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2014-04-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Exclusive: Key General Splits With Obama Over Ukraine

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-04-11 14:32|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 All of these discussions about would we defend Ukraine or wouldn't we should have been covered behind closed doors long before there was a crisis.

I would go so far as to say they should have an ongoing yearly in which certain nations on the periphery of jerk-nations are discussed.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-04-11 14:43|| 2014-04-11 14:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The good general just issued his next set of orders. he'll be 'retiring' soon.

Posted by USN,ret 2014-04-11 14:52|| 2014-04-11 14:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Speaking truth to power is the only viable long term option. Good for you General Breedlove!

Posted by Ebbomp Wittlesbach6731 2014-04-11 16:58|| 2014-04-11 16:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Enjoy your retirement on Monday, sir!

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2014-04-11 19:55|| 2014-04-11 19:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia = China + Iran, etc. = LIMITED MILACTION or LIMITED WAR [Conventional or Nuclear] is how best to accomplish the Anti-US OWG-NWO Globalist agenda, ESPEC AS PER OWG GLOBAL FED UNION-LEADING "CO-SUPERPOWER(S)".

Put another way, IFF PUTIN'S JOB AS PER GLOBALISM IS TO MILPOL ATTACK, OBAMA'S JOB IS TO DO NOTHING OR OTHERWISE TO FALL BACK OR RETREAT.

Co-Superpower Russia = Co-Superpower China + Iran [Brazil?] = "IT CANNOT BE CONTAINED", as China recently has said. IOW, THEY NEED "SPHERES OF INFLUENCE", Domination + Control, OUTSIDE OF THIER COUNTRY-SPECIFIC BORDERS + REGION, BY DEFININTION BY + AGZ THE INTERESTS + SPHERES OF THE US-WEST/ALLIES.

The risk is HOW MUCH STRATEGIC RETREATIN'-N-FALLIN' BACK IS ENOUGH WHERE US, WESTERN DEMOCRATIC EXISTENTIAL SECURITY VEE THE "GREAT GAME" IS STILL SAFE FROM DYNAMIC FORCES OR ELEMENTS.

FYI WORLD NEWS > [Fox News] COULD CHINA LAUNCH CRIMEA-STYLE ACTION ON DISPUTED ISLANDS.

Why yes, yes it can - where Putin = Russia needs Ground Forces, etal. vee the Ukraine = Single-Front attack, China needs Airborne Forces vee US Allies in East Asia + Pacific = Multi-Front attack.

* CNN AM > SERGEI LAVROV = "RUSSIA HAS NO INTEREST IN ANNEXING ANY PART OF SOUTH-EAST UKRAINE [read, YET?]".

Russia's concept of Federalism-for-Ukraine is actually decentralized, confederatist or highly flexible Federal CANTONISM/CANTONIZATION, e.g. SWITZERLAND or BELGIUM, where Russia may have formal Ukrainian consent to deploy RussFed troops in pro-Russia Cantons, while NATO-EU may do ditto wid anti-Russian Cantons; + RUSSIA'S CONTROL OF THE CRIMEA AGZ THE SOON-TO-BE-NUCLEAR HARD BOYZ + MUSLIM NATIONS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

Putin is waiting for the Bammer + Kerry + EU to accede to Russia's "defensive" schemeas - iff the former do not, PUTIN WILL ACT UNILATERALLY IN RUSSIA'S INTERESTS, BY + FOR RUSSIA ONLY WIDOUT HEED OF THE US-WEST. HE WILL SEND RUSSFED TROPS INTO THE REST OF UKRAINE AS RUSSIA, N-O-T THE US OR NATO-EU OR THE UNO, DEEMS FIT.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING - PUTIN ISN'T GONNA WAIT FOR THE WEST FOREVER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-11 19:57|| 2014-04-11 19:57|| Front Page Top

#6 More this AM ... ...

* TOPIX > US WILL STAND WITH UKRAINE, BUT WILL IT FIGHT?

* Also from TOPIX > DO OBAMA + KERRY HAVE A PLAN FOR NEW UKRAINE TROUBLES?

Putin = Russia IS W-A-I-T-I-N-G.

* SAME > USDOD OFFICIAL: RUSSIA'S ACTION COULD RESHAPE TRANSATLANTIC ALIANCE [NATO].

I have to agree - IMO instead of the EU dev their own military force along the lines of NATO, due to the EU-wide econ + financial crisis they have seemingly decided instead to divest or lower the level of American leadership widin NATO proper???

* SAME > UKRAINE PM:REGIONS SHOULD HAVE MORE POWERS.

[NOT-SWISS SWEDISH BIKINI TEAM, AL BUNDY'S "BEER" COMMERCIAL BIKINI BEACH GIRLS = GOOD CANTONIZATION here].

The Bammer's previous statement that there will NO US MILACTION IN THE UKRAINE likely still holds.

Iff USDOD Top Eggs believe US Budget constraints prevent the US from fighting a contested andor protracted Amphib Operation in East Asia agz China, DITTO AGZ RUSSIA WIDOUT A MASSIVE BAMMER QE(S)IRONICALLY WHOSE BONDS WERE BORROWED FROM CHINA, ETAL???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-11 22:31|| 2014-04-11 22:31|| Front Page Top

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