“How many divisions does Frau Merkel have”?
IT'S THE WESTERN LEADERS WHO ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!
I think the Pax Americana may be over. Maybe we could send Putin some food stamps.
Then they came up with their "no holds barred" strategy! I was SHOCKED that they would consider such deadly action against any human being.
Both were said to be in favour of sending an immediate fact finding mission to Ukraine and backed the idea of setting up of a contact group, possibly overseen by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the aim of ending the crisis through political dialogue
Putin better cover up quick, get on his body armor, alert his body guards. Angela & Barry are going to (I shudder to think of it!)...COLLECT FACTS!
Then they'll launch that weapon of all weapons: POLITICAL DIALOGUE!
Can you fathom the rage coursing through this lady's arteries that she would actually launch BOTH fact-finding and political-dialogue against an enemy?
And Barry, who cries at water-boarding and Gitmo, how can he hold his head up in polite society knowing he has teamed with Germany in bringing again to the world such terror?
“The paper said it had gained inside information on the telephone exchange”
How?
Dear Chancellor Merkel:
If you actually want to be taken seriously, instead of frivolous dithering, announce that you are sending a years’ worth of military gear for 500k Ukrainian reservists, to Kiev. Then publicly challenge Obama to do the same. That might get Putin’s attention.
Well Angie are you annoyed enough to agree to vote Pootey out of the G8? Since without Germany it can’t happen.
Annoyed, but incapable of doing anything about it.
Remember Reagan joking about bombing the Soviet Union with a live mike? That may have affected the Russians more than we will ever know. Putin may be having the same effect on the West. Obama sure doesn’t scare anybody, except his own citizens.
Idiots are running major world powers. Save us Lord!
She and Putin will issue a joint communique within a week.
“living in another world.”
Would that be the world where he slaps the sh- out of Obama and tells him to be silent while men are talking?
The only question regarding what is in Putin’s mind is whether he wants to reconstitute the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. I believe he is sane. He is not acting paranoid like Stalin. Nobody has claimed he is conducting purges. Putin is simply a narcissistic authoritarian.
Coming from one of the Hags of make believe.
Not that this is really funny...haha...funny, but what the hell did the rest of the world think would happen if any enemy of America ever had the inkling we were a weakling?
GAH....stupid, stupid, people. You can’t have a power vacuum! Idiots.
Angela better watch her tongue. Vladimir might turn off her natural gas or oil
She’s talking to Obama about Putin not being in touch with reality? That’s really calling black, pot.
Everyone knows that Obama doesn’t scare Putin, so we’re hoping that tough talk from Merkel might.
=> “...is reported to have become...”
=> “...from American sources.”
I guess we are suppose to the German’s are distressed by these events, based on American sources who are undoubtedly friendly to Obama.
How about another perspective. The EU is failing and the petrodollar is failing faster under Obama. Germany can buy every therm of natural gas they need from Russia and all the train loads of minerals they need neatly delivered from Russia...turn both around handily for a trade surplus selling products in Russia. Mercedes, BMW, Siemens industrial/telecom products, etc., etc.
If the Germans weren’t already moving closer to Russia we wouldn’t need “American sources” to leak their distain.
Putin is more in touch with reality than Merkel is.
Putin is behaving as a rational actor - using the resources at his control to protect his nation’s military and economic interests. He, unlike many leftists in the west, is very sanely making decisions based on incentive and disincentive.
What is more, the Ukraine does not have the ability to defend its sovereignty. It is a militarily and economically weak neighbor, and the only possible way the Ukraine could be kept free is with military intervention by the EU or US - both of whom are not particularly interested in going to war over the issue.
Russia is in a position to show the rest of the former soviet republics and Warsaw Pact countries who is really in charge. This ensures a steady flow of money from GAZPROM’s exports, a steady accumulation of political capital from the economic and energy dependence created by said exports, and a preservation of Russia’s military force projection capabilities, all while demonstrating vividly on the world stage that no one is going to come to your rescue if Putin comes knocking on your door. All in all, quite a beneficial arrangement for the Russians.
I’m sure Mr. Putin will allow panty-waist Euroweenies like Merkel to continue to cry and moan about the lack of homosexual tolerance in Russia, while Russia demonstrates skillful buggering of neighboring nations well into the foreseeable future.