It's official - Russia enters Crimea
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Remember that Putin is a tactician, not a strategist. Tacticians blunder their ways into world wars...
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Outside of maybe Germany (maybe), the rest of the Western powers are way too soft.
Used to start. Our fearless leader has no intension of fighting. Maybe he can try to "shame" Putin into submission.
Outside of maybe Germany (maybe), the rest of the Western powers are way too soft.
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Do I think were' seeing the beginning of WWIII? I honestly doubt it. But historically these things have a way of ramping up slowly and before you know it...
All it takes is one - FDR wasn't chomping at the bit to go to war, either. Japan started its war with China in 1937 and the Germans & Russians invaded Poland in 1939 - we sat on the sidelines until we were attacked in Dec '41.
Do I think were' seeing the beginning of WWIII? I honestly doubt it. But historically these things have a way of ramping up slowly and before you know it...
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Please clarify. Are you for direct US military action?
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I read somewhere where Russian soldiers were allegedly telling folks they were going to Odessa. If so, this doesn't surprise me as that was my original contention when Russia took Crimea. Russia will absorb the break away provinces, take southern Ukraine to have a land connection to Crimea and take Odessa which has historical significance in the Russian empires and also by taking Odessa, have a land connection to Moldova and the breakaway province of Transnistria which is under the effective control of Russia now. By doing so will also land lock Ukraine and Putin can squeeze them even more as he so pleases.
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This is why Ukraine doesn't have a shot in Hades of winning either. Look at the guts on these old men in Ukraine's army.
They don't even appear to have matching uniforms. Not much of an army if you ask me.
This is why Ukraine doesn't have a shot in Hades of winning either. Look at the guts on these old men in Ukraine's army.
They don't even appear to have matching uniforms. Not much of an army if you ask me.
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The guy in the middle is wearing a onesie.This is why Ukraine doesn't have a shot in Hades of winning either. Look at the guts on these old men in Ukraine's army.
They don't even appear to have matching uniforms. Not much of an army if you ask me.
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If I lived next door to a huge aggressive country with irredentist aspirations, I think I'd spend some coin to make sure I had a serous army. Not necessarily serious enough to defeat Russia (which would be a tall order) but serious enough to make Russia think twice.
Ukraine seems to have done this on the cheap and is paying for it now.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have appeared to be remarkably amateurish throughout this.This is why Ukraine doesn't have a shot in Hades of winning either. Look at the guts on these old men in Ukraine's army.
They don't even appear to have matching uniforms. Not much of an army if you ask me.
If I lived next door to a huge aggressive country with irredentist aspirations, I think I'd spend some coin to make sure I had a serous army. Not necessarily serious enough to defeat Russia (which would be a tall order) but serious enough to make Russia think twice.
Ukraine seems to have done this on the cheap and is paying for it now.
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I guess they are relying on the Budapest Memorandum too much.
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The UN? The only two countries that could stop Russia or at least present a formidable challenge are the US and China. China doesn't care that Russia is doing it and probably supports them. We don't have a dog in the fight so to speak, and I'm not sure we have a leader capable of leading such an endeavor if we did.
The UN? The only two countries that could stop Russia or at least present a formidable challenge are the US and China. China doesn't care that Russia is doing it and probably supports them. We don't have a dog in the fight so to speak, and I'm not sure we have a leader capable of leading such an endeavor if we did.
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I think FDR did want to go to war. The reason he didn't was because of the heavily isolationist stance of the American public. Pearl Harbor solved that for him.
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It's a win/win for those two entities.
The NWO just needs the event. The bank cartel and the military complex are hungry for war. War means borrowing, borrowing means more debt.
It's a win/win for those two entities.
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He was quite content watching US businesses to rake in dough without having to get knee-deep in the middle...
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140828
Canada sends a snarky tweet to Russia and Russia responds.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140828
Canada sends a snarky tweet to Russia and Russia responds.
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Unless / until the UN security council is able to act without a unanimous decision, it will remain powerless.
Unless / until the UN security council is able to act without a unanimous decision, it will remain powerless.
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Even if they were able to act without a unanimous decision, what would that act be?
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I'm not suggesting there are any clear answers, just that the whole point of the UN is to be able to mobilize for this sort of situation, but then they include bylaws that essentially neuter themselves.
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