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Ukraine crisis: Putin 'orders partial withdrawal'
BBC ^ | March 31, 2014

Posted on 03/31/2014 10:14:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

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Putin got all he wanted at this time. Ball's in Obama's court? Or just a head fake?
1 posted on 03/31/2014 10:14:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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No idea how to answer the questions, Jim. Thankfully, was wrong earlier when I thought the ‘go’ was Sunday a.m. for the troops to invade.


2 posted on 03/31/2014 10:18:05 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Sounds like a play out of the DNC. We want the whole Ukraine. Okay, you win. We’ll settle for half.

Or should I say the DNC tactics are right out of the old communist party playbook.


3 posted on 03/31/2014 10:21:14 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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The next step is up to the US.

Integration of Crimea with Russia though is an irreversible fact, underlined by the visit of the Russian government to Simferopol and Sevastopol today.

The intention is to transform it into a low tax zone like Kaliningrad and Russia will subsidize out of the federal budget, travel to and from Crimea.

Like in the Soviet time, it should again become a summer holiday destination for Russians.


4 posted on 03/31/2014 10:21:21 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Mr Putin informed Chancellor Angela Merkel of the move in a telephone conversation

Gee, Wally - you mean he didn't call up the Grand Kenyan first?

5 posted on 03/31/2014 10:23:31 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Obama and Kerry are going to crow about standing up to bully Putin and move on from the Ukraine like they did in Syria leaving Ukraine at Putin’s mercy.


6 posted on 03/31/2014 10:26:06 AM PDT by AU72
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Putin : with Arnold's voice " I'll be back " ..... this is nothing but a trial balloon, a trial run for the real invasion.
Putin is like a cat waiting to pounce at the right time.

7 posted on 03/31/2014 10:30:49 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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I think Putin is done annexing Ukraine and is now offering Obama a way to save face, i.e, to claim that he (Obama) successfully defused a potential international crisis.


8 posted on 03/31/2014 10:31:17 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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I agree. They’ll say the won because they got Putin to do what they wanted him to do and they prevented a nuclear war. And the media will loudly proclaim victory for their master.


9 posted on 03/31/2014 10:32:40 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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“Obama and Kerry are going to crow about standing up to bully Putin and move on from the Ukraine like they did in Syria leaving Ukraine at Putin’s mercy.”

Absolutely. As much as I love to see The Boy King FAIL, I’d like it to actually have some CONSEQUENCES for once!

SO tired of the constant @ss-covering for this POS.


10 posted on 03/31/2014 10:46:05 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Strange you mentioned Kaliningrad because Russia is not offering a referendum there. Everyone I meet from Kaliningrad are quick to point out that there are really from Königsberg as it is really a German town. What If Merkel sends in special forces with bandanas over their faces?


11 posted on 03/31/2014 10:47:34 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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Ukraine crisis: Putin 'orders partial withdrawal'

Helping his fellow comrade, comrade Hussein "Frillypants' 0bama, save face?

12 posted on 03/31/2014 10:56:41 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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Dear, dear Comrade Putin, defender of summer holiday destinations.


13 posted on 03/31/2014 11:01:23 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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one possibility — pro-Moscow insurgency inside Ukraine will accomplish the same thing as a Russian invasion.


14 posted on 03/31/2014 11:07:54 AM PDT by kingattax (America needs more real Americans.)
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Obama paid Iran a lot of $$$$ to make them pull back a little while in the nuclear program.

I wonder if Putin saw this and demanded Obama pay him off to not invade.


15 posted on 03/31/2014 11:14:44 AM PDT by MNDude
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Putin appears to cut a deal with Merkel, while blowing off 0bama. Merkel empowered, 0bama marginalized, NATO fractured.

You gotta admit, that Putin guy knows how to play the game.


16 posted on 03/31/2014 11:35:02 AM PDT by henkster (I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
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My understanding is that the Russians sent out some feelers to the Germans about taking Kaliningrad off their hands. The Germans said “no thanks.” The Soviets used Kaliningrad as their toxic waste dump. Nobody wants it now.


17 posted on 03/31/2014 11:36:44 AM PDT by henkster (I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
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Strange-
my future father-in-law ordered a
“full withdrawal”, not a partial withdrawal,
coz I was almost crossing the border into no-man`s land.


18 posted on 03/31/2014 11:46:00 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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Damn Putin is playing this perfectly.


19 posted on 03/31/2014 11:50:27 AM PDT by montag813
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Partial is not full. Set your snooze alarm for May 25th. I am willing to bet we’ll see plenty of ‘drills’ from the Russian military between now and then. The election results and any unrest that may or may not happen will be key. A lot can happen between now and then.


20 posted on 03/31/2014 11:51:01 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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