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NATO Fears Ground Invasion as Russia Masses Troops on Ukraine Border
Reuters ^ | August 6, 2014 10:48 am | Barbara Lewis and Maria Tsvetkova

Posted on 08/07/2014 9:04:06 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

BRUSSELS/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia has massed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian mission to invade, NATO said on Wednesday, its starkest warning yet that Moscow could soon mount a ground assault against its neighbor.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: invasion; russia; ukraine; war
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To: Uncle Chip

“I suggest in the interest of peace that Ukraine should respond by denying that it has any troops surrounding Donetsk and Luhansk.”

Why not??
They already deny casualties, and things like Bombing civilian areas. Why would this be any different?


21 posted on 08/07/2014 9:31:30 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Samogon

Suicidal mission? Who will stop Putin?

Obongo? Merkel? Hollande?


22 posted on 08/07/2014 9:31:58 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: tcrlaf
Nazi’s are fighting on Kiev’s side

So that's what you call anyone who stands up to Russian aggression.

23 posted on 08/07/2014 9:32:41 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: tcrlaf
Wesley Clark: The Guy Who Almost Started World War III. I hope he never gets another chance to.
24 posted on 08/07/2014 9:34:11 AM PDT by McGruff (Seems like some are more interested in protecting Ukraine's border than ours)
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To: Don Corleone

Don’t kid yourself. The Anschluss wasn’t a rape. It was a marriage. The Austrians knew full well what they were getting into, and wanted it all the way.


25 posted on 08/07/2014 9:35:45 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: tcrlaf
They already deny casualties, and things like Bombing civilian areas.

and that comment coming from the guy who defends those who target and shoot down commercial airliners out of the sky and then loot the innocent victims.

26 posted on 08/07/2014 9:36:04 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Samogon

NATO isn’t going to do anything.


27 posted on 08/07/2014 9:36:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: WhiskeyX

And Obama said “Fore!”


28 posted on 08/07/2014 9:36:48 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: bolobaby
I wonder what the people who mocked Bush for calling Putin “Pootie Poot” are thinking now?

Remembering that this was the same man who used to call Karl Rove 'turd blossom'. Was he marginalizing Rove then?

Do they realize he was marginalizing Putin and putting him in his place?

And when Bush said he looked into Putin's eyes and got a sense of his soul and said he was straight forward and trustworthy, was he marginalizing him then?

29 posted on 08/07/2014 9:38:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Uncle Chip
No, that's what I call the ACTUAL Ukrainian NAZI's, like Tyanbuk, Lyasko, and Parubiy.
30 posted on 08/07/2014 9:38:59 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Uncle Chip

Wow..
Yet ANOTHER fallacious statement from you!
How unusual. Your Oligarch paymaster must be quite proud of you.


31 posted on 08/07/2014 9:41:04 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf

Uhhh the Oligarchs work for Putin and vice versa.


32 posted on 08/07/2014 9:42:24 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

“Uhhh the Oligarchs work for Putin and vice versa.”

You’re funny!
Does Kolomoisky, or his paid mercenary army know this?


33 posted on 08/07/2014 9:43:47 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf

You’re just mad because you just found out that the Oligarchs are paying disinformationalists like you except they are using your services for free.


34 posted on 08/07/2014 9:47:20 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: tcrlaf

Those aren’t ground forces. It’s a hit squad. Those soldiers are going to assassinate key soft targets, disrupt all outbound communications, throw the joint into chaos and then put a Ukrainian who is friendly to Moscow in power.


35 posted on 08/07/2014 9:49:01 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (GM is dead and Al Queada is alive.)
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To: DoodleDawg

He was telling him how to behave. Have you ever managed people?


36 posted on 08/07/2014 9:50:53 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: bolobaby
He was telling him how to behave. Have you ever managed people?

Sure he was.

37 posted on 08/07/2014 9:52:09 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Uncle Chip

Blah, blah. blah...
Different day, same old bovine excrement from you.
Stay on task. You are supposed to obsfuscate and deny by shouting down anything that isn’t Kiev-approved. Your masters expect it.


38 posted on 08/07/2014 9:54:27 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: DoodleDawg

“Sense of soul” was from Bush’s very first meeting with Putin. Putin had just been appointed by Yeltsin and hadn’t secured his power. Oil prices were low and thus Russia was poor. The deceiver Putin knew he had to call up all his acting skills to appeal to the president of the most powerful country in the world and he managed it for a short while. That’s it.


39 posted on 08/07/2014 10:30:30 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: WhiskeyX

And what will NATO do under the leadership of this glorious president??? Re-friend Putin on facebook just so he can de-friend him again? Throw out some more hashtags?


40 posted on 08/07/2014 1:04:42 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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