All this statement means is that, the guys that drove the supply trucks to the border, have now unloaded them, and are returning to their bases to pick up another load.
From what I gather Obama made a deal with Saudi Arabia, if Russia invades, we release strategic oil reserves and Saudi Arabia lowers the price of gas drastically, this would crash the Russian economy (McCain is right on this, Russia is basically a gas station). It seems that Putin took the threat seriously, though he is by no means done. The Saudi end in this is that they will be selling our anti-aircraft weapons to the Jihadist rebels in Syria.
If this is true, then this is the first real Presidential action Obama has done while in office, almost certainly not his idea. Still, one day we will pay for selling advanced weaponry to Islamist cutthroats.
Putin’s nameless security forces inside the Ukrainian uprising have the ball. It’s an economy of force measure with an additional benefit of appearing less threatening while the consolidation of power is underway.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “partial withdrawal” of troops from the border with Ukraine>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
But Putin is massing troops on the border of Finland.Only the half truth of MSM myopia here in this thread article.
Putin is hitting every alarm chime he can.
obama probably said, “Help me out here, bud! We’re on the same team in the long run. Just give me a little concession so I can pump my numbers back up.”
Sounds like pooties oligarchs want to start travelling to the French Riviera again and access their foreign bank accounts. Nothing like a little capitalism to fix a tyrant.
blah blah blah....... nothing happens
Possession trumps words and claims of international law.
What seems to be is not what is
The posturing is to later claim Putin was stopped.
Meanwhile, he keeps Crimea which was his goal all along.
End result...... win win
It could be a ruse to lure everyone into a sense of complacency before the invasion.
Playing and creating foreign policy crises would be like having a money machine to those who pull strings and influence the financial markets.
Go short today, create crisis tomorrow. Go long today ease up on crisis tomorrow. It certainly goes on and is probably why political elites and others in the know go out of office a lot richer than when they go in. Knowing (or influencing) the future helps big time in buying low and selling high.
BBC updates: No sign of pullout.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26830336
Since when does a rapist execute the maneuver of partial withdrawal? Its laughable.