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Russian troops take over Ukraine's Crimea region
YahooNews ^ | March 01, 2014 | TIM SULLIVAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Posted on 03/01/2014 6:00:00 PM PST by Steelfish

RussianTroops Take Over Ukraine's Crimea Region TIM SULLIVAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops took over the strategic Crimean peninsula Saturday without firing a shot. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react, and despite calls by U.S. President Barack Obama for Russia to pull back its forces, Western governments had few options to counter Russia's military moves.

Ignoring President Barack Obama's warning Friday that "there will be costs" if Russia intervenes militarily, Putin sharply raised the stakes in the conflict over Ukraine's future evoking memories of Cold War brinkmanship.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechnya; crimea; obama; putin; russia; ukraine; viktoryanukovich; yuliatymoshenko
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1 posted on 03/01/2014 6:00:00 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

AND......... Mooned HiM..


2 posted on 03/01/2014 6:01:34 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Steelfish
Maybe the EU should do something. Certainly we should not.

But if America were stronger and more decisive, a country like Russia would be more likely to think twice and hold off. Under the circumstances, however, Putin knows perfectly well that Obama will do nothing -- so why wouldn't Putin invade Ukraine??

3 posted on 03/01/2014 6:03:49 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: hosepipe

Putin quite literally kills people who upset him (reporters). The Kenyan piece of filth goes on Ellen’s tv show and dances like a man who dreams of taking male appendages into his mouth. What do you expect?


4 posted on 03/01/2014 6:04:16 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Steelfish
Does Obama have any credibility left,even with his die-hard supporters?First the country watches as he's caught in lie after lie,now Putin uses him for a doormat.
5 posted on 03/01/2014 6:05:29 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Steelfish

The pink fag in the WH is as toothless as a sucker fish.


6 posted on 03/01/2014 6:06:11 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Farmer Dean

40% still support him. To them he can do no wrong. Nothing is his fault.


7 posted on 03/01/2014 6:09:57 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: VerySadAmerican

The cracks in the armour are starting to show.Let’s see if the usual talking heads defend him tomorrow.


8 posted on 03/01/2014 6:12:23 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

Do you honestly believe that the die-hards could EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! possibly find a flaw in the Kenyan cs’er piece of filth? You can’t be serious.


9 posted on 03/01/2014 6:13:26 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Steelfish

(I guess this is more appropriate for this thread. lol)

10 posted on 03/01/2014 6:19:04 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Steelfish

>>[Putin Gives Obama’s Warning The Middle Finger!]<<

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Woah hoss!!

We’re supposed to have won the Cold War.

Not fair.


11 posted on 03/01/2014 6:21:09 PM PST by 353FMG
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.... This is the result of the dark diametrically opposite of the Reagan Philosophy of: "Peace Through Strength" ..... it is the new mantra of the ones who would destroy America ..... they chant .... "War Through Weakness."
12 posted on 03/01/2014 6:24:16 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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Obama is the ultimate paper tiger


13 posted on 03/01/2014 6:42:05 PM PST by The Right wing Infidel
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To: The Right wing Infidel

Obama will send a strong reaction.
He will cut off ALL our Natural Gas exports to Russia!
HA! That will teach them!


14 posted on 03/01/2014 6:50:33 PM PST by sschaloc
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15 posted on 03/01/2014 6:53:35 PM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: KoRn

and the choomer in chief says let the poo flinging begin
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16 posted on 03/01/2014 6:57:53 PM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: Steelfish

Pay attention kids, MARXIST is a word that means different things in different places.

In the United States a MARXIST is a spoiled brat who majors in something useless in college, smokes pot, and goes to demonstrations to get laid. He later becomes a “community organizer” or Ivy League school professor for gender studies, and basically never grows up or gets a job.

But in Russia, a MARXIST is a strongman who brutally clamps down on domestic opposition, aggregates economic resources to himself and his henchmen, and uses aggressive military and diplomatic maneuvers to neutralize foreign opposition and expand the empire.

Don’t mistake the two, they are not the same!


17 posted on 03/01/2014 7:02:01 PM PST by BurningOak (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2830849/reply?c=1)
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To: Steelfish

I wonder if this is what it looked like when the steel curtain came down.


18 posted on 03/01/2014 7:06:02 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Steelfish

19 posted on 03/01/2014 7:08:05 PM PST by McGruff (Every night has it's dawn.)
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To: sschaloc

Obama will send a strong reaction.
He will cut off ALL our Natural Gas exports to Russia!
HA! That will teach them!


Putin’s stooge oligarchs have bought a lot of real estate in the good ole US of A. They won’t be happy with Putin for his crimea adventure if the Treasury Dept. starts changing the locks on their properties


20 posted on 03/01/2014 7:08:21 PM PST by lodi90
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