Posted on 05/17/2014 10:06:27 AM PDT by varmintman
Puttie's loss is EU gain - in case of Western Ukraine joining EU, it would take at least 25 B Euro a year (probably much more) to keep her afloat. Hungarian Prez Urban asked who is supposed to pay for it. Not him, not Germans, not anyone.
Putin simply has written off toxic asset and took what is still viable (Don basin and Crimea).
By staging the coup, U.S. effectively put Banderastan around EU's neck.
F'EU, as Nuland said.
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