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12. Not conceding anything--that's the way to do it.

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 04:01 PM

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Obama: Crimea referendum would be illegal [View all] brooklynite Mar 2014 OP

Get Ukraine into NATO and by default you can kick out the Russian fleet /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #1

I have not seen anything, anything, that remotely touches on the topic of kicking amandabeech Mar 2014 #4

I'm no expert, I don't remember who mentioned it jakeXT Mar 2014 #8

Your extract says that the Russian bases on Crimea could be a problem if Ukraine wished to gain amandabeech Mar 2014 #13

That's what Russia fears jakeXT Mar 2014 #19

I guess Russia fears that Ukraine will act like a Putin-led Russia. amandabeech Mar 2014 #21

I think he didn't want to be slow and incompetent like Assad or Yanukowitsch jakeXT Mar 2014 #23

I'm familiar with Voice of Russia, Counterpunch and Engdahl. amandabeech Mar 2014 #24

BTW the first link is Reuters India, maybe Putin reads the same stuff jakeXT Mar 2014 #25

Your first cite is not responsive to my post. n/t amandabeech Mar 2014 #30

So you think Merkel is right, Putin has lost his marbles and he should have talked to Andriy Parubiy jakeXT Mar 2014 #35

Sometimes in international relations, one has to deal with distasteful people. amandabeech Mar 2014 #36

Medvedev also seems to see nobody to talk to / What about US presidents wrecking nations ? jakeXT Mar 2014 #37

I think that the Ukrainian people through out the crook Yanukovich. amandabeech Mar 2014 #38

"Member countries should have no foreign military bases on their territory" former9thward Mar 2014 #39

The Status of Forces Agreement jakeXT Mar 2014 #41

Oh so some countries are more equal than others. former9thward Mar 2014 #42

If Ukraine as a member of NATO can kick out the Russians then why can't Cuba kick totodeinhere Mar 2014 #17

American Exceptionalism ? /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #20

There is no basis for Ukraine kicking the Russians out of their leased bases so long as the amandabeech Mar 2014 #22

Issuance of Ukraine-related Executive Order JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #2

thus says the politician who is occupying a foreign country nt msongs Mar 2014 #3

Which has little to nothing to do with the validity of statement in and of itself. LanternWaste Mar 2014 #5

Germany? South Korea? United Kingdom? brooklynite Mar 2014 #7

We'll see what happens jakeXT Mar 2014 #9

Dumb move, Mr. President. Laelth Mar 2014 #6

Results of elections in which armed individuals wander around outside polling places amandabeech Mar 2014 #14

Hmm ... Laelth Mar 2014 #31

I don't know what they think because they haven't had the opportunity amandabeech Mar 2014 #43

Ethnic Russians are 59% (vast majority?) of Crimea. Assuming the 41% who are not ethnic Russia pampango Mar 2014 #44

Sorry, it is simply not true that the US was caught supporting geek tragedy Mar 2014 #15

It is quite true, as posts here have shown over the past couple of days. Laelth Mar 2014 #32

I have seen them, and they are full of factual falsehoods and distortions. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #34

Actually the EU has already agreed to do something. They have agreed to a $15 loan guarantee to totodeinhere Mar 2014 #18

You can't reason with the "anti-Putin no matter what the facts" crowd cosmicone Mar 2014 #28

I continue to believe that they mean well. Laelth Mar 2014 #33

'Ukraine's legitimate government' iamthebandfanman Mar 2014 #10

please stop repeating the Kremlin's Big Lie of calling Yanukovych's decision geek tragedy Mar 2014 #16

Not a "Big Lie." Mag238 Mar 2014 #26

Nope, a big L-I-E spread by Russia's rightwing government. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #27

Too bad taking food stamps away from hungry people isn't illegal. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #11

Not conceding anything--that's the way to do it. TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #12

Ukraine's legitimate government...the one installed by Parliament after last month's ouster... seveneyes Mar 2014 #29

Putin has ignored what Obama said previously , ... quadrature Mar 2014 #40