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Russia, China to hold joint military excercise

asia.news.yahoo.com — CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Troops from Russia, China and Central Asian states will take part in a joint military exercise on Friday designed to show off their alliance's increasing power.

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  • Lordy1952, on 10/10/2007, -26/+4SO...what... the U.S. doesnt work with any one else and we are surprise that other countries does?
    • iupetre, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15whew! not to mention the grammar problems...
      The U.S. had a coalition when it invaded Iraq. Britain, Australia, Italy... to name a few.
      • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12Well it's not like you could name a lot.
      • kooft, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12C'mon Albion, there's actually quite a few: "England. Japan's sending Playstations. Stankonia said they are willing to drop bombs over Baghdad. Riggity Row is coming. Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation"
      • FloppyLlamaDigg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12You forgot Poland.
    • supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Can i has Alliances?
      • ph3rny, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1if u were looking for the meme it woudl be "I can has alliances" with several speeling errors to be more accurate
        • psygnisfive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Oddly, some people still can't quite get Lolcat grammar's lack of auxiliary verb fronting.

          Refresher Course (best read in the voice of the narrator for "Look Around You"):

          In English, to ask permission for something, you take the statement form of the sentence, S Aux V O, and move it to the front: Aux S V O. For example, "I can have a cheeseburger" is a statement, so the question form is "Can I have a cheeseburger."

          On the contrary, like many Asian languages, Lolcat grammar does not have auxiliary verb fronting. The statement for S Aux V O remains unchanged when shifting to a question for, which is merely indicated by the present of a question mark "?".

          Further, as supaklaw correctly demonstrated, verbs tend to be in the second person singular, as in "has" which works with "he has" or "she has" or even "it has", but never "have" as in "i have". "I has" is perfectly grammatical in Lolcat.
    • RubberChicken, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Im 2 stoopit too mak it to gramar n speling clasez.

      All of you fools need to hold a conference to show off your unified grammar incompetence.

      pretty please look at esl.com

      were you trying to say that the US citizens shouldn't be surprised when other countries hold unified military engagements?
  • iupetre, on 10/10/2007, -7/+45It's the end of the world as we know it.
    • tzonic, on 10/10/2007, -4/+48And I feel fine.
      • lordtyros, on 10/10/2007, -11/+3Same here, man. I'll be chillin out with my hand down my pants when the ***** Reds parachute into my living room.

        And I'm okay with that.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Ahh. The classic feints of a new cold war. And just so everyone knows, the cold war was a fallacy in itself. If you'd research respected researcher Antony Sutton and Zbignew Brezezinski, you'll discover that the U.S funded both Germany, and Russia and developed their infrastructures in the run ups to both WW1 and 2. Not only that, but throughtout the cold war, the U.S is known to have supported the U.S.S.R's weapons development, get this.. AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE FIGHTING VIETNAM!

      But it gets deeper.
      Just do a quick search of Antony sutton, his reputation, the high ranking individuals who accept his claims and you'll see that we were lied to, just like we're being lied to today.

      Watch the free google video: the money masters to see why.

      War is a racket!
      • Andrew626, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4time to get out of mom's basement big guy
        • nakani, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Haha! It's funny 'cuz it's anti-intellectual
      • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Quite right. War is nothing but an excuse for the private bankers to lend more money to the government and reap the interest payments for years to come. Just think how much interest will be paid to the Fed (a private bank) on all the money borrowed to fund Afghanistan and Iraq. War is not patriotic, it is just a money making bonanza for the international bankers and the entire Military Industrial Complex which requires ongoing conflict to survive.
      • Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not only that. But the nuclear scare, all from a nation which WE gave the "bomb" to in the first place. I just love how history eventually shows itself to be more unbelievable than the greatest fiction. But it wasn't espionage, it wasn't simply communists infiltrating our nation. We went in, gave them the weapons technology, and all the research and development data that they needed. And when they couldn't finish it with that, we sent in our experts and constuction workers to speed up the process. After that... I have no clue. But this much is clear .Our government has some explaining to do...
    • benjpw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6If the US did a joint exercise with Canada would people care? Boo hoo. To many Central Asian countries the US holding 70,000 nukes is the end of the world. Keep it in perspective fear mongers.
  • dimplemonkey, on 10/10/2007, -9/+26That's right, let's put another iPhone story on the front page, let's be distracted by everything else. Who cares if the Russians and Chinese are holding joint military exercises?!
    • airjun, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Good point im sure its Bush's fault too.
  • doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -7/+38What the hell is everyone getting all worried for?

