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I don't think it's limited to Crimea. They will likely occupy Eastern Ukraine as well. Tom Send a noteboard - 01/03/2014 09:08:56 PM

The populace is pretty pro-Russian. Frankly, I don't blame Putin for a minute, because the Western Ukrainians are angry and anti-Russian. Look at what happened in Kharkov (see the link). The same thing happened in Donetsk and Mariupol. And, to add insult to injury for the "authorities" in Kiev (it's unclear if anyone is listening to them at this point, even in Kiev, where I think the gunmen are running the show), Ukraine's only frigate took down the Ukrainian flag and raised the Russian flag, so the Ukrainian navy is already collapsing. I suspect the army will fall apart too, and there will be complete chaos in the West.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Kharkov raising the Russian flag
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Don't Make me Laugh, Mr. Obama Tom - 01/03/2014 03:14:50 AM 1779 Views
i like obama and even i think that was dumb of him. *NM* temeraire - 01/03/2014 05:24:39 AM 708 Views
yep yep. why do you hate on Kerry, though ? *NM* AgentApple - 01/03/2014 08:11:52 AM 583 Views
He's a useless asshat. *NM* Tom - 01/03/2014 04:14:54 PM 619 Views
He's not the only lame duck in this, though. DomA - 01/03/2014 05:41:01 PM 1335 Views
It's a little more complicated than that, I think. Legolas - 01/03/2014 07:42:20 PM 1240 Views
It's always more complicated... DomA - 01/03/2014 08:57:54 PM 1190 Views
Yes yes yes. This. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:11:19 PM 1100 Views
Well, we split on that then - I most certainly do not support such an annexation. Legolas - 01/03/2014 10:25:48 PM 1113 Views
Any reason you keep misspelling Sevastopol? Tom - 02/03/2014 12:52:01 AM 1319 Views
You write "the Ukraine", while calling me old-fashioned? Legolas - 02/03/2014 01:57:58 AM 1167 Views
Yes. Dropping "the" is an anti-Russian move. It will always be the Ukraine. Tom - 02/03/2014 02:58:32 AM 1188 Views
Just because there's an article in Russian doesn't mean there has to be one in English. Legolas - 02/03/2014 11:21:25 AM 1158 Views
I say the Sudan and the Congo. Tom - 02/03/2014 02:17:33 PM 1164 Views
You do? Why? Legolas - 02/03/2014 03:21:56 PM 1255 Views
As with most analysis at the Guardian, I think it's wrong. Tom - 02/03/2014 05:00:20 PM 1165 Views
This one from a former advisor of Reagan-Bush might be closer to your views DomA - 05/03/2014 09:01:13 PM 1398 Views
" la Crimée vaut bien un tiramisu" - I liked that. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:06:55 PM 1223 Views
Yeah, I laughed reading that too. The original piece in English was probably better... DomA - 06/03/2014 02:08:03 AM 1179 Views
I don't think it's limited to Crimea. They will likely occupy Eastern Ukraine as well. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:08:56 PM 1107 Views
its going to be hard to find support from the West MrFarstrider - 01/03/2014 06:37:15 PM 1139 Views
Well, no one in Europe or the US has any direct interest here. Tom - 01/03/2014 09:13:36 PM 1064 Views
Obama is weak and is viewed as a joke by most of the world. Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2014 04:12:25 PM 1027 Views
Don't worry, not as much as the ape before him *NM* ironclad - 04/03/2014 03:23:14 PM 636 Views
So what's your plan of action? Jay Sherman - 03/03/2014 11:25:59 PM 1127 Views
My plan of action is to let Putin have Ukraine. We have no interests there. *NM* Tom - 04/03/2014 01:29:45 AM 637 Views
Ehem. Why are you being anti-Russian? ;-) The Shrike - 04/03/2014 01:25:37 PM 1190 Views
Lack of space in a subject line that was the entire message. Tom - 04/03/2014 02:21:49 PM 1101 Views
I watch дождь via etvnet.com. Lovely site for all Russian TV. The Shrike - 04/03/2014 08:23:58 PM 1118 Views
I like their criticism of Putin generally, but I don't buy the "enemy of my enemy" position. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:39:15 PM 1099 Views
Of course we do random thoughts - 04/03/2014 04:57:09 PM 1143 Views
Wrong. Tom - 04/03/2014 06:04:31 PM 1059 Views
that ignores the point random thoughts - 06/03/2014 02:01:09 PM 1322 Views
No, it doesn't. Tom - 06/03/2014 02:57:16 PM 1120 Views
Re: No, it doesn't. random thoughts - 06/03/2014 06:22:32 PM 1157 Views
Yes, the US violated the agreement. Tom - 06/03/2014 07:27:23 PM 1231 Views
I have answered your question but you have still refused to answer my point random thoughts - 07/03/2014 01:48:53 PM 1132 Views
You assume that the Ukraine's borders should be inviolate. Tom - 09/03/2014 05:56:45 PM 1175 Views
Russia signed an agreement to not violate those borders random thoughts - 10/03/2014 12:18:37 PM 1123 Views
Yes, and we signed the UN Charter, but invaded Kosovo anyway. Your point? Tom - 10/03/2014 01:10:33 PM 1069 Views
Oh, and now the West is talking about $15 billion in loans for Ukraine. Tom - 05/03/2014 11:41:12 PM 1061 Views
And you see that as the same thing as sending in troops? random thoughts - 06/03/2014 01:37:28 PM 1092 Views
I think you've listened to too much propaganda from the 1990s. Tom - 06/03/2014 03:06:18 PM 1079 Views
More like the 80s random thoughts - 07/03/2014 01:50:43 PM 1120 Views
So I guess traveling to Russia extensively is of no value. Tom - 09/03/2014 05:58:00 PM 1054 Views
in this case no it doesn't. random thoughts - 10/03/2014 12:20:13 PM 1043 Views
Right...do you understand how stupid that made you sound? Tom - 10/03/2014 01:11:34 PM 1074 Views
Or alternatively, it made him sound as someone who was just referring to something else than you. Legolas - 10/03/2014 08:14:00 PM 1148 Views
The junk they used in Chechnya was laughable... everynametaken - 16/03/2014 01:51:28 AM 1272 Views
Its a great time to throw some missiles in Poland MrFarstrider - 04/03/2014 03:43:24 AM 1173 Views
Call me crazy, but I like this idea! MonCul - 04/03/2014 12:31:07 PM 1258 Views
There are no longer two super powers *NM* random thoughts - 04/03/2014 04:40:16 PM 608 Views
Under Obama, it would seem there are none. *NM* Tom - 04/03/2014 06:15:27 PM 579 Views
at Poland *NM* ßelals Girl - 04/03/2014 08:09:14 PM 589 Views
In case you're not familiar with BMD MrFarstrider - 04/03/2014 11:13:06 PM 1143 Views
I know what you're talking about, I was just kidding around *NM* ßelals Girl - 04/03/2014 11:41:20 PM 602 Views
*NM* MrFarstrider - 05/03/2014 12:38:54 AM 611 Views
*NM* ßelals Girl - 05/03/2014 01:00:57 AM 587 Views
Ron Paul, interestingly enough, agrees with me. Tom - 04/03/2014 02:38:44 PM 1068 Views
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