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AnalystInParadise

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37. Putin is a jerk and a jackass

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:40 PM

Sep 2014

but I train with NATO forces, aside from the Brits and French, they are not what I would call high quality. As always the devil is in the details, the NATO armies are currently at the smallest force projection levels EVER, I don't believe they can sustain this deployment more than a year. Logistics, logistics, logistics. The days of the West German Army having almost as many tanks as the U.S. are long gone. Germany today is a hollow military. I want something done to stop Putin, but asking NATO to do it is laughable.

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Poking Russia with a Stick? NATO Approves Military "Spearhead" for Eastern Europe [View all] JEB Sep 2014 OP

To Be Blunt, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #1

^ That ^ -eom gcomeau Sep 2014 #2

Several thousand huh? JEB Sep 2014 #3

And You Are About To Claim What, Sir --- Zero? The Magistrate Sep 2014 #5

And you are about to bite into the neck of the world and drink her blood? JEB Sep 2014 #8

Thank You For The Laugh, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #11

Indeed, even CNN lets a little Ukraine truth show. JEB Sep 2014 #38

did Russia blockade the Ukrainian naval vessels Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #26

Putin is a jerk and a jackass AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #37

Thanks for the intersting perspective on your experience with NATO davidpdx Sep 2014 #39

Wonderfully said! karynnj Sep 2014 #10

And, our "vital national interests" in Ukraine are.......? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #4

Do you really think Putin will stop with Ukraine? Drale Sep 2014 #6

I've seen enough fear mongering in this country. JEB Sep 2014 #7

And, our "vital national interests" in Ukraine are.......? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #9

If you would say the same of Russia, your comments would have more weight nt karynnj Sep 2014 #13

I do say the same of Russia. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #14

...to appear relevant leftstreet Sep 2014 #15

It's a pissing contest that we just can't resist participating in. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #16

Oh please leftstreet Sep 2014 #12

Ridiculous MohRokTah Sep 2014 #18

He's been in office essentially 14 years leftstreet Sep 2014 #19

Oh please. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #20

The Duma passed laws concerning LGBT rights leftstreet Sep 2014 #22

Yeah. Alexander Litivenko. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #23

People Really Do Need To Inform Themselves Better, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #25

Don't you love that some here defend Putin more than they ever defended Obama? Drunken Irishman Sep 2014 #28

I Do Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #29

Sir....I don't want to ask...but, what were YOU reading 40 years ago.... KoKo Sep 2014 #33

The CPUSA Paper, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2014 #36

"Putin is a businessman. Period" LOL! EX500rider Sep 2014 #24

Putin is absolutely no "businessman". You apparently know nothing about him. Russian Oligarchs KittyWampus Sep 2014 #42

Thank you for making my point leftstreet Sep 2014 #43

They kind of asked for it. n/t Crunchy Frog Sep 2014 #17

Russia needs to be poked with a stick when it keeps on trying to geek tragedy Sep 2014 #21

This isn't poking Russia with a stick. BillZBubb Sep 2014 #27

This is a bilateral screwup The Traveler Sep 2014 #30

Thanks for the thoughtful and informed post. JEB Sep 2014 #32

Good Points....explains much without rancor, name calling or rush to judgement. K&R! KoKo Sep 2014 #34

Perhaps the stick will wake up the Russian people... Historic NY Sep 2014 #31

That's Twisted .. Fucking Putin has been poking his "stick" all over the bloody place and no one Cha Sep 2014 #35

I just have to wonder what else Putin likes to poke his "stick" at davidpdx Sep 2014 #41

IF this is "Poking Russia with a Stick", then Russia bashed NATO upside the head with a tree. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #40