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To: tejek who wrote (142496)3/13/2014 12:50:12 PM
From: Alex MG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
This is because the West didn't respond to his invasion of Crimea.

respond?... you think the "West" should respond militarily?



To: tejek who wrote (142496)3/13/2014 5:53:52 PM
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"What are you going to say if he annexes the Ukraine"

"You can have Ukraine; we'll take Canada." What would you say if China or Russia bought a few ports or airports in Mexico?

"This is because the West didn't respond to his invasion of Crimea."

No; this is because US responded to Crimea last week.

Ukraine: US Sends Fighter Jets to Poland, Baltic States in Response to Russian War Games

By Dennis Lynch
on March 09 2014 9:55 PM

ibtimes.com

NATO: AWACS aircraft to fly over Poland and Romania
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Mar. 10, 2014

militarytimes.com

"Merkel warns of catastrophe."

Maybe cuz it would involve land already fertilized with blood twice in the last 100 years., not land that hasn't been in a blood drought since 1865, or when the Indian Wars ended, or whenever. Maybe we should shut up and let the people in the region deal with it.



To: tejek who wrote (142496)3/13/2014 7:42:53 PM
From: zax  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
I own some Yandex.... it is getting crushed by current events.

But it is absolutely time for the West to respond strongly to Russian aggression.