    China and Russia have been conducting joint exercises for years. The exercises being run this time are focusing on counter-insurgency attacks based around the threat of terrorism. These aren't "How to Invade the United States" style exercises, and I see no reason to be worried.
    • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Years yes, decades no. Even though they were both once communist countries their relations have always been frosty and have only recently begun to thaw. This isn't the first exercise they've conducted together and invasion of the US was never, would never, be on the cards. The reason why people are getting so concerned is because they understand the implications.

      China's demand for resource is set to mushroom. Iran is set to provide said resource. Iran, Pakistan and India are, for the first time in their war-torn history, brokering deals together to build a gas pipeline. The US Administration has been on a mission to secure the world's resources; heard of Africom, the Iraq occupation, the Wolfowitz Doctrine? The Corporate Administration doesn't like Iran but loves Iranian oil. In fact it needs the Caspian Sea reserves - hence the Afghanistan Oil Pipeline.

      When the military wing of the BRICs begin to exercise together you should be worried because the current US lifestyle cannot be sustained without kneeling to Corporate rule and them achieving their goals in the Gulf. Those goals cannot be achieved with the BRICs in play and it looks like they are on the sidelines warming up.

      Nobody with a grain of morality wants Capitol hijacking Corporate Fascism to be successful but better be it for them to fail due to domestic resistance than if they fail at the hands of foreign intervention, which would mean a lot of lives lost.
      • foreverseethe, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0China is not communist? news to me.
        truthfully, i never bought the rhetoric about communism.
        As has been demonstrated, democracy doesn't solve every problem in the world.
        • annenk38, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4China is no more communist than the US is a democracy.
        • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Neither China or Russia never achieved Marxist communism, they got as far as the predicted forced social reform which developed an authoritarian central government which never relinquished its hold. It was known as communism but both failed under economic pressures. Russia eventually relented and privatised its markets (which it is now reversing). China from the beginning lagged behind Russia and they barely talked. China made several bold efforts to economic reform to close the gap. The 'Great Leap Forward' was such a reform. It led to the greatest famine in man's history. China admits 15 million starved to death, conservative western estimates put it between 20-40 million.

          Chairman Mao stayed in power but the country dropped off the face. In the late 70s reform begun but half the population lived in poverty. Needs must from then on in justified policy, but the Party retained the Authoritarian rule. Today 70% of China's GDP comes from the private sector.

          When you think of America from a different perspective: How much of the US GDP is seized in taxes and then given to the private sector in subsidy, contracts and debt repayment? If you think about it what is the difference between China's 30% state run monopolies and the US' closed bid, heavy subsidy which prices competitors out of the market. How much is issued through government and corporation so by the time it has filtered down an depreciation has occurred, interest tax. The line between America and China starts to become fuzzy. The Chinese government directly controls 30% of the market, how much of the private market does the US government control; defense contractors, pharmaceuticals, insurance, med aid, industry and agriculture subsidy? It all adds up to the same thing. A government controlling a significant slice of the free market pie.

          They are both authoritarian regimes married to corporation. Neither are what they are supposed to be. US is not a free market, China is not communist.
    • FRANKeB, on 10/10/2007, -6/+13'These aren't "How to Invade the United States" style exercises, and I see no reason to be worried.'

