Putin , “I’ll just take my shirt off and we’ll be great”
Comments as Business Insider sound like they are from the US House of Repugnant Representatives.
Talk about arrogance!
Press f’s up again.
The most important quote in the entire piece:
“”It’s not a matter of Crimea — we are defending our independence, our sovereignty and our right to exist,” he said. “We should all understand this.””
So, if you need $100/BBL oil to survive, and you have a massive military infrastructure to maintain, and the Saudis, single-handedly, have created a Ruble crisis by lowering oil below $60/BBL in less than a month, and you actually believe invading the Crimea as ‘self-defense’, what do you suppose you are likely to do next in the name of national self defense?
If I were in the Saudi Royal Family, I’d be moving my caviar and my harem down into the underground palace at this time.
Putin doesnt understand what hit him.
He’s a military/statist guy and the impact of market changes are lost on him.
He should have seen it coming. He squandered all his oil cash on military crap that he has to start a war to use. It should have been re-invested in industrial modernization and diversification.
The Ukrainian investment in Yanukovych went south on him - the Ukrainian populace didnt want to be roped into buying crap Russian goods which is what his Eurasian trade space is all about.
So now he’s screwed with his one big trick - payola from oil revenue.
Wonder how the people in Crimea who voted for supposedly higher salaries in Russia feel now.
Surreal could describe an ObOzO read.
But before you laugh too hard, remember, he's a cornered bear and one that has already started three wars and killed more Europeans than Al Qaida - and he wasn't even mad then.
http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/18976-house-leaders-snuck-russian-sanctions-through-congress
House Leaders snuck Russian sanctions through Congress while most Members flew home for the weekend