Its like they were waiting for Obama’s vacay to start to see if he would stick with it or “handle” from there.
Putin is playing with him.
What’s that hitting the fan??
Geez, I hope nobody disturbs Obama’s vacation. You know, he’s put in a tough two weeks since his last vacation!
Pray for the people of Ukraine, and the people of Poland, and of Latvia, etc.
The sleeping giant Reagan had shut up in the wastes of Russia, was allowed to re-awake by the Bushes and Clinton and now is running amok with a mere adolescent in the White House.
russia is putin down
I get the impression the Ukrainians are so divided on issues and sovereignty, that the Russians won't have any trouble pushing them around. - Tom
In Sept., 1855, the French successfully stormed the fortress of Malakhov, on the south shore of the bay, and three days later the Russians were forced to abandon Sevastopol. A record of the spirit and sufferings of the city's defenders has been preserved in The Tales of Sevastopol by Tolstoy, who fought in the ranks of the besieged. Sevastopol declined as a military fortress after the Crimean Peace Conference (1856), and its fortifications were razed. After 1871, however, they were rebuilt, and in 1890 the city again became a chief naval base. The Sevastopol sailors mutinied during the 1905 revolution. In the Russian civil war Sevastopol was the headquarters of Gen. P. N. Wrangel during the last stand of the Whites (1920).
The heroic resistance of Sevastopol in 1854–55 was, if possible, eclipsed by the stand the city made against the Germans in World War II. During a siege lasting more than eight months, the city was virtually destroyed. For three weeks the defenders fought on in the rubble, against all hope, until July 3, 1942, when German and Romanian troops at last took the city. After its recapture (May, 1944) by the Russians reconstruction began. As a reward for its valiant resistance, Sevastopol was named a "hero city" of the Soviet Union. The city was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954 (as was all Crimea) and became part of the independent Ukraine in 1991. It is the home of the former Soviet Black Sea fleet. A 1995 agreement called for four fifths of the fleet to fall under Russian control. In 1997 it was agreed that Russia would be allowed to base its fleet at Sevastopol for 20 years; a 25-year extension, to 2042, was signed in 2010.
Read more: Sevastopol: History | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/sevastopol-history.html#ixzz2vJhcqob1
I don’t know they are Russians?..
If there is no arm band are flag then shoot them down, they are nothing but outlaws looking to die..
Gutless Russians for not wear insignias and gutless Ukrainians for not firing a shot.
Ukraine has always existed as a buffer between Russia and the West. When it wasn’t actually part of Russia or Poland. It’s borders have changed so many times I couldn’t afford to buy a map with every different configuration. Crimea is more Russian than anything and Kiev is the original city of the Rus. I say let the Ukrainians and the Russians sort this out for themselves. If the EU wants to get involved that’s their business. Leave us out. If we got involved with the current regime in charge it will end in disaster. A disaster of unimaginable proportions is possible.
No surprise, the West is weak and the Russian bear is smelling blood.
Take back the color blue.
Blue Spring
Free Washington
Free Cuba
FUN (F* the UN)
No surprises there - project power and the willingness to use it and the other side is less likely to resist in a meaningful way. You can bet that Russian troops won't have the same crippling ROE put upon our troops.
Not to worry, Obama is planning his next vacation.