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31. but how long will it continue to be a source of conflict

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 12:36 PM

Apr 2014

between Europe/North America and Russia?

When does either side feel it can afford to stand down?

Ironically, the economic sanctions on Russia will probably force it into a shotgun marriage with China, with Russia forced to play the subordinate partner.

Not something either side probably wanted.

As usual, those who stay out of a conflict wind up winning it.

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Britain, France deploy jets near Ukraine [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP

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