Thread: Crimea joining the Russian Federation and its implications?

Originally Posted by Hanna

omg, Yes. I know it's not my country and not my business but I have to admit that I agree with Basil77. If this had gone on, there would have been a full fledged NATO base there within a few years. Apologies to it-ogo but it really makes me sick.

I feel myself an idiot. As many times as I read that text I didn't find anything about turning school into NATO facility. All I found is a facade renovation and windows replacement.

In the late 90s our scientific laboratory won NATO grant and got about $3000 for trips and expendibles. In exchange we mentioned that grant in the acknowledgements section of our scientific articles and that is all. We deal with fundamental physics, that was never secret and up to now our laboratory did not turn into NATO facility. Probably I missed something.

Oh dear. Who's going to get one of these medals then?

Well one is given to Aksenov, the formal ruler of Crimea after invasion (that one with a party of 3% rating on the last elections in Crimea.)

Originally Posted by it-ogo

I feel myself an idiot. As many times as I read that text I didn't find anything about turning school into NATO facility. All I found is a facade renovation and windows replacement.

With the abundance of 'free speech' some of us has lost the ability to 'read between the lines'. What? The US Navy dept. suddenly felt charitable enough to simply go and rennovate a school on the other end of the world? Yeah, sure.

Originally Posted by Ramil

With the abundance of 'free speech' some of us has lost the ability to 'read between the lines'.

With the absense of free speech some of you has lost the ability not to read between the lines and clouds.

Originally Posted by Ramil

What? The US Navy dept. suddenly felt charitable enough to simply go and rennovate a school on the other end of the world? Yeah, sure.

Yeah, sure. Sometimes they just do that as my experience says. Probably they spend some money to improve their reputation. Nevertheless I was able to benefit from that for free. And the school wasn't.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Yeah, sure. Sometimes they just do that as my experience says. Probably they spend some money to improve their reputation. Nevertheless I was able to benefit from that for free. And the school wasn't.

Amen. That Blessed Who Believes. I don't.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Amen. That Blessed Who Believes. I don't.

What exactly don't you believe in? Our grant?

Originally Posted by it-ogo

What exactly don't you believe in? Our grant?

The good intentions of the US Navy dept.