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If the Russians agree to be content with the Crimea and perhaps other heavily Russian areas like Karkov, Donetsk, etc then NO war.
If the Russians take one step outside of the Crimea or a heavily Russian area then the Free World needs to come up with a plan of action .... YES including the possible use of force if the Russians do not withdraw. However, I doubt Spineless Barry will ever go that far. The Eastern Mindset is not stopped by drawing red lines and "Let me be clear ..."
10% of the Crimean population is Muslim which makes it hard to imagine Russia will be able to effectively annex it.
The Ukrainian revolution threatened Putin's intention of creating/sustaining a perception of Russia's greatness with his own people of which at least 15% are Muslim, the second largest religion in Russia.
It's a sign of weakness to invade to maintain political control.
There is another issue here. Putin, who all the radical conservatives called a "statesman," when Syria was the issue, appears to be going off the deep end.
no she didnt unless you are also claiming she predicted Putin would run for President again and that the Ukraine would have such a large political unrest.
This is the equivalent of predicting the sun will rise tomorrow.
The world is watching and will never trust us as they have in the past. What would be happening if Clinton didn't sign the The Budapest Memorandum for Ukraine and there was no word to keep and the Ukraine still had their nukes?
LOL...when did the world last trust us?
Ask the Kurds about trusting the United States.
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Ask the republicans who want to cut SS and Medicare and put that money towards defense.
If the US stopped it's "nation building", sticking it's nose into every country that the US thinks needs change, we wouldn't need such a large military. Our military no longer defends our country. It's purpose is to invade countries and keep the contractors happy.
The president is precieved as weak and ineffective, and any doubt about that was erased over the Syrian red line in the sand, and that is why Putin has been emboldened. Obama and what he has shown of his foreign policy experience is why this happened.
But no, I don't want to go over there. Unfortunately, we will have no choice but to leave those people flapping in the wind and far too many of them visiting a gulag.
Invading another nation is a sign of weakness.
Positions go far beyond politics and who is president, at any given time.
10% of the Crimean population is Muslim which makes it hard to imagine Russia will be able to effectively annex it.
The Ukrainian revolution threatened Putin's intention of creating/sustaining a perception of Russia's greatness with his own people of which at least 15% are Muslim, the second largest religion in Russia.
It's a sign of weakness to invade to maintain political control.
-Russia invaded Crimea and takes over capital.
-Russia responds to Crimea's plea for help to defend the ethnic Russians in the area.
-Russia invaded Crimea and takes over capital.
-Russia responds to Crimea's plea for help to defend the ethnic Russians in the area.
Which story is true ?
Ethnic Russians could just get leave.
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