      Maybe these are 'How to prevent an invasion from the United States military' style exercises, and yes, we should be worried.
      • kooft, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3SCO is really a counter-weight to NATO. Granted, it's not nearly as thorough, but it's a good start. If Iran gains full membership they might be the beneficiaries of a mutual defense pact with China & Russia (under certain terms of course). Once they're under the Sino-Russo umbrella, America's options are few. Considering that NATO/US are in full control of Iraq and Afghanistan, I'm thinking Russia & China will want to strengthen ties with Iran & Syria, lest they lose all control of the Middle East.
        • salinemist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Uh, why does NATO need a counterweight?
          • nakani, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They key words are "North Atlantic". That doesn't describe China + Russia very well. So it's in their interest to have a counterweight
        • knomevol, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1perhaps they want ©UNIX® back.
      • enginbeering, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"Maybe these are 'How to prevent an invasion from the United States military' style exercises, and yes, we should be worried."

        This might mean the lives of thousands of *innocent* invading military forces! Oh noes!
    • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0Move along people, nothing to see here. Relax guy, take a rest, trrrrruuust me!

      Yeah, Russia only hacks and spams the crap out of the United States along with China. China is only supplying terrorists in Iraq with military firepower, and Russia only sold anti-aircraft vehicles to Iran. We are just overreacting, right?
      • Andrew626, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0No!! digg him down quickly, he is interfering with our left wing ignorance bubble
      • therealgt, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0if you were in russia or china's shoes, what would you be doing? I think they're just hedging their bets. Who knows, in a couple of years the USA may turn itself around and the rest of the world won't need to worry. Until then though, there is nothing sinister about preparing for the worst...
    • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I'll tell ya why...REVELATIONS! He Bible predicted the whole thing--the two great nations joining together, the middle east wars--um, I forget the rest so you'll have to watch Glenn Beck. :/
      • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5There is a bit off good news if the end of the world is coming. All the stuck up fundamentalist christians will fook off up to heaven and the rest of us can enjoy the return of the devil and his cool music.

        Admit it, which side will have the better sound track? The devil or those harp weilding white fluffy pansy boys?
        • Andrew626, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1the eternal lake of fire kinda puts a damper on your fun, I don't think ipods are lava-proof
        • therealgt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Hey whatever is fueling that lake of fire could probably fuel our hummers too! PROFIT!
        • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Are you suggesting the Administration is creating Armageddon because they think they have oil? Dammit, why didn't we see it before?
      • Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You've got to admit that its weird that Revelations talks about locusty type things wearing Red, Blue and Yellow on their breastplates and sweeping across the Euphrates. Russian Red, Persian Blue (Iran), China Yellow. Euphrates - Iraqi oilfields in Basra. Feel free to run screaming round the room squirting ink and waving your arms in the air!
    • salinemist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, they'd rather invade Taiwan and the Middle East.
    • BESTenemy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Now that Russia has made a claim regarding the Arctic oil deposits, countries like China that are oil importers are going to step in and show support. China can't have its own mining and refining operation at the North Pole. Russia can. The shortest path to the precious resource is through Russia, and the cheapest, as they have a developed railroad network and refineries along the way from Russian peak oil days. No one is going to be attacking the US, unless US attacks first. The exercise is a way of saying: "We're going to go after the oil, so don't even think about stopping us."

      If Canada was to defend its claim, it would be able transport oil for domestic consumption, and would likely share it with the US, so I won't be surprised if in retaliation US arranged a series of joint military exercises with Canada, for counter-balance. It's all growl games at this point - nothing more.
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just a guess----a takeover of Tiawan? Getting warmed up for a democrat for president.
  • kkeith02, on 10/10/2007, -5/+15Once again, I can't wait for the new Bond films that now have Russia as the enemy again!
  • TY84, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20A Washington-based group that supports Muslim Uighurs in China, said: "The scale of the exercises suggests that they are aimed at controlling local populations and not just combating terrorism."
    No worries, they're doing the same exercises in the U.S. . . . ;'(
    • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2The difference is that Russians/ chinese are just doing a bit of pretend repression, the US has been doing if for real for the last 6 years.
  • dallascorbin504, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3HMMM. I wonder if they will let Iran into the SCO considering that Ahmadinejad is at the conference? If that happens, we are going to have some tough alliances to overcome. G.B. is about the only ally that makes a difference. The french pussies run away as soon as a fight is about to go down and the rest of the E.U. looks upon the U.S. to save them in case of an attack.
    • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The UK won't come with you to Iran.

