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22. Putin probably applied the Powell Doctrine

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 01:25 PM

Mar 2014

The Powell Doctrine states that a list of questions all have to be answered affirmatively before military action is taken by the United States:
1.Is a vital national security interest threatened?
2.Do we have a clear attainable objective?
3.Have the risks and costs been fully and frankly analyzed?
4.Have all other non-violent policy means been fully exhausted?
5.Is there a plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement?
6.Have the consequences of our action been fully considered?
7.Is the action supported by the American people?
8.Do we have genuine broad international support?

Except in that in the case of Russia, 8 does not apply, since Russia never has broad international support.

Putin has therefore applied overwhelming force to attain a limited objective.

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"We will not tolerate the suppression of 10 million ethnically the same as us across our borders" [View all] stevenleser Mar 2014 OP

Photoshop a shirt on that man. Hawaiian, maybe. aquart Mar 2014 #1

Is your point that we should take military action? MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #2

I doubt Putin will invade nations where Russia has not had historical interests but Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #27

The Nazis are the good guys now jakeXT Mar 2014 #3

There are neo-Nazis in every country including the US. You can post photos of them here too. stevenleser Mar 2014 #6

Not in charge ? Nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #7

Looks like Leonid Bershidsky agrees stevenleser Mar 2014 #4

So you think that war is the answer? MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #5

All the comparisons to Hitler (and so soon!), means the pro-war crowd is losing the audience. reformist2 Mar 2014 #8

Who is pro-war? Not me. I am not only against a military response, I am against Russia's military stevenleser Mar 2014 #11

If Russia wants to keep the Crimea, that's fine with me. reformist2 Mar 2014 #13

As I said, I am the anti-war person here and you are the war cheerleader. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #14

LOL. So Putin is Hitler, but we should do nothing. MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #17

I'm sure it is. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #23

Of course it is. You've made it very clear you back Russia and putin. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #25

Well said. I think most liberals are against military agression and a military response to such pampango Mar 2014 #15

Can't have too many Nazi analogies in the runup to a new war, eh? bemildred Mar 2014 #9

Same reason that "My Pet Goat" is mostly pictures. L0oniX Mar 2014 #20

wow. some people are really losing it. By that logic we damn cali Mar 2014 #10

Nope, not losing it. A lot of folks are making that comparison now. Because it fits. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #12

*Chechnya need not apply to the above statement. We will suppress the fk out of you. /nm Ohio4theWin Mar 2014 #16

Right? tkmorris Mar 2014 #18

Well said. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #21

Hilter op = automatic epic fail. Membership drive for the warmonger club. L0oniX Mar 2014 #19

when the comparison comes from a former Russian President then it's not a warmonger okaawhatever Mar 2014 #26

"He's not going to shill for Putin the way you have." Really? LMFAO fail! L0oniX Mar 2014 #30

Putin probably applied the Powell Doctrine FarCenter Mar 2014 #22

Jeez, was just thinking this. Russia's doing its action overtly while we just do it economically riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #24

And now, Putin is Hitler. Scootaloo Mar 2014 #28

A lot of people are now comparing invasion of Ukraine to the Anschluss of Austria, because it fits stevenleser Mar 2014 #29

A lot of people are sensationalist idiots, too Scootaloo Mar 2014 #31

Yes, a lot are. But the similarities here are so strong, that can easily be ruled out. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #32

Your argument is based on "a lot of people think" Scootaloo Mar 2014 #35

No, it's not. It's based on the nearly identical statements and actions of Hitler and Putin in these stevenleser Mar 2014 #37

" A lot of people" sounds like a Fox talking point tactic. "some people say..." L0oniX Mar 2014 #33

It's always incredible to me, how easily some slip into pro-war rhetoric. Marr Mar 2014 #34

I am openly arguing AGAINST war. That doesnt change the similarity of these events. stevenleser Mar 2014 #36

You're making comparisons to Hitler. Marr Mar 2014 #38

I'm making comparisons between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Anschluss of Austria stevenleser Mar 2014 #39

I haven't attempted to address a lot of things. Marr Mar 2014 #40