It sure looks like the have a lot of coastline on the Black Sea.
You don’t make a provocative move like that—sending a warship into what are basically Russian waters
Oh, it's the US that is being provocative.
Not the dictator who invaded and annexed his neighbor's territory.
Obama has been successful: made previously sane Americans start blaming their own country for everything it does - even when it does the right thing.
Putin loves this: weakminded Americans are his best friends.
Please. I wasn’t arguing who is right and who is wrong. All I was saying is that when there is a very tense situation, you don’t send a ship in to stir things up UNLESS you are prepared to back it up.
No, if Putin attacked one of our ships, I certainly wouldn’t say it was justified. I’m just saying, IF he did such a thing, is Obama prepared to respond? I seriously doubt it. He never hesitates to send our troops into harm’s way. But he is not prepared to defend them. Like Afghanistan, it’s merely a political gesture, with our troops’ lives on the line—and often with Rules of Engagement that do not permit them to defend themselves.
It sure looks like the have a lot of coastline on the Black Sea.
The Black Sea IS Russia’s coastline. You haven’t been paying attention.