Posted on 02/28/2014 5:48:23 PM PST by george76
If Russia invades Ukraine, the timing may be determined by the situation on the ground in Moscow more than the streets of Kiev and Simferopol.
When will we know the Russians have invaded Ukraine? We won’t. Unlike the summer of 2008 when paratroop brigades crossed the border into Georgia’s sovereign territory under the pretext of aiding the Ossetian minority, marines of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are already stationed on Ukrainian soil. The agreement between the two countries not only allows warships to be based at the port of Sevastopol, but also for Russian military vehicles to traverse the Crimean peninsula.
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everything remains deniable. Russian President Vladimir Putin has committed himself to nothing. He continues to hold all the cards. The armed men could leave, clinging to their anonymity, or identify themselves as Ukrainian citizens concerned for their country’s “democracy.”
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Putin .. doesn’t have to decide right now. The elections for a new Ukrainian government are scheduled to take place in three months, and he can continue to dictate the agenda and timetable. His troops are already in place.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
putin has the cards
well hey
we gots a joker
In America, zippy has his thumb up his a##, Biden has his head up his a## and Kerry is an a##.
AIN'T that sad??
They have the thug and we have the joker...no, the FOOL. Remember when all the decks of cards had a big FOOL at the end?
Russia invades and partitions a country, AGAIN, while our government does nothing.
hey, didn’t some president warn some country about crossing a red line last year? warning World President Putin about crossing a red line? anyone wonder if Putin is laffing?
Can we get Vlady a gig on House of Cards with Kevin Spacey
I agree. But, even if Reagan were in the White House, there would not be a whole lot we could [or should] do. The Ukraine is in Russia’s backyard and they do call the shots.
Putin did invade, Russian troops control two strategic airports near the coast with the Black Sea in Crimea.
He will take at least part of the Ukraine and make it part of Russia. There is no one who will stop him, nor will they dare with any serious sanctions.
It is just the beginning...
“I agree. But, even if Reagan were in the White House, there would not be a whole lot we could [or should] do. The Ukraine is in Russia’s backyard and they do call the shots.”
Reagan already would have put missiles there.
Correct.
Bingo.
This is exactly what happens when uninformed voters elect a she-male like Obama. Obama is Putin’s bottom boy, and they both know it.
Well stated. ;-)
It’s a mystery why Vladimir Putin doesn’t take our one-man cheering squad for man-on-man sodomy seriously.
Just a taste of the bloody nose all the EU are about to experience.
Anybody agitating for US action over the Ukraine shouldn’t cry unfair if Putin sticks his nose into Mexican affairs.
Of course Putin holds all the cards.
America is led by pathetic pajama-boys, whose prime foreign policy goal is the promotion of homosex around the globe. Putin has a green-light to do any damn thing he wants to, as America further decays economically, culturally and morally, towards oblivion.
Putin lives and operates in reality. America has descended into a crazed and decadent madness.
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