Posted on 03/15/2015 2:51:25 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
I don’t see whether we gain much if Putin disappears. An unstable Russia could shift to some new and even worse set of relations with the west. But he’s probably just taking a break, that recent assassination in Moscow either threw him off balance if unexpected, or unleashed the guilt complex if he was behind it. Either way, a break is understandable.
If it were known to associates that he was removed from power (or dead) then puppets like Medvedev would have said something in code and disappeared for their own safety.
The one thing which makes me think there is something to the speculation is the lack of any public statement by Putin.
True. I mean the CIA was way ahead of us all on Iraq invading Kuwait, Major Hassan, 9/11, the shoe bomber, the insurgency, the Tsarnaev brothers, the Pakistani bomb, etc.
They are just so fleet footed and fast thinkers. I can barely keep up with them! /////
I know I know... they do soooooo much behind the scenes. And if we only knew what they did....
Lol
There was also a fire very close to the Kremlin this evening at Novodevichy Monastery. Evidently, this is a popular tourist spot in Moscow.
NATO has been backing down.
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/nato_chief_ukraine_not_our_responsibility
“The conflict in eastern Ukraine is not NATO’s responsibility despite Russia's “violation of international law”, the alliance's Secretary General has said.
Jens Stoltenberg also told Sky News the UK must maintain its military contributions to the organisation, which is set at 2% of GDP.
But, asked if NATO would do anything stop Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine, he said: “Our main responsibility is to defend and to protect all NATO allies and no NATO ally has been attacked.
“So deterrence is working because everyone sees that NATO is a very strong alliance and we are now implementing the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War.
“Ukraine is not a member of NATO, so there is a difference between Ukraine and NATO members, because the security guarantee is for NATO allies.etc...”
LOL, good catch.
Yea, that could be Geydar Dzhemal.
This relly should be the number news in the world. It is bizrre how little coverage it is getting.
Why isn’t it it the top line of every radio newscast, etc?
LOL. That's an alternative view of reality. Porkyshenko better watch his back before he disappears. He's in more trouble than Putin.
My biggest hope is that Saudi Arabia ramps up oil production, dropping prices to $30/bbl. This will force all the ‘problem’ countries to get their heads straight and ditch their leftists and despots via their OWN coups.
Saud can say, when Iran is totally isolated, and IS is eliminated, we’ll cut back and bring prices back to $75. Gotta be careful what I ask for though..
McCain’s got his back.
I knew the cold hard fact of Putin losing would make you screech.
Glad I was still up to see it - LoL!
You're projecting. Only you clowns believe in a "Kyiv Nazi Junta".
“”he DID go to Switzerland for his girlfriend’s birth””
He has a girlfriend who was just born? Why, he ought to be ashamed of himself.
F*** that homosexual pedophile. No thanks. You can go ahead and share Mike’s popcorn.
Any "executive leadership" he has only manifests itself in the form of a greased palm or a jackboot.
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