becomes; ‘How big a war do we get?’ Do you want a small, non nuclear war or a big, glow in the dark craters type war? I’m in favor of a small war, in a small place where the effects of modern weapons shocks certain people enough to make them see reason.
Russia is run by mostly old men (70’s and 80’s) that think they got screwed when the Soviet Union fell and want a do-over. They think things would be different this time around. They are wrong.
Russia doesn’t have any modern weapons. All they have are left overs from the cold war. No value except as targets.
Those tired old men don’t understand that. A B-2 would drive the point home in a very economical manner.
No way the Sov……err, Russians can track a B-2, much less get a lock and fire on one.
So a demonstration of modern military equipment would make the Russian stop and think. What they would think about is building their own.
It takes a 21st century society and a 21st century economy to build a 21st century military. So by the time Russia built their society and economy up to where they could create the military they need, they wouldn’t need that militay, since they would be able to sit down and work things out without all the death and destruction.
The age of tyrants is coming to a close. The future belongs to consensual government and universal suffrage. These last few decades will be rough The tyrants will not go gently into the night.
Appropriate applications of force will speed up the process.
Louis IVX had “The final argument of kings” inscribed on the sides of his cannons. Those days have passed, but there are those that didn’t get the memo. So we need to keep a supply of bigger and better cannons around. It doesn’t hurt to resend the memo every now and then. Wrapping it around a cannonball is a real attention getter. Just ask Saddam. Oh wait, you can’t. They hung him and put the video on youtube.
The best way to achieve peace is to be ready, willing and a little bit eager for war.

We are powerless to stop the Russians. Using the B2 would have been considered an act of war.

If the people of eastern Europe want freedom, they need to earn it. If the people of western Europe want not to fear the Russians they need to stand up to them. It isn’t our job anymore.