      for the UK to go to war it needs to be voted in by the Houses of Parliament. Most of the MPs that voted for the war with Iraq did so because they believed Tony Blair and his WMD speech. The followed the logic that the PM wouldn't dare lie about something that important, well he did and we got forced in.

      If we were going to go to war with Iran Gordon Brown (new PM) would need to go to Parliament to get the OK, it would never happen. Even before he went to get a vote on it, the country would errupt. Many of the big protest groups (both peaceful and violent) have formed an alliance. If it looks like we are gearing up for war, there are plans to cause chaos across the whole country.
      • meatmcguffin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Not only that but Brown's labour is ten points ahead in the polls. There's no way, he'll risk that lead
      • dan.stryker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Sounds like the UK is becoming another France... let somebody else do the fighting and rescue you.... EU is weak.
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Its okay. The US can handle Iran. Probably won't have to since Isreal would shut them down if its down to it.
        • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Sure pal... Israel just lost a war against a radical group within Lebanon and you think that they can go to war against Iran? They are way too smart to make that kind of mistake. They will just sit back and wait for someone else (U.S) to do it for them.
  • jessdub99, on 10/10/2007, -9/+26The US & Canada tried this a few years ago but Canada had to cancel after they failed to get their horses to fly.
    • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11You do realize the Canadian Air Force flies CF-18 Super Hornets, and just spent a few billion on purchasing some Galaxy cargo haulers from you guys?

      The whole US is superior to Canada joke is trading at par these days you know.
      • Nizza, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Not Super Hornets, but Hornets. And not the Galaxy, but the (much more modern) C-17 Globemaster.
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I am an American and I think Canada rocks. Their military has been awesome through the Iraq War and I greatly appreciate their committment to a democratic Iraq. Its good for the entire world if Iraq becomes a stable democracy.
    • fhernand, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9It is said France and the UK tried the same, but it was over when France unexpectedly surrendered
      • nakani, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Lately I've wondered if making fun of France for losing wars has become an anachronism in light of America's recent military history.
    • FRANKeB, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4Funny fact. Canada kicks the ***** out of the US forces in friendly wargames year after year. We are a much smaller military but we don't jrecruit retarded unemployed rednecks with pregnant 16 year old girlfriends to fill our ranks like the US does.
      • Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I realize that you might have said that in relataliation to a stupid comment from some one on Digg but that was very unkind. Every single soldier that fights for the cause of freedom is a hero regardless of which country they come from.
      • dan.stryker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Who do you think would win in a REAL war between USA and canada? Think again kool aid drinker...
  • readthis, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5Together they could kick our butts
    • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5In this day and age the winner would be the one who strikes first, and I guarantee you that no matter which side you are on, it will be absolutely devastating to all. Maybe even the end. Let us all pray that it never comes down to that.
    • dhakbar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Any serious provocation to the United States which were to result in our armed forces taking off the kid gloves will result in the end of global stability and billions of lives.

