[NonValueAdded]

"Provocative weakness is a state in which you look weak, and you inadvertently provoke Russia, and others who mean you ill, into thinking they can grab something for nothing,"

No, Pirchner, provocative weakness is a state in which you intentionally make yourself weak - well beyond simple appearances - and you inevitably provoke others, whether they mean you ill or not, into thinking they can do whatever the hell they please.

This was a predictable as the sunrise and too many of us saw this coming.

[dfwgator]

Da...Winning

[Gay State Conservative]

FLEXIBILITY

[Former Fetus]

Putin’s next target, Goble predicts, is likely to be in one of the three Baltic republics that are now full members of NATO. The most likely target, in his view, is Latvia.

I beg to disagree. I think he's more likely to go after Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova since they are not part of NATO, the first two are adjacent to Russia, and it would give him several warm water ports. Eventually he and NATO will face off, but I think he'll go for the easy picks first.

[G Larry]

Because he’s fighting a whiney blabbermouth with no stick and no balls.

[chiefqc]

He’s winning because mac daddy is a pu**y.