Posted on 02/14/2017 11:01:04 AM PST by elhombrelibre
"President Trump has made it very clear that he expects the Russian government to de-escalate violence in the Ukraine and return Crimea," Spicer said at a daily news briefing. "At the same time, he fully expects to and wants to get along with Russia."
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Oh crikes give it a break. Crimea was not historically part of the Ukraine anyway. Where were you when everything was consolidated as the Soviet Union?
If Putin was going to take the Ukraine he would already have done it. He hasn’t got the money to fight that war. He’s pretty far into his egg money just hanging on to Crimea. Not with oil at $51 a barrel and he’s been trying to help Assad out in Syria.
You ascribe mystical powers to Russia that they don’t have. It takes a lot of money to play the imperialist game and Russia does not have it.
Yup but all theory. I don't think the powers that be want to play with Russia...they don't control Russia. Russia won't participate in their globalist schemes. That's why they set up Russia and Trump as the bad guys. Because they don't want to play the globalist game.
Putin's DNR and LNR control half the Donbass including all the big cities.
>> You mean he’s lying? <<
“Expect” has some “alternative” meaning in diplomatese, I suspect. You know, like when you tell your kids, “I know you’re not leaving the house without cleaning up this mess.”
No. Not on Crimea.
What are the goals of these globalists, free enterprise, the rule of law, property rights, freedom of religion, etc., failure to support Putin?
Do you believe everything that was part of the Soviet Union belongs to Putin?
Their control is so thorough that their warlords keep getting killed.
You as many other Americans have a skewed understanding of Russia thanks to the press and the neocons.
Russia is not a threat to the US. They are a third world country with A second world military. The very modest Russian economy does not produce the money necessary to conduct war which is why Russia is almost never at war with anybody. They can’t afford it. The Russian military is a bunch of conscripts lacking the will to fight as evidenced during the Crimea separation conflict.
Crimea is not historically part of the Ukraine. It has changed hands countless times. Again Putin is not going to give up his port on the Black Sea. He was afraid the Ukraine was going to renege on the lease after the overthrow of the elected Ukrainian President. That’s why he took the Crimea and he’s not giving it back and is none of our business to get involved in with provocative military posturing.
If Putin thought he could get away with it he would possibly try to take the Ukraine but he does not have the money for the protracted war of attrition that would emerge.
Russia is a pain in the spetznatz and a bully to its closest neighbors. That’s about it.
The best course of action for Trump to follow is to improve relations with Russia so he can exert influence over Putin. Putin very much wants to be a player and be accepted into the good old boys trade club with the West. His seat at the G8 conference is extremely important to him. The carrot and the stick is how you control Putin.
Fortunately, Key Strategic Leaders in NATO and other levels of government do not accept your cavalier analysis.
Do yourself a favor and worry about something that might really happen. Russia taking over the world isn’t one of them.
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