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uhnope

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2. Putin is clearly resurrecting Cold War tactics along with Soviet-style tyranny

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:19 PM

Dec 2014

It would be funny if it weren't serious--one day the Putin regime claims the sanctions aren't working, the next day they are angrily denouncing them. Now they use world peace as a bargaining chip via influencing their client states of Iran and Syria over things that everyone in the sane world wants--no nuclear proliferation, no war in Syria. Putin is sick in the head, I think.

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Russia: US Sanctions May Hurt Talks On Iran, Syria [View all] Purveyor Dec 2014 OP

Russia doesn't give a rat's ass about the bloodshed in Syria, only about the harbours. DetlefK Dec 2014 #1

Actually, Russia is trying to broker peace talks right now. And what's the US doing? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #5

Putin is clearly resurrecting Cold War tactics along with Soviet-style tyranny uhnope Dec 2014 #2

I think that's a pretty good analysis davidpdx Dec 2014 #4

Easy fix Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #3