>>4405007LOL ! I'm a "boomer"; my parents were from "the greatest generation", my grandparents were "flappers", and my great grandfather was Teddy Roosevelt's personal secretary when he was in the White House. How time flies.

>>4405119 It is also Russia's only Mediterranean port where their navy can supply and refuel.

>>4405163 They also have a major naval base in the Crimea, which is why they allowed Crimea to join them when they voted overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine. That port on the black sea is their only warm water port in Russia itself. The one in Syria they have use of by treaty.