[montag813]

Who cares? Crimea is Russian, and has mucho naval assets. Is Putin supposed to just give them up like the impotent douche Obama gave up our most advanced drone to the Iranians/Chinese hackers who brought it down?

[xzins]

It isn’t just Putin’s “favorite” warm water port. It’s Putin’s ONLY warm water port.

Anyone thinks he’s gonna give that up without a fight is a (high ranking member of Obama’s state department)

[RummyChick]

The threats of Ukraine with Nukes is not Russian Propaganda .
Whether it would ever really happen is debatable.
However, a member of the Svoboda party
pictured here at a march


promises to get them.
The man pictured here is a Deputy for the Person the State Department wants consulted multiple times a week..and F the EU (heard on the leaked call)

[ncalburt]

So you and Putin decided this !
Its nice your quoting Putin propaganda here.

The Crimean people who are not all transplanted Russians decided to stay with the Ukraine.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/03/01/5-things-you-should-know-about-putins-incursion-into-crimea/

[BlackVeil]

Who cares? Crimea is Russian, and has mucho naval assets. Is Putin supposed to just give them up ...

That's the question. It would be like Australia giving up the Torres Straight - not possible. And in the case of the Crimea, there is no elected govt representing those people any more - there has been a coup.

As far as the minorities in the Crimea are concerned, it is a mixed bag, going back to the days of the Ottomas. Somehow, it is not getting into the media that the influential Tatar minority are Islamic, and open to influence by the Gulf States.