[1rudeboy]

I remember our neo-Bolsheviks assuring us that, "Russia is not invading Ukraine/Crimea, if it did, it would be over already."

Then Putin admitted he sent troops into Crimea. Boy, did they shut up quickly.

[mac_truck]

Russia had a status of forces agreement with old Ukraine that permitted 20-25K of its troops to be deployed in Crimea. Those levels were never exceeded during the time period leading up to the reincorporation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia.

Kerry-hawks can whine about ‘little green men’ all they’d like, but the fact is the Russians were deployed in Crimea in compliance with an existing SOF.