Posted on 03/20/2014 11:06:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I guess that’s where we’re at. Who could have seen it coming?
I’ve been to four combat zones on three continents in uniform. Besides being crude, your comment is more telling about you than about me.
It’s not just liberals logic here...
You also have the isolationist republicans and libertarians.
The Ukraine like Georgia, never had a chance..
Isolationism worked so well the last time we tried it, too.
If you book your flight early you can make it five.
And you’re taunting me because you’re a crude and stupid Putinista or because you’ve nothing else to offer to the discussion?
Just like the boneheaded commies...
Frankly, I don't see how the US can possibly prosecute a war anymore, unless it's really short...
Learned that lesson in Korea, Nam..., Iraq, Now Afghanistan.
Just plain stupid and you can't fix that.
China and Russia will be dividing up the US as personal property in a few decades.
I respect your service to the country, but the US doesn’t need to be embroiled in yet another hot-spot, and in this case Russia’s back yard. Obama has essentially neutered us militarily and eastern europe/asia is in flux. The last thing we want is the current administration to “fix” it.
You are correct sir, but this is Obamaworld where up is down, in is out, light is dark at the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time.
But here's why they will lose any bond-selling spree:
1)America's economy is the size of about 10 Russia's combined. They will have to sell a proportionately larger amount of bonds in order to cause an impact, which they don't have. Since their economy is a fraction of ours, the billions they lose selling them hurt a lot more than the billions we spent buying them.
2)America happens to be the de facto global currency, which means we are the only country that can borrow at massive levels (Something Hussein's been abusing to the max). Even if somehow they get another 100 billion bonds to be sold by China (not going to happen) we could then issue some new bonds. Whoop de whoop.
They just don't have enough bonds.
GoldenstateGOP has a chubby for Putin.
Oh, really Charlie?
From UK financial reporter and blogger, Richard North: The EU has been meddling in the internal politics of Ukraine, not least through the sinister-sounding "Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum". Rampantly pro-EU, the Ukraine "national platform" was established on 29 January 2011 at its founding conference in Kiev.
This organisation has provided an open site for a multiplicity of NGOs, specifically directed at "discussions, consultations, information activities in the implementation framework of the Eastern Partnership policy". Components of this Forum have been funded by the EU, and by other agencies, including funding from the Swedish government.
The extent of funding to the Eastern Partnership is colossal. Between 2011 and 2013, just EU spending on Ukraine was €389 million with €13,524,357 given to single beneficiaries in 2012. As much again was given to multiple recipients. But even more sinister is the way money was parcelled out to NGOs in relatively small packages, making a little go a long way.
Thus we have the Agency for Legislative Initiatives Citizens Association, getting €158,986; the All-Ukrainian Environmental NGO Mama-86, getting €194,942; the All-Ukrainian Non Governmental Organization Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) with €245,350, the Centre for European Initiatives Civic Organisation (CEI) getting €101,180, the Charitable Foundation Democratic Initiatives (DIF) walking away with €54,918 and the All-Crimean Association of Voters for Civil Peace and Interethnic Harmony (CRPO) getting €20,304.
These and hundreds of other organisations have their noses in the EU trough, all dedicated, as the Civil Society Forum website openly admits, to bringing Ukraine "closer to the EU both politically and economically".
So it seems the EU was using threats and bribes as much as Russia, but portray themselves as bagel toting unicorn riders.
95%
Occupied by Russians.
Media blackout by Russians.
Ballot with only 2 “Yes” options, No way to vote no.
Ballots counted by, guess who.
Soviet style election with , surprise, Soviet style results.
Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can Crimea river, Crimea river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you’re so tough
While being a dweeb punk
Well, you can Crimea river, Crimea river
I cried, cried, cried a river over you
You drove these people, nearly drove them, out of their head
While you could never shed a tear
Remember, We remember, all that you said
You told us trust was too plebeian
Told us you were through with and never true
Now you say, you say you love us
Well, just to pretend that you do
Come on and Crimea river, Crimea river
‘Cause we cried a river cuz of you
You drove the people of Crimea, nearly drove them, out of their head
While you can’t shed a tear
Remember, remember, all that you said
Told us love was too plebeian
Told us you were through with us and…..
Now, now you say you love the Crimeans
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry, cry, Crimea river, Crimea river
‘Cause they cried a river over you
If their pillow could talk, imagine what it would have said
Could it be a river of tears surely they cried in bed?
So you can Crimea river
Mac Daddy, go ahead and cry that river
‘Cause they cried, Oh how they cried a river over you
How they cried a river over you
No Justice!
No piece!
Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union about 23 years ago by issuing a Declaration of Independence after the Soviet government started falling apart.
The “Treaty” Ukraine signed with the brand new Russian Federation was a joke.
Russia was led by Boris Yeltsin, a drunkard, a prima donna, and the engineer of the total collapse of the Russian economy.
In 2004, Ukraine's own government started falling apart.
Since 2008, Ukraine's economy has been falling apart.
In 2014, Crimea, which was independent of Ukraine as recently as 1945, and which is about 60% Russian, issued a Declaration of Independence and broke away from Ukraine.
I don't understand why America should risk war with Russia to force Crimea to re-join a dysfunctional and flat broke country like Ukraine.
What happened to Charles Krauthammer ? Is he out of his mind? Sad to read him nowadays.
All I see is ... tons of fat.
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