“I don’t care if he is Russian special forces or not. Do you think Russia is not entitled to defend themselves just because of their history? “
Defend themselves FROM WHAT?!? Western europe? LOL! Or were the Ukrainians/Georgians about to invade mother Russia? Or perhaps Russia is being harassed by the ultra aggressive Scandinavians? There really aren’t any serious international security threats to Russia’s west. We’re not under any obligation to take that nonsense seriously, Putin is not that stupid. Cold war nostalgia is an excellent domestic political play for the regime, but they have far more to worry about internally and to their south and east.
Think of it as the Russian version of the Monroe Doctrine. ;)
My question to wetphoenix is, how far must Russia's borders expand before it finds a "buffering" [snort] country that does not have some sort of "foreign influence" acting upon it?
LOLOL--talk about word games.
The Ukrainians were dressing provocatively and freely talking with people not on the approved Kremlin list...that kind of defending themselves, Russians are very insecure and don’t like their “friends” being friends with anyone else. They had to invade...ah I mean defend themselves. You might as well give up Blackyce, you can’t reach those who have indulged in the Russian kool-aid.