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To: Georgia Girl 2

Your question is a non-sequiter. Putin probably doesn’t want Kiev and even if he did he’s moving slowly and deliberately, not quickly without having his ducks in a row. Putin will keep and hold the Crimea and I’m betting a good chunk of Eastern Ukraine. And obamakerrymerkel may jump up and down and holler and scream but it’s not going to change the facts on the ground. And don’t forget the muddy roads that you’re so dismissive of, worked in Russia’s favor in WWII and during Napoleon’s invasion.


89 posted on 03/04/2014 8:49:48 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Well you are partially correct. Putin wants the Crimea. He’s probably not willing to fight the protracted war of attrition the Ukranians will put up if it comes to that.

The other reason is the same reason Putin settled for South Ossetia and did not take all of Georgia. He wants to be a player in the West. Its the only way forward for Russia. Sarkozy flew over to Moscow and put it to him during the Georgia incident. Putin wanted to march through Georgia and hang Saakashvili. Sarkozy talked him out of it. He told Putey he would be a paraiah to the western world and be shunned. If he tries to take all of the Ukraine he will be shunned by the West. Money from Western banks which he desparately needs will dry up. etc. etc. etc.

How upset are you that Russia controls S Ossetia and Georgia is still Georgia? Just watch this will all shake out. Its just embarrassing that we have a complete fool in the Whitehouse and he doesn’t know how to play international politics.


90 posted on 03/04/2014 9:07:09 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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