Posted on 03/17/2014 11:17:11 AM PDT by Strategy
In the wake of a March 16 referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian leaders refused to cede any part of the peninsula, calling on their troops to prepare for war.
"Crimea was, is, and will be our territory," said Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh in a statement delivered at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center on March 17.
Former heavyweight boxing champion and leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Vitali Klitschko announced that Ukrainian troops would remain at their bases, even after March 21, the end of a peace treaty signed by the interior ministries of Ukraine and Russia.
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They cannot survive a stand-up fight. The solution is well known: Asymmetric warfare. Bet they have trained extensively for that given their proximity to The Bear.
But it still won’t end well. For ANYONE...
Not our boys and girls.
Definitely. Things might be just starting to heat up.
Snowden was Barry’s “flexibility” promise to Putin. It’s no coincidence that Mr. “I love freedom” Snowden ended up there.
Because WWIII would seriously suck. That’s why we fought proxy wars with the USSR instead of head-to-head wars. Obamatard was too stupid to see this coming, though, and now with Russian troops on the ground, a proxy war is out of the question. It would be a head-to-head fight between two nuclear armed superpowers. End of Days kind of stuff. Even Obamatard does not want that — I hope...
When this is over Russia will control all of the Ukraine.
>Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform
What is up with these democrats always wanting to fight? If they were really “Democratic”, they would accept that the people have decided they want to hang with the Bear.
Yup. The question is will The Bear stop at Ukraine?
I’m going to speculate ... nope, changed my mind.
This is not going to be a war. It’s going to be Russia strolling through the park.
Putin should just buy them off, they probably haven’t been paid in months.
Russia has just recognized it as a sovereign and independent state.
Crimea can now invite Russian troops for its protection.
>Why won’t we stand up to Russia?
Cause Russia ain’t over here trying to annex the USA. Until then, there is no need to get a bunch of kids killed over a local rearrangement that’s none of our concern.
Agree, great for public consumption, pretending to be tough!
I am sure more than a few Jews will “accidentally” be caught up in all this violence to.
Did you know he rides bears?
QUICK. Hit the red “reset” button. Oops, “overcharged.”
yep, KC, that is the question ... How many will die if the so-called leaders decide to go hot?
Yeah, dude is soo weird that he’d need a couple of hundred shrinks to figure out his level of narcissism.
I think you meant to sign up for DEMOCRAT UNDERGROUND, not Free Republic.
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