Erhm, who would I be fighting, and more importantly, how? I don't fear a war though. I don't want to be paranoid
Erhm, who would I be fighting, and more importantly, how? I don't fear a war though. I don't want to be paranoid
Originally Posted by Vaerys
If there was a war, how about the politicians and banks go to some remote island in the pacific and have a fist fight. Easy.
I wouldn't worry too much about fighting. The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station is only 6 miles NE of me so I'm pretty sure I'll be vaporized at the first opportunity.
Russia's attacks on the US electoral system, least of all, is one. Russian interference in EU national-level elections is another.
I vote we should, on the coldest day of this coming winter, arrange for an unfortunate electronic failure of the Russian power grid. Followed by expelling Russia from SWIFT.
Make them poor. And cold.
Yawn. More propaganda to the God of propaganda. No, Skroe, few gossip articles in your media doesn't count as an attack on a US.
you sound like our local retard Zhirinovsky who proposed to "shift earth axis so America would slip underwater".I vote we should, on the coldest day of this coming winter, arrange for an unfortunate electronic failure of the Russian power grid. Followed by expelling Russia from SWIFT.
Last edited by Keeponrage; 2016-10-14 at 11:11 AM.
More like excellent reporting from actual journalists, which I know are the rarest of birds in the Russia of the War Criminal Vladmir Putin.
I'm not sure how this ends well for Russia. Hillary Clinton has an 89% chance of being elected according to poll analysis. Don't you genius figure she'll.... I don't know... take it rather personally that Russia launched a Cyberwar against her electoral prospects?
We should retaliate by using our greater cyber abilities to cripple Russia's electronic infrastructure. And then the Treasury should use the ten years of work they've done on where Vladmir Putin hides his money, and go after it like the gangster he is.
A cyber attack against a power grid is hardy fantastical. Russia already did it in Ukraine last year.
As for expelling Russia out of Swift... it was discussed over Ukraine. It should be done over Aleppo.
Make them poor.
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They said something to that effect, but it wouldn't work as it would need banks and countries to honor it.
When Iran was knocked out of Swift, the US managed that very simply: it legislated that countries, companies and banks did business with US firms/banks, did business with Iranian firms/banks but could not do both.
Unsurprisingly, the entire world chose the world's largest economy and financial power.
It would be the same with Russia. Who would actually choose to do business with the Russians over the US+Europe, if forced to choose between the two?
I see a contradiction here. If Russia can cyber attack USA power grid then you should be really insane to try to expel Russia out of Swift to make them poor. Retaliation is hardly fantastical and being expelled out of Swift is nothing compared to complete shutdown of US power grid.
All right, gentleperchildren, let's review. The year is 2024 - that's two-zero-two-four, as in the 21st Century's perfect vision - and I am sorry to say the world has become a pussy-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself, run by a bunch of still-masked clots ridden infertile senile sissies who want the Last Ukrainian to die so they can get on with the War on China, with some middle-eastern genocide on the side
Double standards are for other people, dear.
If Russia did that thew US would repair it, like Ukraine did in Russia's little test drive. And nothing would ever convince us to let Russia back into Swift. SHutting down the US power grid is considered the highest type of cyber attack there is.
If Russia would try it, there is no telling where it would lead or what we would do. But we could respond in ways Russia couldn't.
But whatever the case, there must be comprehensive retaliation against Russia for the cyber war acts it has committed against the United States already, not the ones it could hypothetically commit.