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Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:20 pm to willthezombie
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Putin gives 0 freaks about what the rest of the world thinks
Yes he's a sociopath heading up the largest kleptocracy on earth, harboring a personal grievance over the demise of the USSR. Awesome guy.
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Well Crimea is the home of the Russian Black sea fleet and the only Russian port that doesn't freeze.
He had it without owning it, so again what has he won beyond what is at most, best case scenario, a Pyrrhic victory? Won for his country not his personal ego?
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:24 pm to cwill
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Yes he's a sociopath heading up the largest kleptocracy on earth, harboring a personal grievance over the demise of the USSR. Awesome guy.
I'd add that he's trying to fight the sociopathic kleptocracy.
He's essentially battling the spread of the New World Order, whether or not he has equally bad intentions as the NWO, I'm not sure, but he is most definitely fighting that order.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:32 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Dude just gtfo with your looney nonsense. You've been dismissed repeatedly, shown to be an intellectual non-factor and a complete fraud.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:41 pm to a want
Putin is going to wake up and start his day crying his eyeballs out and throw a temper tantrum too.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:00 pm to a want
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Ask Putin's cronies how these sanctions feel in 6 months.
The sanctions are hurting Louisiana more than Russia right now. One of those "cronies" owns two major sites on the Mississippi River, one in St. James Parish and one in St. Gabriel, that were planned to be developed into chemical plants. However, thanks to the sanctions, those plans are now mothballed until further notice. Construction could have been starting up in the next year or two.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:01 pm to willthezombie
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Putin gives 0 freaks about what the rest of the world thinks
Negative. Russia's stature on the world stage is very important to Putin and his ilk. Being removed from the G8 like a misbehaving child will sting his ego. He spent billions on the Olympics trying to portray Russia as a legitimate first world civilized nation only to have all that good publicity turn to shite a few weeks later.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:57 pm to a want
I'm not overly familiar with the Russian economy, but if they are self sustaining re:energy and food, I can see Putin giving the G7 a big ol' 
and not giving two shits about the UN.
Welcome to the Cold War, Round 2. Now where's Dr Manhattan?
and not giving two shits about the UN. Welcome to the Cold War, Round 2. Now where's Dr Manhattan?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:21 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
Putin cared much more about portraying that Russia was legit - to Russians. If he's selling this to Russians as Russia standing up to the bullies & winning, this crap doesn't matter.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:20 pm to a want
The bottom line is that Russia predicted that there would be a price to pay for taking Crimea, but they're obviously willing to pay a much steeper price to keep it than the price the West would be willing to pay to force them to give it back, and that's assuming there is a way to force them to give it back without starting WWIII. By the way, Iran's nuclear program also has this cost-benefit dynamic. The only issue on which Iran's pro-western secularists agree with the mullahs and hardliners is the nuclear issue, and they would rather go to war to defend their nuclear rights than crawl to their knees to the West and cry uncle. I don't know why it's so hard for so many Americans to understand that other nations are just as proud and nationalistic as we are.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:45 pm to Asgard Device
quote:This seems pretty significant. I'm glad Europe finally nutted up and agreed to do something even if it's small.
Putin will FINALLY lose veto power in the UN security council, as well.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:54 pm to a want
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:01 am to Asgard Device
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Putin will FINALLY lose veto power in the UN security council, as well
How is that going to happen? Perhaps you don't understand how the U.N. Charter is written.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:06 am to Zed
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This seems pretty significant. I'm glad Europe finally nutted up and agreed to do something even if it's small.
I would be significant if it was possible. However, if all it took was a simple majority to lose your veto, the U.S. would have lost its veto a long ago, since we've abused it more than any other nation in the U.N.'s history.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:21 am to trackfan
quote:Well that blows.
I would be significant if it was possible.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:31 am to Vegas Eddie
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near future.
how soon is near?
The projections I have seen for when the BRIC's take over as the dominant economies, particularly China overtaking the U.S., is by 2050, so not so near. Our economy is still twice the size of China's, and they are number 2 in the world. They are growing about 7% a year while we are growing about 2.5% a year. I am not a macro-economist by an stretch, just quoting recent and projected metrics of others.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 12:54 am to WildTchoupitoulas
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I can see it now:
PUTIN: "Checkmate"
OBAMA: "That's racist. Do you know who I am?"
PUTIN: "Yeah, an inept, incompetent moron who got a bunch of other ignorant morons with white guilt to vote for him because you're half black."
OBAMA: "Oh, well. I think I'll go play a round of golf while Moochelle Antoinette goes on another multimillion dollar vacation on the taxpayer's dime."
FIFY!
Posted on 3/25/14 at 7:15 am to kingbob
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The sanctions are hurting Louisiana more than Russia right now. One of those "cronies" owns two major sites on the Mississippi River, one in St. James Parish and one in St. Gabriel, that were planned to be developed into chemical plants. However, thanks to the sanctions, those plans are now mothballed until further notice. Construction could have been starting up in the next year or two.
Uhhh...no they're not, but let's entertain this idea: What should be done in lieu of these sanctions?
Posted on 3/25/14 at 7:16 am to Old Hellen Yeller
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He spent billions on the Olympics trying to portray Russia as a legitimate first world civilized nation only to have all that good publicity turn to shite a few weeks later.
...by his own idiotic actions, I might add. What a dumb arse!
Posted on 3/25/14 at 7:17 am to Scruffy
Poor Rudolph Putin isn't allowed to join in their reindeer games.
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