Only when talking to deceptive people. They're always trying to wiggle out of things.
I see that you must spend much of the day questioning yourself, Greetings. Do people give you funny look when you're talking to yourself?
@ caww:
Kiev responded to this with the threat of force, and at that point the bargaining began....... The Crimeans, for their part, used the separatist threat to gain some leverage in the negotiations with Kiev:.... what they wanted – and got – was ‘control over local resources’, which were about to be “privatized” by the crooks in Kiev. and looted by various Western Ukrainian oligarchs...........
The usual looting by the Western-connected slugs, which is ongoing even in our portion of the world.
I'm fascinated that the childhood programming to hate "all things Russian/Communist" is still so strong across a wide segment of Merkun society - even though the society voted in a Communist in the last two presidential elections.
The lesson of history is pretty clear: don't mess with the Russian bear where he can get hold of you. Outside his stomping grounds, the danger is minimal. Two great armies had to learn this maxim in massive rivers of blood and frost.
Get the bear outside his box, and you get the Battle of the Tsushima Straits. More history. :)