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DaliTime · Joined: 20 Mar 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Five Points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_174302947&feature=iv&index=5&list=PLw613M86o5o5zqF6WJR8zuC7Uwyv76h7R&src_vid=QnpXASPd1h4&v=TNKsLlK52ss

wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

Well, lets just forget everything and not be happy that there were no shots fired in this "invasion." Should have been more like...Wake up people!

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I heard Michael Portillo talking sense on this today. Unusual in Tory politicos but he actually had the temertity to say, "It is none of our business. We screwed up on Iraq, Afghanmistan, Libya and Syria. We should stay out of this imbrogluio."

He is also the only Tory I have herard saying trhat Trident is a strageiuc nonsense and our equivalent of the Maginot Line 1 Almost enough to make me belive in the Conservative Party.

Red Scot47

wonderingjoesmith · Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Posts: 910 Location: Guangzhou

wonderingjoesmith · Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Posts: 910 Location: Guangzhou

Dear John,

Radicals have created the situation in Ukraine.

DaliTime · Joined: 20 Mar 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Five Points

I never supported the Iraq war. Indefensible. Groundless. However, in defense of US foreign policy, I must point out that the US left Iraq when the US government and the Iraqi government failed to reach an agreement on the status of forces. The US left its bases in the Philippines in 1992 when the Philippines had had enough. The US has the tendency to leave places, often places that they should never have entered in the first place (Iraq, Vietnam). Granted, this also creates problems.

Aside from stunning the world, what exactly have Putin and Russia gained from annexing Crimea? They will get some old ethnic Russians who are quite enthusiastic to return to the motherland. But they also get more ethnic minorities -Ukrainians, Crimean Tartars, who will not be happy. Here in the US, I have had a few Crimean Tartars as students. Stalin moved them to Uzbekistan; Gorby allowed them to return. I have had Tajiks who were moved to Uzbekistan, Uzbeks who were moved to Kyrgyzstan, and on and on.

So, what happens next? A bare chested Putin rides off into the sunset with his new acquisition? How does end well for Russia?

johnslat · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 7:38 pm Post subject:

Dear DaliTime,

"How does (it) end well for Russia?

As in all such reckless misadventures, no matter who initiates them, it doesn't.

Regards,
John

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:54 am Post subject:

Dear Johnslat

You may well turn out to be right in the end. However, this isn't the Cuban missile crisis revived, and is not as reckless as it may appear...

Best wishes

Sasha

wonderingjoesmith · Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Posts: 910 Location: Guangzhou

The Current State of the Ukraine may depend on the March 16th moment of truth which apparently is the day when Crimea, based on its referandum, plans to officially break away from Ukraine to join Russia.

johnslat · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:24 pm Post subject:

Dear Joe,

"The moment of truth - you sly devil, you. Quite a sense of humor you have there. Very Happy

Regards,
John

Cool Teacher · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:02 pm Post subject:

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:51 pm Post subject:

I don't get it...

Very Happy

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Neither did I until Google came to the rescue once more!

Stalin's ghost appears to Putin in a dream, and Putin asks for his help running the country. Stalin says,
"Round up and shoot all the democrats, and then paint the inside of the Kremlin blue."
"Why blue?" Putin asks.
"Ha!" says Stalin. "I knew you wouldn't ask me about the first part."

http://www.allrussias.com/jokes/putin_01.asp

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject:

Sigh.....

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:28 pm Post subject:

I mean, really?

It is a clear copy of the Hitler and the bicycle mechanic joke.

Sigh...