I wonder how many Ukrainian “security risks” have been placed in camps or murdered outright by now.
What else is new in Russia?
Part of the transcript is already posted on the Kremlin website. The annual Q&A was carried live by all the Russian TV channels.
It should be noted Putin stressed again the use of force in Ukraine would be a very last resort. Obviously, all legal and diplomatic means to attain a political solution would have to be exhausted first. But its significant Russia is not closing off that option.
If anyone ever uttered “Da!” on a piece of dirt, Putin owns it.
And nobody is going to stop him.
Can Bibi Netanyahu implement the Putin Standard and recreate the Greater Israel of the Torah?
Morning Fennie. Been posting anything besides Breaking News? Are you getting along okay with Strategy?
I say we take back the Philippines.
Having once conquered Japan and Germany, I want them back as the 58th and 59th states.
In before “Putin is the Greatest Man Ever and Defender of Christianity!”
Francis Fukiyama pick up the white courtesy telephone.
We have a foreign policy team (Obama, Kerry, and Power) who never grew in philosophy or wisdom beyond their mid-twenties.
These people have lived in academia, book writing, or non-executive politics. Obama, despite 5-1/2 years as POTUS, has not grown in his ability as Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, or Commander in Chief. He still operates as he did in the U.S. Senate and the Illinois Senate--deferring the lead to others, and not leading himself.
Obama, Kerry, and Power will treat this as an academic exercise, like a term paper or essay exam in a Poly-Sci 502 class.
Strangely enough, I think Susan Rice has the potential to have the most mature thought on foreign policy, having worked in the think tank industry for a while, but as part of the Obama Administration, she has proven to be nothing more than a hack.
The result of all of this is the U.S. will cede a significant amount of power and influence to Putin.
Like I said when he took Crimea, it does no good to have a warm water port if you don’t have a land route to get there. You just need to look at a map to know he wasn’t done.
The FR “Russian Bund” should jump right on this. Doesn’t matter that the people there are mostly Ukrainian. It’s for their own good that they will be put in camps. Putin is righting history.
Putin will justify invading Kiev and the Western parts of Ukraine by saying that those territories were part of the Soviet Union and that Russian/Soviet blood was spilled liberating them from the Nazis.
... stressed Russia's historical claim to the territory, repeatedly referring to it as "new Russia" and saying that only "God knows" why it became part of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin
Russian forces are going into Eatern Ukraine. Soon.
Oh boy Putin should really, really be scared now mac daddy rushed to his office and is poised to draw another red line.
Let’s conquer Russia. Our ancestors, including many redheads, stopped there numerous times on the way from Siberia. Our allies and cousins, the Mongols, were also there and should be notified and included. And the Chinese, since they’re all part Mongolian (see Khans, Manchus, all). The U.S.A. and its new allies should find out how truly well built the latest Russian junk is.
unlike Øbama's press conferences /DrippingSarc