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2018-07-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

POTUS rips Soetoro, says he would have stopped Russia's annexation of Crimea

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-12 08:39|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Hat tip to the Bolton-Pompeo-Mattis Foreign Policy Institute.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-12 08:50|| 2018-07-12 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin's Puppet(tm)?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-12 09:20|| 2018-07-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 How is the question. I don't know if there were enough things we could bring pressure on the Russians with at that time to bring about a diplomatic solution.

The Baltic states are easier. Put US troops on the ground.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-07-12 09:45|| 2018-07-12 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 The Baltic states are indefensible. I have no idea why they're in NATO.

All I can think is a jumping off point closer to Moscow, for Operation Barbarossa Part 2: Only We Bring Winter Coats This Time.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-07-12 10:58|| 2018-07-12 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The Baltic states are indefensible.

No more than Finland is indefensible. The difference is that the Finns choose to have a credible armed force. Whereas the Balts don't have a single tank or interceptor among them. They are relying exclusively on the kindness of strangers. They will resist to the last dead American.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-07-12 12:01|| 2018-07-12 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 They do have APCs.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-12 16:02|| 2018-07-12 16:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Talinn also has a NATO regional campus flyint the NATO flag that would be politically bad optics that the Russians AND NATO members would have to deal with/exploit in any "redistricting" Vlad might want to pursue.
A stop sign anyway.

Posted by Capsu78 2018-07-12 18:44|| 2018-07-12 18:44|| Front Page Top

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