      It's not something anyone really wants. Nobody that understands what it would create, at least.
    • derspiess, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Russia still has a big hole to crawl out of. Not long ago I was reading that they couldn't afford to buy their own domestically produced jet fighters, not to mention jet fuel to fly the ones they have (resulting in pilots not getting enough flight time). The kicker: Air Force majors & colonels moonlighting as cab drivers.
      China is even further behind in military technology, and neither has any serious force projection capability. I'm not losing any sleep tonight.
    • dan.stryker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0*****! Were you ever in the military? We could kick their asses no problem. Yeah, it would be difficult right now with half of our army in f-ing iraq, but we are the only nation powerful enough to move sizable amount of firepower around the world. China can't, and yes Russia can't either. I laugh when they say they flew 14 bombers to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, we could blow them out of the sky easily. These military exercises consisted of 6,000 troops! That's all! Who cares, nothing to worry about here...
  • pmagayon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2This should end well.
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8So? They have an alliance, and so do we (NATO).
    • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Sorry to say it but NATO is a joke
    • annenk38, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2NATO forms a tight ring around Russia. With exceptions of China, Mongolia and Belarus, all other countries that border Russia are active NATO members. I wouldn't call that a joke.
      • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Sorry to rain on your parade but our only true ally in that region is Great Britain. For the most part all other countries like France don't give a flying ***** about us and you can thank Bush's foreign policy for that.
  • ani625, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5In other news, china declares its food "chinese"
    • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2The Chinese food you eat in America is not what most Chinese people eat.

      Most asian diets tend to be mainly fish and rice, not the deep fried food they serve here.

      Then again, the Seasame Chicken I had for lunch was delicious.
  • harvinator24, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7Russia and China have been doing this the last few years. China is the number one importer of russian weapons so it would make sense that they "practice" with eachother, plus they both hate America.
    • BabyWookie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9They only hate us for our freedumb!
    • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6They hate America! That's why they're allying! EVERYONE IS AGAINST US BECAUSE THEY'RE JEALOUS! People can't act on their own without America having something to do with it!

      America has a textbook case of paranoid schizophrenia and narcissism
      • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1The fact pretty much every country hates America is kinda true though. Most places do what America says because it is top dog. If China overtakes the US watch how few friends stick by you guys
    • expat001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No China loves us. Look at the trade imbalance.
    • 0260, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1that is sad. the tv told you that everyone hates america? its not america.. its the americans
  • empirefalling, on 10/10/2007, -16/+10Your country is rapidly becoming a mirror of Fascist Germany of the 1930’s. Alliances as mentioned in this article are being created by Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan , many Asian, European and South American countries against your government and it’s militaristic Nazi itinerary. Do you wish to risk a global war over your racist , imperialistic way of life? Do you wish to see an invasion of your homeland in order to stop, by offensive means, your fall into fascism? You still have the ability to revolutionize your current direction and trounce your current Nazi regime and replace it with one more subjugated to the will of the World Body. Instead of crying to the Moon for water, start now and change yourselves, save yourselves from the coming offensive by the above Alliances that could wipe out much of the hope of what America was meant to be. Vote correctly in your upcoming elections. Remove your current way of thinking and ways of destruction and become one with the rest of the Globe.....
    • metric7, on 10/10/2007, -8/+8WOW!! you are ***** dumb
      • joklem, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3WOW!! Your comment is useless.
        • geekee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, it summed up the gp post nicely and concisely.
    • mythicflux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Wait... what? Somehow we've become Nazi Germany. So would that make Canada our version of Belgium? Mexico our France? Oh.. oh... Cuba can be our British Isles!

      Sweet World War III here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1well you have killed over 500,000 innocents in Iraq and many in Afganistan. I don't know how many Jews the Nazi's killed, but your on your way to catching them. Its alot slower (germany always were more efficient) but if you get your war with Iran, I bet by the time its all over you will have killed more innocents than the Nazi's killed Jews.
        • therealgt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0except this time its brown people.. I'm only half serious btw.
    • douggmc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4replace with a "regime ... more subjugated to the will of the World Body".

      WTF? The only thing the "regime" (i.e., government) of this country will EVER be subjugated to is the will of the AMERICAN PEOPLE. Not China, not Russia, not Iran, not some global citizenry. This great experiment called a a democratic republic we have is still the best the world has ever known and has had.

      So ... go ahead ... the rest of the world you refer to (like Iran, China, Pakistan) ... go ahead and just try an "invasion of our homeland". You'll get annihilated.

