Posted on 03/03/2014 11:52:32 AM PST by tcrlaf
Christ, they must just be laughing hysterically at the Kremlin right now.
They know he isn't going to do anything of any consequence. History is written by THE VICTORS, not ideological, rhetorical idiots. This is all for US Domestic consumption, to counter the appearance of being weak.
The problem is, it's tough to walk back this kind of rhetoric.
NO BLOOD FOR VODKA
What does that mean anyhow?
“Today it seems ok what you’re doing, but hundreds of years from now, most historians will disagree with your opinion.” ?
Now, back to the golf course.
Hey obama and hillary ... say nothing is in your past ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RRWI6O57IE
Quick, Soetero, pull out the RACE Card! That’ll learn ‘em!
HA! Is that your image? I confess stealing and re-posting it all over the place.
If this were a game of Golf, Obama second shot would be from behind the ladies tee.
Our own President is on the wrong side of history and against American interest and it’s people; so why should the other communist Putin care?
“Quick, Soetero, pull out the RACE Card! That’ll learn ‘em!”
US MEDIA: Russia is just a Bible-thumping, gun-toting racist that hates the idea of a Black President!!!
Vlad, you are a naughty, naughty boy...
Laughs? No one saw Putin laugh. No, but maybe Putin allowed himself a sardonical smile.
Did he say, “Let me be clear!”
Is there no honor amongst thieves? I did the same.
He would do better to just shut up instead of spouting cliches every other day. He not only continues to embarrass but endanger our nation as these little displays of big words and pompous head-bobs only serve to remind everyone of what a clueless weakling he is. Putin realized this long ago and has used it to his advantage.
Obama to Kerry: “That’s it! John, they are not taking me seriously. You tell Putin that this time, I’m REALLY, REALLY serious about consequences. Tell him I’ll get the UN involved if he doesn’t back off in Ukraine.”
Kerry: “Yes, your eminence. I will tell Vlad that we are in double-dog-serious territory now. I’ll also tell him we are ordering our Department of Education to write the history books now and he’ll be the ‘bad guy’ in this ordeal.”
I don’t support Russia. I don’t like Putin. Stalin murdered millions of Ukrainians, and they are right to hate and fear Russia. That said, the kindergarten-level of reporting on Crimea is not helpful.
The Crimea is Russia’s REAL “red line.” Note I said Crimea, not Ukraine.
Crimea was part of Russia for over 200 years, since the 1780s, until Nikita Khrushchev literally gifted it to Ukraine in 1954 in order to purchase the support of their party bosses during his accession after the death of Stalin.
Before Russia, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, now defunct. Before that, it belonged to the city-state of Venice, going back to before Columbus discovered America. But the Crimea was NEVER part of Ukraine, until Khrushchev’s unilateral “gift.”
(Imagine if President Eisenhower, as a dictator on his own, gave Long Island and NYC to Connecticut as part of an internal United States political deal to secure CT’s critically needed support during a contested election or coup. That is how Crimea became part of the Ukraine.)
In 1954, the political gift of the Crimea was an internal USSR matter, not an international matter. Ukraine was then the Ukraine SSR, within the USSR. In 1991, the USSR broke apart, and Khrushchev’s personal gift suddenly mattered. But despite the gift and the fluke that led Crimea to become part of the modern sovereign nation of Ukraine, Crimea has always been 90%+ ethnic Russian, and as always, it contains Russia’s most critical naval bases, air force bases and sea ports.
In fact, Crimea is far more Russian than Hawaii is American. It’s foolish and naïve to believe that the Russians will risk losing the Crimea during a period of chaos in greater Ukraine.
If you want to see Russia’s REAL “red line,” threaten their control of the Crimea, and its naval bases and seaports. I’m not supporting Russia’s position, I just want folks to know that this is a much more complicated picture than “Evil Russia invades poor innocent Ukraine,” which is the kindergarten/MSM version of Crimean history.
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