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Recursion

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7. It's not the US that would do (or even particularly want) that
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 01:14 AM
Feb 2014

That would be other actors in Russia and surrounding countries.

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Don't forget former Soviet Georgia. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #1
Oh great! another_liberal Feb 2014 #3
"Who are you people!" I am one who remembers and does not forget. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #5
Be that as it may, my friend . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #8
My original point was that the order for extermination of Alexander Litvinenko R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #11
Sure. another_liberal Feb 2014 #15
I'm not sure that you understand anything about the Ukrainian situation. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #17
Then you are wrong. another_liberal Feb 2014 #21
Please. Edjumacate me. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #24
I'll tell you what . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #43
I'm an American so I don't know who your "we" is, but we're not trying to push our weight around, okaawhatever Feb 2014 #38
If a fraction of what has happened in Ukraine . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #40
I second this (okaawhatever). n/t levp Feb 2014 #47
Litvinenko was spying for the UK dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #48
He asked for asylum there levp Feb 2014 #52
Easy subject to search - try Google dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #53
Daily Mail? levp Feb 2014 #55
The US, at the highest levels, is trying to dial this back karynnj Feb 2014 #46
It's not the US that would do (or even particularly want) that Recursion Feb 2014 #7
Perhaps, but the important point is . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #12
Thanks for being able to see my point. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #13
Georgia started that issue : not Russia. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author another_liberal Feb 2014 #2
But what about the fascists? starroute Feb 2014 #4
Great. Sounds like our own government in the USA. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #6
There are some in every country levp Feb 2014 #50
Don't understand the hubris regarding Putin 1000words Feb 2014 #9
He holds all the cards cosmicone Feb 2014 #22
Bad move in the wrong neighborhood cosmicone Feb 2014 #10
Seeing how Russia is supporting Syria I see no reason why Nato should not support the Ukraine. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #14
It's called having the will to make the sacrifices necessary to back up your big talk. another_liberal Feb 2014 #18
Well, I guess that everybody understands your vote for capitulation to Russia. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #20
Go ahead then, hotdog . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #25
Nobody mentioned a shooting war...except for yourself. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #27
What do you think you're playing at then? another_liberal Feb 2014 #44
So Russia deploys troops and fighter jets to the border penultimate Feb 2014 #28
Well yes, Russia has a god given right to former occupied Soviet territories. joshcryer Feb 2014 #31
It's got a pretty reasonable historical claim to Crimea, although the Tatars might disagree. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #35
No doubt with support from other Sunni's... joshcryer Feb 2014 #36
Crimea was heavily Russified, like many other places in the former Russian Empire and USSR. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #59
Won't happen cosmicone Feb 2014 #19
I guess that my original point was lost, and I should have made it more clear. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #23
There will be no NATO troops in Ukraine - period. n/t cosmicone Feb 2014 #30
Then there will be Russian troops. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #34
They have a right to support their ethnic population cosmicone Feb 2014 #37
We'll remember this when US starts it's next war levp Feb 2014 #54
We have already done that before. cosmicone Feb 2014 #58
Exactly my point levp Feb 2014 #60
This is precisely why Georgia and Ukraine are petitioning to be in NATO. joshcryer Feb 2014 #29
NATO doesn't want a conflict with Russia cosmicone Feb 2014 #32
This is why they will be perpetual "Intensified Dialogue" states. joshcryer Feb 2014 #33
The US, UK and Russia signed a treaty when Ukraine got rid of her nukes that we would okaawhatever Feb 2014 #39
Then why have we gone out of our way to meddle . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #42
She just happened to want levp Feb 2014 #56
"we got what we wanted--no harm, no foul, eh?" MisterP Feb 2014 #16
foolish DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #26
“He’s the type of guy who can hobnob with the European elite. A Mario Monti type: unelected and jakeXT Feb 2014 #41
Once austerity measures and new debt kicks in cosmicone Feb 2014 #45
Mother of all Greeces dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #51
That is a VERY important signal to everyone involved. Will keep local people safer in the long run. Sunlei Feb 2014 #57
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