Crimea crisis: Fears of war grow as Ukrainian officer is killed at military base in Simferopol

Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 2 months ago to The Gulch: General
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All of this was going to happen no matter what Obama said or did. The question now is how far Putin pushes into Ukraine. I think if we would stay out of it he may stop. The more we demand he stops the more likely it is he will push further north of Crimea.


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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Think of all the money we've spent on all those arms. Reminds me of driving into San Fran from the north years ago and seeing all those rusting ships at anchor in the bay.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Isn't that pathetic... We should keep our boots off their ground but not our armaments. We could profit while helping people secure freedom.. but nooo... guns bad... tyrants meh...
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In the spirit of the UN's Small Arms Treaty (which we conceived and wrote) we're destroying those arms. It's even gotten to the point that we now collect all the old brass at Army ranges and shred them rather than sell them to citizen re-loaders.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 2 months ago
    Why aren't we selling our surplus, often obsolete arms to nations that need deterrent? We are sending MREs... really? It is too little too late. The election results are statistically impossible. Although Kim Jong-un might disagree...
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  • Posted by Temlakos 10 years, 2 months ago
    At last report the Ukrainians have given up the Crimea. They are withdrawing their forces. They are not willing to risk losing their Fort Sumter in battle.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Funny how Obama thought him getting 100% of the vote in the districts around Philadelphia was legitimate.
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 10 years, 2 months ago
    A question I keep asking in all of this is that it appears that the citizens of Crimea voted to join Russia, aka self determination. Our administration apparently only honors self determination if the vote is to become an islamic theocracy. So does this country (read administration) support self determination or not?
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  • Posted by 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    True. Putin took Georgia while Bush was in office. He respected Bush and I think quietly Bush told him not to make any other moves and that was the end of it. He has no respect for Obama and will do as he pleases now.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago
    I only agree that this is a logical consequence of years of international weakness. Had we remained vigorous, I doubt that Russia would be flexing these muscles now. We also need to be concerned about China looking to take back Taiwan. This admin would do nothing.
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