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Putin 'urges talks on statehood for east Ukraine' (Putin Toughens Position)
BBC News ^ | 08/31/2014 | BBC News

Posted on 08/31/2014 4:31:13 AM PDT by goldstategop

President Putin has called for talks to discuss "statehood" for eastern Ukraine, Russian media report.

He said the issue needed to be discussed to ensure the interests of local people "are definitely upheld".

His comments came after the EU gave Russian a one-week ultimatum to reverse course in Ukraine or face sanctions.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bbcnews; europeanunion; nato; novorossiya; presidentputin; russia; statehood; sudetenland; terrorism; ukraine
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To: palmer

You would have joined the Warsaw pact it sounds like


181 posted on 09/01/2014 11:59:09 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

If he does start WWIII, it will be Vlad and China against America and the Sunni Muslims. Nice allies, but I guess beggars can’t be choosy.


182 posted on 09/01/2014 11:59:40 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer
I would have dissolved NATO in 1999,

Okay, and why?

183 posted on 09/01/2014 11:59:46 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: palmer

More likely we will be fighting the Axis of all 3 of those


184 posted on 09/01/2014 12:00:07 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Cold War over -> NATO no longer needed.


185 posted on 09/01/2014 12:00:14 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer

Since Russia and Iran have just signed a pact to go around sanctions, maybe you should rethink that


186 posted on 09/01/2014 12:00:51 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: palmer

The cold war is not over if you are paying attention, or maybe now its a hot war?


187 posted on 09/01/2014 12:01:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
You are wrong. The Sunnis are part and parcel of Ukraine: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/142902/jemilev-appointed-ukraines-head-of-crimean-tatar-affairs

Note: these are not the radical Sunnis that slice people's heads off.

188 posted on 09/01/2014 12:01:40 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer

So why is Putin making pacts with Iran?


189 posted on 09/01/2014 12:02:12 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Money. Plus Iran is Shiite.


190 posted on 09/01/2014 12:02:52 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: GeronL
The cold war is not over

If it isn't over it only exists in Ukraine and couple of who-cares Baltic countries. The important part that is over is that US cities are no longer on hair-trigger targets by Russian nukes.

191 posted on 09/01/2014 12:05:54 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer
If he does start WWIII, it will be Vlad and China against America and the Sunni Muslims. Nice allies, but I guess beggars can’t be choosy.

You keep trying to tie us with the Muslims. Putin has built his own Islamic caliphate in Chechnya using his puppet Kadyrov who is currently bringing in Sharia law while naming parts of cities after Putin and providing him 99 percent of the vote in Soviet-style elections. Chechens are also being used in the conflict against Ukraine to kill Ukrainians. There are videos of them on Russian tanks saying "Allahu Akbar." There are pictures and videos of them riding into Ukraine. There are pictures of Chechens torturing Ukrainian POWs. These are Muslim invaders supposedly fighting as "rebels" against the evil "Ukrainian fascist Junta."

Russia is not an enemy of Islam, they see Islam as a tool, always have since the days of the KGB. The Russians actively use Russian trained Imams to subvert the Muslims to use them against us. Anti-American and Anti-Israel propaganda aimed at the Muslim world has its origins in Moscow. It is also highly possible that Al-Qaeda itself was an operation of the KGB/FSB, as Alexander Litvinenko, the former FSB member who was poisoned using Polonium 210, alleged before his death that Al-Qaeda's number two had been trained in a FSB camp.

Russia is no savior against Islam and no enemy of Islam, but is a manipulator of Islam against us.

192 posted on 09/01/2014 12:07:34 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: palmer

This is not about Ukraine. Mad Vlad has made it clear he does not have respect for the sovereignty of any of those countries over there.


193 posted on 09/01/2014 12:08:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: palmer
Cold War over -> NATO no longer needed.

Cold War not over <- NATO still needed.

194 posted on 09/01/2014 12:09:14 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
NATO air power used exactly once so far to bomb a WWII ally in support of Sunni Muslims. NATO proposed for use a second time to bomb another WWII ally in support Sunni Muslims.

I would agree with the second use since Russia became a mortal enemy after WWII, except for the following two reasons: I don't want WWIII and I don't like Sunni Muslims.

195 posted on 09/01/2014 12:14:35 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
You keep trying to tie us with the Muslims.

Us?

196 posted on 09/01/2014 12:15:52 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer
NATO air power used exactly once so far to bomb a WWII ally in support of Sunni Muslims.

The power of NATO is that it is a counter, by its mere existence, to Russian aggression against any of its members. Whether or not it has been wisely used against other forces is irrelevant to the protection it offers against totalitarian regimes armed with nuclear weapons.

I don't want WWIII and I don't like Sunni Muslims.

The Kurds have both Sunnis and Shias among them and yet are the most Pro-American group of any in Iraq, actually being the one place in Iraq where our soldiers could travel without weapons and dine in peace. Kurds, in general, love the United States and thank us for liberating them. Just saying you don't like "Sunni Muslims" has no meaning, and I think is just your attempt to denigrate NATO as terrorist supporters so you can claim that it does no good.

197 posted on 09/01/2014 12:40:35 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
I understand the concept of deterrence and why it works against Russia. The reason is simple, they are sane. That's also why I don't like the Muslims because their religious philosophy precludes deterrence. I would much rather have a strong Russia to deal with than a strong Ottoman Empire. The invasion of Hungary and other atrocities are the price we (they) paid for that.

The Kurds are the tolerant variety of Sunni. But the Albanian Sunni did not seem to be so tolerant when they were blowing up 1000 year old Serbian churches. Left to their own devices the various Sunni groups would evolve into a new Ottoman empire including all of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and part of SW Russia. That would be much worse than any alternative I can imagine.

198 posted on 09/01/2014 1:02:05 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: palmer
I understand the concept of deterrence and why it works against Russia. The reason is simple, they are sane. That's also why I don't like the Muslims because their religious philosophy precludes deterrence.

Then you cannot support the dissolution of NATO, as without NATO, deterrence is destroyed or significantly lessened, since what was once united is divided and can now be conquered and subverted much more easily without guarantee that anyone will come to their aid. But you are wrong when you say they are sane, because totalitarians are never sane, but are always the makers of insanity, albeit they might use a sane strategy to perform their crimes.

The Kurds are the tolerant variety of Sunni.

Then you cannot say that you dislike or hate Sunnis, since you must recognize that there are different varieties of Muslim, some Pro-American, some our mortal enemies.

That would be much worse than any alternative I can imagine.

There is an alternative: Domination by Moscow and the mindless horror that the red brute brings with him.

199 posted on 09/01/2014 1:22:58 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Then you cannot say that you dislike or hate Sunnis, since you must recognize that there are different varieties of Muslim, some Pro-American, some our mortal enemies.

Pro-American when it is convenient for them, but easily radicalized or defeated by radicals.

There is an alternative: Domination by Moscow and the mindless horror that the red brute brings with him.

Not any more. Wake me up for Hungary, meanwhile I think I will take a nap.

200 posted on 09/01/2014 2:08:40 PM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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