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13. The last point is the most crucial.
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 10:31 AM
Apr 2014

Nothing will cause other BRIC members to lose faith faster than an imploding Russian economy.

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They are nuts...crazy..stupid, foolish..and idiotic.. Stuart G Apr 2014 #1
That's fine as long as in fairness we also ask why are the Russians looking totodeinhere Apr 2014 #2
Yes, they are indeed...........but....... Stuart G Apr 2014 #3
Lithuania and Poland are members of NATO geek tragedy Apr 2014 #4
So what??? Stuart G Apr 2014 #6
Russia would be doing to Lithuania the exact same thing it's doing geek tragedy Apr 2014 #7
Vladimir Putin, Russian Neocon:How Russia's president resembles the American hawks who hate him most pampango Apr 2014 #10
The last point is the most crucial. geek tragedy Apr 2014 #13
They aren't near the Russian/Ukrainian border, though. nt EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #18
There may now be only one way ballyhoo Apr 2014 #5
Does It Involve Gypsies, Sir? Or Just Jews.... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #41
Is something hotter here, say oil, than the media heaven05 Apr 2014 #8
We won’t invade Ukraine, Moscow pledges bemildred Apr 2014 #9
About as convincing as John Boehner's claim to be 'hell-bent' geek tragedy Apr 2014 #12
Seems better than threats of imminent invasion and jet-waving. bemildred Apr 2014 #14
Russian troops operating inside Ukraine seems, to me anyways, geek tragedy Apr 2014 #17
I always like it better if they are talking nice rather than making threats. bemildred Apr 2014 #19
you know at least as much as I. geek tragedy Apr 2014 #21
I find not going to war yet very encouraging. nt bemildred Apr 2014 #22
i view war as already having commenced in a low-intensity manner geek tragedy Apr 2014 #23
Low intensity war, propaganda war, sanctions war, etc.: are all better than real war. bemildred Apr 2014 #24
indeed but the question is where things go from here geek tragedy Apr 2014 #26
Which situation is ubiquitous, and still better than being Iraq or Syria or many others. bemildred Apr 2014 #28
but how long will it continue to be a source of conflict geek tragedy Apr 2014 #31
You got me. bemildred Apr 2014 #32
individual and collective reason diverge from one another geek tragedy Apr 2014 #34
Just pointing out that it is hard to reason about something when you can't agree on any premises. bemildred Apr 2014 #38
reason has its limits in an unreasonable world nt geek tragedy Apr 2014 #39
Yeah, and that's what I'm saying, we are there. bemildred Apr 2014 #40
Well, Russia has gotten pretty much everything it wanted, the only geek tragedy Apr 2014 #42
You Are Right, Sir, About Who Would Be Dominant In A China To Russia 'Marriage' The Magistrate Apr 2014 #33
better a surrender in private than a public display of humility think some nt geek tragedy Apr 2014 #35
True, Sir, They Do, But In Fact, the Former Stings Longer.... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #36
Russia tends to be about 50 years behind its counterparts geek tragedy Apr 2014 #37
There Is Something To That, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #25
ay there's the rub geek tragedy Apr 2014 #27
Those Are The Right Words, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #15
Britain, US seek stolen Ukraine assets bemildred Apr 2014 #11
I Do Like The Financial Skullduggery Being Floated, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #16
Russia won't invade Ukraine because mikeyDE Apr 2014 #20
Jingo politics is popular anywhere you go. bemildred Apr 2014 #29
It Is An Old Stand-By, Sir... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #30
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