Putin: No Need to Use Military Force in Ukraine for Now

newsmax.com ^ | 3/4/14 | REUTERS

[ColdOne]

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet republic.

The use of force by Russia in Ukraine would be a choice of last resort, Putin said, and sanctions being considered against Moscow by the West would be counter-productive.

[Sacajaweau]

Russia’s got a lot of gold....He could flood the market...and...we won’t even think about it.

[swamprebel]

@McGruff, that about sums it up! And Bush was far and away a better negotiator when Putin last escaped off his chain.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082700856.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082700856.html

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50806

[Dallas59]

Obammy and sKerry did it!!! They convinced Putin not to use force!.../s

[Georgia Girl 2]

I feel fairly sure that’s on their bucket list if Putey pushes it.

[A CA Guy]

Russia like China needs to go out and confiscate other people’s property because they waste their resources and pollute their own air and drinking water to the point that no one can drink it.

Maybe some from the Ukraine will walk over to Russia and do some damage in covert groups if this goes on as well.

Our President is weak and history shows us weak Presidents have this happen fairly regularly.

[duckln]

Putin is paralleling 1990s Bill Clintons' near syllable for syllable in his “justification” for his actions bombing the crap out of Serbia. But not as Scary.

Putin is paralleling 1980s Ronald Reagans' near syllable for syllable in his “justification” for his actions in Grenada.

There are many more examples.

So far, Putin has more justification.

[cydcharisse]

That’ll teach him Where’s all that oil/gas in the pipeline headed?

[A CA Guy]

From Russia to Europe and elsewhere.

Yeah, Europe will squawk for a while, but in the future they would back the Ukraine instead of being quiet for Russian oil.

[sickoflibs]

Obviously Kerry scared the crap out of him, he waved those Purple Hearts.