A lot of senseless huffing and puffing. Vlad will be more flexible after the next election over there.
Wow. Well-written article.
Of course he has disregard for Western powers.
He has a MASSIVE nuclear arsenal and the stones to actually USE it.
What do we have?
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-what-kremlin-panic-looks-like-2014-7
Is there a part of the world that isn’t completely effed up? If there is don’t tell Obama. Thank you so much Democrats. Israel is doing wonderfully, Iraq is back in the hands of the psychos, Iran is building nukes like a hobby, Russia is blowing planes out of the sky, terrorists are being freed, the health care system is a complete disaster, we are $17 trillion dollars in debt, we are being invaded by foreign countrieS, veterans are dying while terrorists and illegals get healthcare, we have a traitor as secretary of state who is probably selling out the country every chance he can get, Hitlery and Fauxcahontas Warren are actually seriously being considered as potential POTUS candidate, Pelosi and Reid are not in jail, and Justin Bieber still has a career.
bflr
They had plenty of good reasons to lock those freaks up. From trespassing on church property to conducting orgies inside of them.
I am not at all convinced that Putin is put into a bad place by this event, no worse than before, anyway. Whose opinion about Putin or Russia is going to change dramatically because of the tragedy? We have been dealing with Russia, the same Russia on a fast track to starting a New Cold War. The same Russia that only last week had Castro of Cuba meet with Putin, while they discussed restarting the spy satelite system in Cuba. An electronic eavesdropping post is being reset to spy on the United States. Putin has agreed to forgive 90% of the 32 Billion Cuba owes Russia from expenses during the Cold War. If anything, this may even strengthen Putin’s hand and make his influence that much more ominous.
Putin is being given credit by association and denial by association as well. He does not ever have to tell us the full truth.
Just think of the character from the “Lord of the Rings” movie series who was obssesed with getting that “gold ring” named Gollum or Smeagol.
Wishful thinking. Putin still holds all the cards.
Wow — this article skewered this son of a chef.
We should pray that Obama resigns and that the Russians accept our unconditional surrender - this isn't going to end well
Putin has nothing to fear, with wimpy Obummer in charge. In 1983, we had Reagan who went all out against the Soviets and bankrupted them by beefing up our military and creating anti-missile defenses. Now we have Obummer who does the opposite, tearing apart our military while funding the Russians space and missile technology. Different scenario now.
Word is, Putin will invade Ukraine if the final round of sanctions go through.
Since the West will not use military force including nuclear weapons, and Russia is willing to undergo that privation, who do people think will win ?
Putin knows that the bottom line is military force. Diplomacy is for weaklings. So until we ramp up and get serious with our military, he will get away with what he wants. First issues - Closing the Border and Missile Defense for America. Support Poland and Western Europe. And STOP Supporting Terrorists. It always bites you in the behind.
Putin/his successor's legacy is in a good position; especially due to the US military's/Administrative obsessiveness in promoting vaginas/pigment/contrarian ideologies rather than reason and time tested measures.
The same goes for who the electorate pick to represent them. The moderates today who currently are the best we can get, were the poison yesterday. We continue to pick destructive ideologues which does not help either.