He may have technically have been in prison, but he was treated with kid gloves, given good food and lodgings and allowed to have his entourage with him whenever he wanted
Posted on 03/10/2014 8:31:54 PM PDT by smoothsailing
told ya
How silly. Who gives a crap what Putin does with Crimea? In no one’s wildest dreams a cause to fight over.
I’m having trouble imagining Obama threatening nuclear war with his pen and phone.
What’s Dugin’s FR screen name?
Only one problem, Russia, the Islamics already beat you to the field.
But thanks for playing.
Indeed. And Putin has the advantage of already being in power, instead of sitting in a prison cell scribbling away at his plan for world domination.
Nose twisting or for real?
He may have technically have been in prison, but he was treated with kid gloves, given good food and lodgings and allowed to have his entourage with him whenever he wanted
The basis for Russia re-taking the Crimean Peninsula and likely large parts of the Ukraine (if not the entire Ukraine itself) was established just before the 2012 election when Obama telegraphed to Putin he'd "have more flexibility" once the election was over.
That means any protestations from the White Hut are for show only. Obama sold the Ukranians out. If that's not crystal clear to anyone who's been paying attention, they're in la-la land,
Now, what's the end game? Russia squeezes Europe by either limiting or cutting off natural gas exports from Russia. Sure that hurts Russia economically in the short run, the end game is about getting therimean Penninsula, likely the Ukraine and full control over gas to Europe while flexing Russian military muscle in Europe's back yard.
Europe in the meantime will start screaming for American Natural Gas to be exported, thus driving up prices here at home and globally, while Russia squeezes Europe via withholding gas.
Russia will then be all too happy to negotiate newer and HIGHER natural gas rate contracts to the Eurozone, only mildly undercutting America on price. Still, Europe will be paying much higher prices to Putin via locked in rates on new natural gas contracts, which was also part of Putin's end game.
Big winner: Russia. They have the Crimean Penninsula, likely the Ukraine, control over the natural gas delivery system going into Europe, and are getting much higher rates for their natural gas exports.
Loser: United States. Obama stacked the deck against us at the beginning.
That part was so unrealistic, I laughed. Obama... nuclear war... BWAHHAHAHA
ROFLMAO!! That sir, is post of the day!
Why is Hitler dressed like a member of the Oompah band, and Hess looks like a very cheap lawyer?
“American hegemony and dominance of the dollar as well as domination of Atlanticism, liberalism and the financial oligarchy is ended.”
That thought could just as easily have come from Barack Obama.
Whatever Obama does, the ultimate object is to weaken America. He has already shown his hand with removing missile defense from Eastern Europe, negotiating a nuclear weapons treaty to Putin’s advantage and allowing Russia to re-emerge in the Middle East. If Obama threatens Russia, then the ulterior purpose would be to strengthen Putin’s standing in both Russia and in Europe in order to hasten the demise of the “American hegemony”.
Obama sees his task as setting the US on course as a nation in decline and disintegration, with little influence outside its borders. He may have to role-play the US as the “bad guy” if necessary to rally European opinion against the US. Obama and the radical Left view all this as pay-back for the accumulated sins of the US and capitalism.
Yes, what was I thinking? For nuclear war, he’d use a 9 iron...
Translation pitfall:
Novorussia, which literally means “New Russia” was the name for the East and South Ukraine when the Ukraine was part of Russia.
Fore!
Dugin does not speak for Putin, any more than Pat Buchanan spoke for George W Bush.
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