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another_liberal

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30. We do seem to manage to get people in the streets . . .

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:21 AM

Mar 2014

To do our bidding somehow, and we do so with surprising regularity. For proof of that, one need only look to what is happening in Venezuela as we sit here.

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Wealthy and powerful who wanted us to replace Yanukovich in Ukraine are learning they were wrong. [View all] another_liberal Mar 2014 OP

See, it's shit like that that scares me more than any muddling on an island ever could n/t Scootaloo Mar 2014 #1

Do you mean "muddling" as in off-shore bank accounts? another_liberal Mar 2014 #2

What i mean is... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #4

They have us over the barrel RobertEarl Mar 2014 #5

We shoulda followed Clinton's trajectory Scootaloo Mar 2014 #6

Gore was elected RobertEarl Mar 2014 #9

+1 Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it warrant46 Mar 2014 #10

We're doing it RobertEarl Mar 2014 #11

+1000 warrant46 Mar 2014 #50

1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #36

Actually Clinton's trajectory was to expand NATO into POLAND kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #46

+1. nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #48

++ FarCenter Mar 2014 #51

Us over a barrel? ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #15

Say what? RobertEarl Mar 2014 #18

All meaningless... Chan790 Mar 2014 #21

So, you are in favor of starving them? RobertEarl Mar 2014 #24

No. I propose that reason prevail here. Chan790 Mar 2014 #43

Isn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #23

I didn't think I needed to repeat it <grin> RobertEarl Mar 2014 #25

Absolutely. eom 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #27

Don't forget the Arctic. bemildred Mar 2014 #38

The Arctic, indeed RobertEarl Mar 2014 #39

I have heard they are doing some construction up there. bemildred Mar 2014 #42

Yes it hits us all in this country where it hurts. another_liberal Mar 2014 #7

China could probable absorb Russia's hydrocarbon production that Downwinder Mar 2014 #3

Good point. another_liberal Mar 2014 #8

Yep. The statement "wonderful trade and economic relations with our partners in the East and South" Strelnikov_ Mar 2014 #32

Fascinating! I really mean that. another_liberal Mar 2014 #35

Looks more and more like a high stakes game ( fold or all-in ) /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #12

Lets hope it doesn't go that far. another_liberal Mar 2014 #37

Who is "us"? Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #13

American exceptionalism! GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #14

My eyes! I've gone blind! Demeter Mar 2014 #16

The protesters were the reason our diplomats succeeded . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #17

Brought To You By Chevron jakeXT Mar 2014 #19

We spent five billion just to get the ball rolling? another_liberal Mar 2014 #28

Sorry, but that's exactly wrong Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #26

We do seem to manage to get people in the streets . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #30

They get themselves out into the streets Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #33

Not arrogance, not really. another_liberal Mar 2014 #34

It was all a coup! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #41

I disagree that we wanted Svoboda to run Ukraine . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #45

Another neocon SNAFU. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #20

The neocons in big business are addicted to taking high risks for high gains. another_liberal Mar 2014 #31

Ukrainians got rid of that corrupt tyrant, not us. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #22

The facts available in the public record be damned, right? another_liberal Mar 2014 #29

The West would NEVER involve itself in another country's affairs polly7 Mar 2014 #40

Right, . . . yeah! That's the ticket! another_liberal Mar 2014 #44

Pure ProSense Mar 2014 #47

They supply a majority of eastern Europe's natural gas . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #49

I'm sure ProSense Mar 2014 #52

Foreign Direct Investment inflow to Russia was $94 billion in 2013 FarCenter Mar 2014 #53

You actually believe that? Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #54

US Export Profile Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #55