Big Bang in the Ukraine

[Chard]

Good read George: "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward & trustworthy... I was able to get a sense of his soul." George W. Bush on Putin

To be fair, George W. has known Putin for a very long time thanks to his father, George H. W. Bush, who before being Vice President and President of the US held the position of Director Central Intelligence at the same time Putin was defense attache to the USSR Consulate in Washington. Again they interacted quite a bit when Bush was US ambassador to the UN.

For a former spook, Putin is trust worthy to a point. You can trust that as long as your interests and his interests are aligned that he will deal in good faith, but should interests conflict, Putin will ALWAYS act in the best interests of himself and the Ródina. These days, as the biggest of the Oligarch fatcats in Russia, Putin's interests and the interests of the Ródina tend to be the same thing.

[DaS Energy]

Obama now God and black speaking for all including Australians, his suffering delusions of grandeur on a grand scale brought on by Holden deserting him for China.

Apologies for not posting cut and paste. Original news article now replaced with US demands Russia 'stand down'
Updated: 13:51, Sunday March 2, 2014

Original found.
Sky-News. Sunday March 2, 2014
US President Barack Obama has told President Vladimir Putin in a 90-minute phone call that Russia has violated international law with its incursion into Ukraine, and warned of US and allied reprisals.

re·pri·sal (rĭ-prī′zəl)
n.
1. Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return. 2. Forcible seizure of an enemy's goods or subjects in retaliation for injuries inflicted. 3. The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war.

[AiA in Atlanta]

For a former spook, Putin is trust worthy to a point. You can trust that as long as your interests and his interests are aligned that he will deal in good faith, b

Putin's interests are Russian everywhere except the ones in Russia.

[Chard]

For a former spook, Putin is trust worthy to a point. You can trust that as long as your interests and his interests are aligned that he will deal in good faith, b

Putin's interests are Russian everywhere except the ones in Russia.

If you'd actually bothered to read the entire paragraph you'd have seen where I said exactly that.

[Neferti]

Mmmm. Guess we will just have to wait and see what happens? Hey?

[Super Nova]

Maybe WWIII begins here.

Isolating Russia is probably not a good thing. taking them out of the G8 looks like a very serious step.

Nato warns that Russia is risking Europe's peace and security

Tensions rise as Vladimir Putin mobilises all reservists and US Secretary of State John Kerry flies into Kiev
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Russian forces bloodlessly seized Crimea over the weekend, and yesterday surrounded several small Ukrainian military outposts and demanded the Ukrainian troops disarm. Some refused, leading to standoffs, although no shots were fired.

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"Russia chose this brazen act of aggression. If Russia wants to be a G8 country, it needs to behave like a G8 country," he continued.

"[Putin] may find himself with asset freezes on Russian business, American business may pull back, there may be a further tumble of the ruble," added Mr Kerry.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... urity.html

[DaS Energy]

Russia needs be real careful of America, Holden might pull out of China.

[Super Nova]

Russia needs be real careful of America, Holden might pull out of China.

All their hidden moneys and assets stolen from the people may get frozen... that is the real thing they need to worry about.

[DaS Energy]

Russia does freeze over and may freeze money in Russia, however Russia not leave money sitting around in other countries.

[Chard]

Maybe WWIII begins here.

Isolating Russia is probably not a good thing. taking them out of the G8 looks like a very serious step.

I seriously doubt this situation would result in a global war. The only reason we're saying anything is because we're expected to by treaty obligation. We honestly don't give a flying fuck about the Ukraine, and Russia has better historical claim for owning Crimea anyway. That's before getting into the issues involved with multiple nuclear powers interacting.