I’m starting to get the feeling that there is more at work here than just Ukraine.
Putin embarrassed The Messiah by stopping his Syria Attack, in prime time. Obama had a lot personally invested in that, and Putin stood up to him.
Obama and his minions counter by ratcheting up the unrest in Ukraine, and picking sides.
Now the threat to close the Bosphorus and this:
Turkey shuts off YouTube after ‘Syria invasion plan’ leak
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3138497/posts?page=1, that would justify a military intervention by NATO in Syria.
Hmmmm....
Senior U.S. military officials told the newspaper that Russia’s efforts to camouflage its forces and equipment could be designed to obscure images taken by American spy satellites or to conceal the location and size of their force from the Ukrainian military.
Thank You Captain’s Obvious!
What was it we were all supposed to be really scared of.....maskarovka? It was that or borscht.
A coin placed on the rail directly in front of the driving wheel of a giant locomotive will prevent it from moving forward.
#freestuff
Somehow, someway the Soviets were able to load up enough aircraft to fly 40,000 troops into Afghanistan and completely take over. For Awhile.
We didn't know ANYTHING until the planes started landing in Kabul.
There had been NO prior warning and intel had been totally blind to it. This during the height of the Cold War when all the extra scrutiny and suspicion was at play.
The Russians are pretty damn good at that sneak attack thing.
obozo gonna’ kick they ass with Drones.
What happens next?
He will need to permanently station a hundred thousand troops there to protect the vastly outnumbered Russian minority.
He will need to install a pro-Putin puppet government, which will be hated by 80% of the population.
He will need to create a new, violent, secret police apparatus to control the 30 million people who now hate him.
And, the Ukraine economy, already in terrible shape, will collapse.
And, what will be gained?
Well, he will have regained a “buffer” state to protect Mother Russia from Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Moldova, not to mention extra protection from the vast war mongering armies of France, Germany, and Turkey.
I suppose he can re-collectivize the farms in Ukraine, and then he can seize most of the food produced and distribute it pure blood Russians.
Or, maybe something else more practical is going on here?
I think the prize was Crimea, and now Putin has it.
Crimea is 60% Russian, and they clearly want to be part of Russia.
Historically, Crimea was an independent Russian territory for almost 40 years after the 1917 Revolution, it was not part of Ukraine.
And, most important to Putin, Crimea occupies a strategic position in the Black Sea.
Can this situation blow up into something more dangerous?
I'm sure it can, but I personally doubt it.
Unless Putin starts to threaten the Baltic nations - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - I think America has very little to worry about here.
General Zhukov jr is in command.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov
What I find interesting is the timing of it all. Putin did this right after Obama proposes to gut our military.
After 20+ years in the Army and Army Reserve, I can tell you that any military force moving into an area will put up camoflage nets and similar stuff. That is SOP and doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister. The fact that they are there and moving supplies into the area probably does mean something bad....
But not to worry, our President will write a strongly worded note of protest, if Russia does invade (or he will have an aide write it, while he goes and plays golf).
The question is simple, does the West still have the will to exist? How about the will to stand up for Western Civilization? If we do not, we do not deserve freedom, and we do not deserve to live. History is full of Putins, it was only a matter of time before some tyrant got powerful enough to directly challenge the Free World. The question is, to be cower and hide or face the enemy.
Full moon? It is usually considered the best time.