Posted on 01/21/2015 12:44:16 AM PST by elhombrelibre
Russian president Vladimir Putin made dangerous history in 2014. His invasion of Crimea and subsequent annexation of the peninsula shredded the diplomatic agreements stabilizing post-Cold War Eastern Europe.
Then Putin ignited a low-level war in Eastern Ukraine. Despite a September 2014 ceasefire agreement, Putin's overt covert war-making continues in Eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin has concluded that Western leaders, European and American, are weak and indecisive.
Putin, unfortunately, knows how to use specific tactics in operations designed to achieve his strategic goals.
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I agree.
Nothing looks ominous when viewed from a golf course.
“They play chess in Russia, don’t they?” — actually they commonly play backgammon in iran. But chess was almost invented by persians.
Hence his continued flailing and thrashing about - here's hoping he has the sense to not cross any "red lines" that contain their own triggers (as opposed to red lines imposed and ignored by such as our traitor in chief).
I bet Obama hates it every time oil prices drop. It hurts his muslim buddies and Putin at the same time. Not much flexibility there.
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