tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post1875145446881054173..comments2024-03-27T20:35:24.546-04:00Comments on My Daily Kona: Possible war with the Soviets? The 30th Anniversary of "Able Archer 83"MrGarabaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-30660914574445867072013-11-05T07:09:59.978-05:002013-11-05T07:09:59.978-05:00Agreed, You had the expansionist tendencies from t...Agreed, You had the expansionist tendencies from the time of the Tsars, add it to a communist government and you have it. Now it isn't cloaked under "world Communism, it is back to the expansionist policies started from Peter the Great.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-20392121354691156962013-11-04T19:53:20.241-05:002013-11-04T19:53:20.241-05:00They did then, and still do today... Just sayin......They did then, and still do today... Just sayin...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-58919375426546498572013-11-04T18:14:15.092-05:002013-11-04T18:14:15.092-05:00I was in high school during that time. The Beirut...I was in high school during that time. The Beirut bombings had happened and we had invaded Grenada to kick out the commie government. All had tensions high. It didn't help that the Soviets saw everything through an ideological prisms.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-87345874416626157212013-11-03T14:49:35.563-05:002013-11-03T14:49:35.563-05:00Yep, remember that sumbitch well... We were in the...Yep, remember that sumbitch well... We were in the Med flying ops in support of the Marines in Beirut and EVERYBODY was on edge. And don't forget, USS NEW JERSEY was in the Med at that time too, along with two battle groups! Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com