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24. Nope. And that's exactly the reason I think we should be the last to be telling other countries

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 08:34 PM

Mar 2014

how to act for their own strategic interests.

It's two face, especially since we've spent over $5 billion in cash and cookies to help foment this revolution, including money to the Neo-Nazis of the Ukraine.

We knew exactly what would happen, did it anyway, now want to pretend we are all lilly-white and offended.

It's like prostitutes in a church saying other prostitutes are wrong to be prostitutes because they don't go to that church.

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US Demands Russian Troops Withdraw From Crimea [View all] Purveyor Mar 2014 OP

Putin does not acknowledge that those are Russian troops seizing Ukrainian bases KeepItReal Mar 2014 #1

Who else could they be? Adrahil Mar 2014 #6

Hey I'm just catapulting the Putin propaganda ;-) KeepItReal Mar 2014 #16

Dreaming RedFury Mar 2014 #44

Russian military plates on the vehicles. Igel Mar 2014 #38

Enough!!! No more wars for oil (or gas). Fix America before we screw up the Ukraine. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #2

Be sure to forward that graphic and message to the Kremlin too. penultimate Mar 2014 #10

No, Don't need to be a nation of self-righteous assholes going after people who are doing nothing jtuck004 Mar 2014 #18

So you support it when the US or other 'western' countries invade countries to protect penultimate Mar 2014 #20

Nope. And that's exactly the reason I think we should be the last to be telling other countries jtuck004 Mar 2014 #24

The US is telling Russia what its strategic interests are. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #25

You couldn't be more wrong. The American people have no strategic interests over there. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #28

No, we are telling Russia what Russia's strategic interests are. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #30

Really? Who made us king of the world to decide what Russia's strategic interests are? grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #32

No, I'm talking about economic sanctions on Russia. Enacted by the United States, the European geek tragedy Mar 2014 #34

Disagree. Too many problems here at home, like fracking, which the sanctions will be used to promote grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #35

At a minimum, the G7 plus the rest of the EU. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #36

Disagree again. The real game is cutting off Russia's gas exports to Europe and replacing grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #37

Maybe We Can Vacation in Grenada? Upward Mar 2014 #46

Or else what, Samantha? You want us to invade Crimea/Ukraine to kick some Russian ass? eh? 2banon Mar 2014 #3

Russia isn't playing their silly games and they can't stand it. Purveyor Mar 2014 #7

Perhaps.... Adrahil Mar 2014 #22

...and Crimea wants Russia.... grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #33

That assumption hasn't been proved. If Crimea wanted to be annexed by Russia, there wouldn't be a okaawhatever Mar 2014 #39

Now Proven: grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #45

have you ever heard of "economic and diplomatic sanctions?" nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #9

Yeah right cosmicone Mar 2014 #12

Given that it's spring, and it was a mild winter in Europe geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

They think Putin is a kindergartener cosmicone Mar 2014 #14

how the fuck do we have a leg to stand on?! frylock Mar 2014 #4

We don't and we shouldn't care. cosmicone Mar 2014 #13

Sure... Russia is just an innocent puppy! NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #23

"exceptionalism" is dog whistle for "imperialism" grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #29

It is a prime example of American exceptionalism Mnpaul Mar 2014 #42

Russia is allowed 25,000 troops per 1999 agreement with Ukraine: snappyturtle Mar 2014 #5

not allowed to leave their bases nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #8

they always forget that part Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #26

Amazing how Putin's supporters at rt.com and elsewhere refuse to acknowledge that minor geek tragedy Mar 2014 #31

They know to overlook it. Igel Mar 2014 #40

Thanks for posting this. I posted the article in GD for discussion. Purveyor Mar 2014 #11

what about the other parts Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author polly7 Mar 2014 #15

lol, or jtuck004 Mar 2014 #19

Gawd. And I thought I was embarrassed by our State Dept during the Iraq war Catherina Mar 2014 #21

It's not fully autonomous. Igel Mar 2014 #41

Powers is, without a doubt, THE WORST. arewenotdemo Mar 2014 #43