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To: tejek who wrote (774739)	3/13/2014 2:11:25 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571567

And I ask again......what say you when/if Putin goes after the Baltics and/or Poland? They are members of NATO. By treaty, attacking one member is treated as an attack on all members. NATO vs. Russia would be even more lop-sided than Russia vs. the Ukraine. Moldovia and Georgia were things the EU and the US could ignore. The Crimea has triggered a diplomatic crisis. Poland or the Baltics would trigger a war.

To: tejek who wrote (774739)	3/13/2014 2:26:54 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571567

"I find it interesting that 77% of the Ukrainian population is Ukrainian and yet there is a poll that shows them evenly split over Russian annexation." I said Crimea, not all of Ukraine. Read carefully.

To: tejek who wrote (774739)	3/13/2014 3:33:54 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571567

Moldavia comes first...

To: tejek who wrote (774739)	3/13/2014 3:35:04 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571567

Harry Reid Blames Ukraine Standoff On…the Koch Brothers by Bryan Preston March 13, 2014 - 10:58 am The Hill reports on the madness of petty Prince Harry, the man who has led the United States Senate into utter irrelevance. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday accused Republicans of holding up crucial assistance to Ukraine in order to protect the Koch brothers. Reid tied the billionaire brothers who have bankrolled conservative causes to GOP demands that language delaying the Internal Revenue Service’s regulation of non-profit political advocacy groups be added to the Ukraine package. — Reid has been on the warpath against the Koch brothers, with barely a day passing without an attack on them. “It’s hard for me to comprehend how with a clear conscience they could say, ‘Ukrainians, we probably can’t help you because we’re trying to protect the Koch brothers,’” he said on Thursday. “And not only that, they’re saying to the American people that protecting the Koch brothers is more important than helping our country.” The disagreement over IMF funding between Democratic and Republican leaders will prevent Congress from passing legislation to assist Ukraine before leaving for a weeklong recess at the end of this week. Take this comment into account with Reid’s other attacks on the Koch brothers. Do they not suggest a) that *Reid is crazypants paranoid, Ancient Aliens-level obsessed* with this topic, and b) that he supports the weaponization of the IRS against his party’s opponents? The former is a matter of opinion, but the latter is clear: The weaponization of the IRS against Americans citizens has the full support of the man who leads the Democrats in the Senate and those around him, including Sen. Chuck Schumer. Democrats don’t want that scandal investigated, because they don’t even believe it’s a scandal at all. They openly want to turn Lois Lerner’s “off plan” attacks into full IRS regulations. They believe it’s a scandal that any opposition to them is allowed to see the light of day. And meanwhile, Russia is brushing all this off as so much noise while it masses actual troops on Ukraine’s actual border, quite possibly for an actual military invasion. But…Koch brothers! pjmedia.com