      Peace
      • Sketchcast, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Correction, you were once the best democratic republic the world has ever seen. Now your government runs roughshod over your hard fought rights, and you do nothing to stop them. The once-proud American people, the rebels who overthrew a foreign authoritarian power now sit on their fat asses watching Fox and eating McDonalds as home grown authoritarianism takes away everything their ancestors fought for.

        For shame, your pride has blinded you to the fact that the rest of the democratic world lives better and freer than you. For shame America, get up off your couches and demand change.
        • therealgt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It does seem that way sometimes, doesn't it? But actually, when I read sites like Digg and Reddit and other forums, there do seem to be a number of americans who do 'get it'.. now whether or not there is enough of them to make a difference, I don't know. I hope there is though. the USA has many, many great things about it that others in other nations ARE jealous of, if even only slightly so. I think the USA can come back to its former glory though, and ever surpass it, if they play their cards right.
      • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Are you sure its the best? What do you base that on? Its always interesting to hear Americans say that because very few of them can even give examples of how other countries do it. Could it be that you think you have the best because you have been told you have the best?
        • therealgt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1naww, america wouldn't lie to us?!?!
    • phoggey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Jeez, how did an article about China and Russia turn into anti-US stuff. I go to work and come home, just a normal guy like you. Yet, every article I read that has a political story or viewpoint immediately turns into anti-American rhetoric. I like the USA, it's my home, regardless of what's being done in other places. If you wish to share you viewpoints, go for it, but why not try articles that specifically outline their bias ahead of time like "IMPEACH BUSH" or other hate filled articles.
      • synik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You may be just a normal guy, but you don't seem to realise the horrors your government is inflicting on the rest of the world.

        Nazi Germany had plenty of normal guys living in it too.
    • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3yeah we are so like Nazi Germany here in the USA. illegal Mexican immigrants waving a Mexican flag marching down the streets in an American city are gathered up put on a train to NV and burned/gassed/shot/etc. we've rolled our tanks north to Canada and all the down into southern america and put our flags and pictures of GWB all over these countries. Delusional much?
  • djrisc, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4who the ***** are you? maybe someday if you are lucky this country will be "yours". ***** you, and ***** your opinion, douchebag. not our COUNTRY *****, our GOVERNMENT is starting to mirror fascist germany. get your ***** straight before you start talking it. im a proud american and ***** if ill sit hear and read your garbage. flag me as being offensive, cause im offended, bitch.
    • Etchii, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5Right on man!
    • CraigCarlyle, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2If you're a proud American and admit your Government is corrupt, why don't you do something about it instead of sitting back and complaining?
      • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2every two years members of congress are replaced, every 4 years we vote on a president/vp...we DO something, just not on your ***** timeline.
    • FiP0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4who are you answering to ? oO
    • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah! It's the gov't faults! Excuse me, I have to go. There's a man here asking me about some "Papers" in a thick accent...
    • douggmc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'll flag you because you not so much for the concept of your stance ... but just because you sound like a dick.
  • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1And people think the REAL ID act and wiretapping international calls to suspect individuals are the gravest threat to our nation. The first thing we should do in response is reassemble the neutron bomb.

    And before someone steps in again with "this is about insurgency", take a good luck at the region of insurgency now. How about you parade that little exercise into Baghdad and let our boys take 5? Yeah, thought so.
  • SaII, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4I build for china
  • FiP0, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Aren't they over already ? I saw some images of it on the news, a few hours ago. (French news)

    Btw, those excercises looked like an awesome action movie ! Do you think someone on the web has a video of it ?
  • maybeinoregon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2As Jackie Gleason used to say "And awaaay we go"....
  • expat001, on 10/10/2007, -12/+8Another creation of GWB failed foreign policy, and any retard who voted for Bush is responsible as well.
    • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Play the blame game, but every American that does nothing enables him.

      Evil flourishing...check...good men doing nothing...check. You guys are going to get *****.
  • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3Russia is gearing up, man....keep your eyes and ears open 'cause they are gearing up.
    • Danjamin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3very astute observation. Where do you get your information?
  • littlebylittle, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13"We can kick both their asses. And all of the asses of Arab States who don't agree with us too! All at once!"
    -- The NeoCon Viewpoint
    • FRANKeB, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5America! ***** Yeah! Coming your way to save the *****' day yeah!

