Posted on 04/12/2014 1:53:32 PM PDT by Lorianne
Yes, he sounds to me that he knows what he is talking about. But what do I know? It seemed badly handled on all sides to me, but maybe Putin knows what he is doing.
I don’t believe Ukrainian or Russian troops would fire at each other if there wouldn’t be any grave provocation from a third party.
For some reason ethnic Ukrainians are over represented within Russian armed forces and many ethnic Russians are serving with the Ukraine’s military, including many senior officers.
But even you do not argue with his conclusions. Which no one has contradicted.
Ukraine is not a vital American or even European interest. Its the economic leper of Europe. Only a fool would want to militarily occupy a bankrupt country. And Russia can certainly do great damage to Ukraine through the economic leverage it already has over that country.
The bottom line is Russia will not live with an anti-Russian Ukrainian regime on its borders. Any one who thinks they will have to put up with it needs a reality check.
Thank you for your succinct, concise, accurate, and rational summary of those two conflicts..
I think your point is valid. Russia does not want to absorb Ukraine but to control it politically and economically. We will not do anything but draw a red line and make useless commentary
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