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Funny, yes. Appropriate, not so much.
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Originally Posted by Morumbi97
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457106,00.html
U.S. officials have mocked Russia's decision to send ships to the Caribbean, noting the Russian navy is now a shadow of the Soviet-era fleet.
U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack quipped to reporters in Washington: "Are they accompanied by tugboats this time?"
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McCormack's glibness belies the fact that Russia has in the past used war to distract its citizens from domestic issues.
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