      -- Also The NeoCon Viewpoint
    • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Wow if America went against Russia and China it would lose big time. There is no way to stop and control a country the size of Russia (remember napoleon and hitler both tried and failed) when you add on China to that you have no chance. If you decided to pull out the Nukes Russia still has plenty to take out the whole of the US, so Nukes wouldn't help.
      • foreverseethe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Not to mention, manpower wise, China is the Biggest military in the world.Yeah, makes sense dudnnit?
    • edi44, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Generic insult against the opposing point of view that has nothing to do with the article."
      --The Digg Viewpoint

      Do I win?
  • nastronomical, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9To the morons ...........how is this GWB fault? I guess its GWB that made russia and china our enemies? I think some of you morons need a history lesson stat!!
    • RubberChicken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It's your fault, and I hate you for it.

      On the other hand, your mom has the sexiest little panties...
    • BabyWookie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2How is it his fault? Are you ***** ***** me? That piece of ***** did everything in his power to turn the whole international community against us, right after they all threw their support behind us, following the 9/11 attacks.
      • nastronomical, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3WAIT.................SO RUSSIA AND CHINA PRIOR TO 9-11 WERE OUR TRUE ALLIES AND BFF??? LEMME GUESS YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM!!
        • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I think what babywookie is trying to say is that prior to GWB we were only knee deep in ***** and know we are completely buried in it.
    • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think what babywookie is trying to say is that prior to GWB we were only knee deep in ***** and know we are completely buried in it.
  • nastronomical, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9"We cannot kick both their asses. And all of the asses of Arab States !So lets be the coward bitch's that our mothers trained us to be and surrender!"
    -- The LIBERAL DEMOCRAT Viewpoint
    • littlebylittle, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Dude, you're right man. You snapped me out of my pussy state of mind. LET'S TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND MAKE BUSH DICTATOR OF THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on you Libtarded wimps! WE CAN DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • nakani, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Let's cast everything in terms of partisan politics so we don't have to expend much effort in critical analysis and fruitful debates on the issues that matter!"

      We need not divide ourselves into arbitrary groups and feud amongst each other with guns and bombs. Another option would be to embrace peace and band together in our commonality as humans.
  • tastypastry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5They're just going to play soccer.
  • 0260, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2russia did same with india. they taught them how to use violence few years back (lol @ civil disobedience) . maybe all 3 can join and do something about north korea and the terrorist problem in the middle east. id like to see that happen
    • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You know India is the worlds biggest true democracy right? the next two world super powers are going to be China and India. India is the one we should be working with as they are the best hope for a capatalist/western future. Most of the world backed the US when it was a choice between left wing russia and right wing America.
      • BabyWookie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Huh? Most of the world backed the US when again?
  • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5So anyone's who doesn't know the geography... Russia and China both want control of the South China Sea, which is abundant in resources. The US and her allies, including Japan and Taiwan, want the same.

    Limited resources is the nature of conflict.

    And China has already stated they want Taiwan back, and the US has already said no. All this adds up to a really, really big powderkeg.
    • kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2And America has pissed off all her Allies with the whole screw the UN thing. So looks like you have 3 choices.

      1/ Give up and go home to mom
      2/ Fight it out pretty much alone
      3/ Come begging Europe and all the other countries you pissed off for help.
      • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sorry but we got the Alpha Centauri and Pledian technology at our disposal, not to mention loads of TR-3Bs lol. I could be joking, but who knows.
  • evilelf2407, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2well we're *****
  • metall1c1ne, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Humanity will bring about its own demise. This is sad but true! ...and you'll probably digg this down because it's pessimistic. I think it's more of a realistic outlook. ...but I guess that's why he said, 'YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH".
  • CraigJ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"About 6,500 troops, mainly from Russia and China, will take part. Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are also SCO members.

