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Tour Of Ukraine-Russia Border Finds No Signs Of Military Buildup
NBC News ^ | 30 March 2014 | Jim Maceda

Posted on 03/30/2014 2:07:23 PM PDT by zeestephen

According to dire warnings from U.S. military and intelligence officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin, fresh from his daring annexation of Ukraine’s strategic Crimean Peninsula, has concentrated tens of thousands of his forces on the border with Ukraine. We [NBC News] went to look for ourselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bhorussia; crimea; putin; russiantroops; ukraine
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1 posted on 03/30/2014 2:07:24 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Well that is it then.

Another crisis averted.


2 posted on 03/30/2014 2:12:18 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: zeestephen

Not a credible news source.


3 posted on 03/30/2014 2:12:20 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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***Not a credible news source***

Neither is the US government under Papa Doc 0bama


4 posted on 03/30/2014 2:14:44 PM PDT by wrench
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To: zeestephen

NBC covering for Obastard? I’m shocked, just SHOCKED, I tell you...


5 posted on 03/30/2014 2:14:52 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: chris37

My thoughts exactly! I trust NBC as much as I trust “unnamed government sources” whoever he is.


6 posted on 03/30/2014 2:14:58 PM PDT by berdie
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To: zeestephen

I trust NBC as much as the white huts endless lies, So their information is worthless.


7 posted on 03/30/2014 2:16:01 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: zeestephen
So, who's BS’n who?
8 posted on 03/30/2014 2:16:58 PM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: berdie

NBC is a government source


9 posted on 03/30/2014 2:19:38 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: zeestephen

Did they expect Russian troops and tanks to at parade rest 10 yards from the border?


10 posted on 03/30/2014 2:19:49 PM PDT by AU72
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To: wrench
Neither is the US government under Papa Doc 0bama

I caught a small error in your post and fixed it for you:

Neither is the US government under Papa Baby Doc 0bama

11 posted on 03/30/2014 2:23:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: zeestephen

I believe the Europeans have said the same.


12 posted on 03/30/2014 2:24:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: zeestephen
"I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."
13 posted on 03/30/2014 2:26:47 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: zeestephen
"We [NBC News] went to look for ourselves."

Where's the birth certificate ?

14 posted on 03/30/2014 2:28:05 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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You are a moron of the first degree of the Knights Of O bobo the great. The great and all seeing Mc Stupid so said on the right and our fearful leader of the white hut on the left, want us in a war. No war no stock market!


15 posted on 03/30/2014 2:29:02 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!)
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To: zeestephen

Of course not. Putin may be crazy but he isn’t stupid.


16 posted on 03/30/2014 2:32:18 PM PDT by montag813
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They just pulled off the border, only about 10K troops left. Coincidentally with 0bozo visit to Saudi Arabia. Some will remember that low oil prices killed Soviet Union...


17 posted on 03/30/2014 2:33:48 PM PDT by Samogon (Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato)
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To: zeestephen

how would NBC know if they’re looking at anything resembling military let alone russian military?


18 posted on 03/30/2014 2:35:11 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: zeestephen

Who knows? I presume that Russian authorities are guiding the tours. So they’ll only see what they are meant to see.


19 posted on 03/30/2014 2:35:55 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: zeestephen

Well, they simply took off the Roosian patches, so yes, they were not Roosians, but those other guys that swept into the Ukraine awhile back.


20 posted on 03/30/2014 2:54:16 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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