All is fair in love and war.....so yo admit Putin pulled a fast one! LOL.
Heck he had their communications shut down long before his troops "walked into Crimea"....it was a brilliant move even our military admitted and were amazed at! The advantage is now we know Putin's capability to some extent....using and revealing such worked, but it gave our military opportunity to "see" Putin's military cards...at least those which he exposed.
Because of this I doubt Putin will make another move "like" it any time soon. Although he certainly put people on edge expecting it.....also another tactic he played to the hilt.
What's interesting about the Putinist masturbation over how great a thief Putin is, is that they don't seem to be aware of what it plainly means:
That Putin orchestrated an invasion of another country and forced a segment of the population to become Russian citizens at gunpoint. People have already been murdered in Crimea who oppose the regime, and there are even fliers being handed out encouraging people to report neighbors to the FSB.
But these same Putinists want us to believe that 1) Russia was acting in accordance with the will of the people or, at least, for their best interests. 2) That the trouble is spontaneous and the fault of "Nazis" in Ukraine, including, apparently, self-hating Nazi Jews.
Both of these points are contradicted every time the Putinist freaks start drooling at the mouth with how great a killer and a thief their leader is.
You think facts are funny? And you "doubt" Putin will make another move like it any time soon? Thanks for the reassurance.