Posted on 03/15/2015 7:45:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Yes I agree just posturing. But I think Putin has overreached. Russia is a thugocracy which is ruled by a bunch of oligarchs. Forget the Kremlin. These guys are being financially hurt by Putin and I will not be surprised if they move him out and somebody else in. Not necessarily kill him but sideline him. The guy is worth about $40 billion so its not like he can’t enjoy the rest of his life with his 31 year old gymnast girlfriend.
I expect that someone will unleash nukes somewhere before 0 leaves office.
Damn you fracking and Ukraine, Putin yells from some decaying wooden house in Siberia.
I saw a pic of supposed GF from Jan. She did not appear preg
A nuclear war over the Crimea? This man is clearly insane.
Goodness gracious, the guy talks about using Nukes where a lot of the people at the same time, have a Russian heritage. And someone pedals the rubbish lines about Nazis?? Totally lacks credibility let alone, Russia has allied itself with Neo-Nazi elements in Europe. Shows you how deep in the pockets the supporters are.
so what was the big earth shattering announcement Red Square was being prepped for???
If you think he regards them as actual enemies, think again.
So what’s legitimate about threatening to nuke non-aggressor nations, never mind helping Iran get nukes? never mind that being in his nation’s best interests either way?
The coorect name of the documentary about Crimea, that was shown on Russia1 TV tonight, is called “Crimea - The Way Home”.
Here is the Russia1’s preview of it from yesterday, with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZa4W-9W16o
The full, one-hour doc has several people across the interwebs working to translate it, right now, so it should be available by morning or so, with English subs.
Read the English language article from El Pais, which is from Spain, 8 Spanish Nationals were arrested coming back from Ukraine. They were mercenaries for the Rebels and they report “Communists and Nazis” fought for the rebels.
http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/27/inenglish/1425051026_915897.html
“We fought together, communists and Nazis alike, for the liberation of Russia”
Deutsche Welle reports the men are having charges filed on them.
Gotta love state-owned media.
Uh-huh, Putin the pedophile and his Nazi followers. Might as well elevate the conversation like the Putin supporters do.
“Gotta love state-owned media.”
Yeah...
It’s almost as bad as MSNBC.
Why not?
Obama wasn’t about to try to stop him.
Obama would have read a nice teleprompter speech, after the fact.
And was unstable enough to actually think using nuclear weapons in conjunction with his annexing of sovereign foreign territory was rational.
This guy has a screw loose.
He’s Russia’s Dr. Strangelove.
Yeah but, unlike Hillary and her reset button, we have to take Russians at their word. We need to know when to fold a bad hand. With Obama as President, all we have is a pair of fours. And the entire world knows were bluffing. That is just facts. Nothing more. Give us 5 to 10 years to build up an army in Europe, elect a strong leader, start catching up with the Russians/Chinese/Indians in the cruise missile arena and then we might have game.
They sure do. I don’t think Obama has a pair of anything either.
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