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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine Slides Deeper Toward War as Russia Warns on Vote [View all]go west young man
(4,856 posts)37. And Putin has not reacted the way they presumed and hoped he would.....
as noted by two of the US's most profound scholars on the subject, proving that the people that run our countries foreign policy really are amateurs with grand egos and not much more...
This article also has a good take on how the US has misled, misaligned and misjudged in this whole situation...http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/12/u-s-media-ignores-putins-peace-plan/
Personally, I think we need our $700 billion a year back.....we're paying for a shit sandwich.
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And only a minority want to break up Ukraine. There are 6 EU countries not in NATO.
pampango
May 2014
#7
I agree about their very slim chance of joining the EU but some here think it is imminent,
pampango
May 2014
#26
Okay. Seriously, is there something wrong with your congitive abilities?
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2014
#27
And Putin has not reacted the way they presumed and hoped he would.....
go west young man
May 2014
#37
It was a pretty open-ended question. How and why did Yanukovych leave Ukraine in February 2014?
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2014
#45
Maybe they could borrow the "Welcome America" signs that "he" said the Iraqi's would display? n/t
jtuck004
May 2014
#8
xcept that Putin himself said. "“The question is to ensure the rights and interests of the Russian s
LanternWaste
May 2014
#14
What you post is for yourself....and Americans who have a Cold War mentality and
go west young man
May 2014
#20
That's not the New Russia we're talking about here. Putin wasn't talking about it either.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2014
#21
That's the Putin quote. Just the proper context of "Novorossiya"/"New Russia" here.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2014
#44