Putin's Nuclear Option

Foreign Policy ^ | Sept 4, 2014 | Jeffrey Taylor

[wetphoenix]

Ah, you are so sweet, ansel. BTW, you thoughts about NATO are too high as well.

[JRandomFreeper]

I have no problems with impeachment. I encourage it, but it won't happen.

/johnny

[ansel12]

No, but I’m still baffled why you are coming at me, when we both agree that Russia can’t invade the U.S., (or any other powerful nation).

[Olog-hai]

The Declaration of Independence says it does work that way when necessary.

[scouter]

Ping

[Pontiac]

Obama’s State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin.

If this isn’t an Impeachable offence then the words have no meaning.

There is not power granted the President of the United States to give away any part of a state whether that land is under the control of the Federal Government or not.

Severance of territory from a state would take an act of that state’s government.and congress.

At the very least it would take a treaty ratified by the senate.

[kiltie65]

And I just read somewhere that Russia is establishing a base in the Arctic...creepy.

[exinnj]

Jeffrey Taylor, you are an i_d_i_o_t

[Pontiac]

I hit upon the same paragraph.

Is it possible that the Soviet Union so thoroughly drove Christianity out of its people’s lives that the hope and peace of mind that religion gives people has been essentially eliminated from the lives of many Russians.

[Sparklite]

Maybe, except the eastern bloc countries had the same suppression of religion. But neither they nor the Russians have that now and the ex-blocs are not depopulating.

[Grzegorz 246]

Sounds like nonsense. Looking at the message coming from Russian propagandists/useful idiots it seems the tactic is to scare Europe (which isn't difficult and America can't do much on Russia without Europe's involvement) to the point Soviets get a free hand to re-annex most of former republics. Looks like they want to achieve “let's do nothing or else these crazies will trigger off nuclear war” effect. Putin is bluffing the same way Krushchev did during the Cuban crisis.