To: BobL
He is an idiot and he is wrong on this one, this is a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a Russian supplied weapon brought down the aircraft.
ISIS isn’t conducting an invasion of one of our border nations for the US.
52 posted on
07/18/2014 8:30:16 PM PDT by
ansel12
(LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
To: ansel12
He is an idiot and he is wrong on this one, this is a Russian invasion of Ukraine ...
If Russia had invaded Ukraine, there would already be a puppet government in Kiev, and the only way to talk about the Ukrainian military would be in the past tense. An actual invasion by Russia would look very different than what we see here. Russia would defeat the Ukrainian military very quickly, and would have little difficulty gaining control of the government. And then they would be bogged down in a quagmire.
What is occurring here is in that very broad grey area between non-intervention, and outright invasion. Are they supplying arms, logistics, expertise, and possibly some cross-border excursions? Definitely. There is a separatist movement on the country that borders theirs. It would be surprising if they weren't, at least to some degree. Are they going too far? Probably, but I do question how other countries would handle a similar situation. I suspect that many of the holier-than-thou crowd would be holding themselves to far looser standards than they currently hold Russia. But to call this an invasion is not accurate. Not even close.
And you are right. ISIS isn't even close to invading the US.
57 posted on
07/18/2014 8:44:34 PM PDT by
jjsheridan5
(Remember Mississippi -- leave the GOP plantation)
To: ansel12
ISIS isnt conducting an invasion of one of our border nations for the US. No there were supposed to help remove Assad from power. And then they got out of control.
86 posted on
07/18/2014 10:24:36 PM PDT by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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