    Russia has fought two wars against Muslim separatists in its Chechnya region since 1994, China says it has been combating Muslim Uighur rebels in its most westerly province and Uzbekistan says it has had to combat Islamist militants.

    The Russian commander in charge of the exercise, General Vladimir Moltenskoi, said on Thursday it would help SCO member countries fight both international and "internal terrorists".

    But the Uighur American Association, a Washington-based group that supports Muslim Uighurs in China, said: "The scale of the exercises suggests that they are aimed at controlling local populations and not just combating terrorism."

    The SCO emerged a few years ago out of an original alliance set up after the former Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. "

    90% of the article. This is not a big deal, they've been doing this for 15+ years...
  • benjpw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4If the US did a joint exercise with Canada would people care? Boo hoo. To many Central Asian countries the US holding 70,000 nukes is the end of the world. Keep it in perspective fear mongers.
    • Danjamin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3NO! we have to make it look like america is ruined or else this wont stay on the front page
  • guzziguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Nothing to worry about HILARY will kick their BUTTS.....Just tell her they're actually Republicans and watch FOX News.

    The Chinese will take us down without firing a single shot.....They'll take us down with $$$...
  • heystoopid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ah , a reversal of the Chenpao incident of 1969 , when the Soviets maintained a minimum of 42 divisions attached to Far East Command compared to a mere 26 bordering the then NATO boundary line !
  • delusr, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1SCO lost to Novell now there gonna partner up with the Chinese and Russians :)
  • monkeyrun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Just because you learn about it today, doesn't mean it didn't happen before...

    Breaking!! President of China moved his left leg !!!!!
  • Grumps, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Axis is back! Communist unites again.
  • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1by joint military exercises I hope they mean a couple games of Counter Strike
    • dogstar0125, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I think they mean that they're going to poison baby food, use lead paint on children's products, and pollute the world together. China doesn't need to go to war. They can kill us all with their shoddy corrupt manufacturing.
  • christophelyon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Don't forget it's also a way to ensure both don't get too aggressive at each other... China still considers Russia to be its worst military enemy...
    • boombye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow you got dug down for the truth. People forget that the two sides used to shoot at each other a few times.
  • Casserole, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I wish you lot would stop freaking out over alliances - oh no, Team A is on this side! Which side is Team B on?

    Or, how about there are no sides, the vast majority of the people of this world want to live their lives peacefully and ignorantly, whilst the majority of armchair generals dream up fantasy war scenarios to wank over.
    • SimonGray, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's because the demographic of Digg pretty much represents the average male gamer playing C&C. It's pretty sad.

      Also, pretty much everyone forgets that all countries reside over vast nuclear arsenals that would mean their mutual eradication if they ever attacked each other, so these war games and alliances are wishful thinking at most...
  • banddude100, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1In other news, France surrenders, just in case.
  • chockZ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0This would be the beginnings of Eastasia for all the 1984 fans.
  • Dustmuffins, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"The exercise is not the first time Russian and Chinese forces have trained together, but it is the first time the exercises have been held in Russia and they are by far the largest to date."

    "Attending the summit as an observer was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, who lashed out what he called US "interference" in the region."

    "The concluding communique issued at the end of the summit included what was seen as a thinly-veiled warning to the US to stay out of the region."
  • freedomwv, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0I think that what Russia and China are doing is to show that they also can flex with muscles. The US has some very important friends out there in the South China sea. Japan is still very important to the US. There is a underlining war brewing in the region. The problem has been brewing for years. There have been some military threats make by China to Japan in the past several years. China like to sneak into Japanese waters with subs near natural gas stations. The Japanese are getting really sick of China`s *****. Japanese have been attacked by mobs of Chinese in China several time as well. When the Japanese government complained to China about it, the commies in China said that it is hard to control the Chinese when such strong feels are felt. That is a load of crap. The commies have no problems killing Chinese when they resist the government.
    Anyway, there is a lot going on with Russia and China. The region is in for major ***** in the coming years.
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