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by rcareaga
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3/19/14 3:32:19 PM
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New all sorts of sound reasons for behaving rationally
No national leader of sound mind wants a shooting war in Europe, still less a vigorous exchange of démarches between Washington and Moscow conducted over the North Pole. The problem lies with the miscalculations made by men of sound mind (see The Guns of August, and in that connection I do hope that no statesman of note takes it into his head to tour Sarajevo in an open car this summer, which of course marks the centenary of those selfsame opening rounds of The War to End All War).

cordially,
Post #387,737
by Ashton
3/19/14 5:31:08 PM
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New On that note, let us Here embark upon a similar
sane, peaceful means of re-forming our financial and related internecine Forces--without Molotov cocktails either stockpiled or ... thrown.

We need no shooting-war Here, either. Until the disUSA finally faces its own feet-of-clay, no sanctimonious pronouncements of this
or any Sec/State can hide the hypocrisy and just plain disingenuousness. All Around.
Goose/gander whether Sarajevo or Red State/Blue State formal dis-Recognition of each other--as now.

(Yeah, I know.. adolescents never do stop to Think. Until all other useless band-aids fall all the way off.)

Irascibly,
     Who do these Russians in Crimea think they are? - (mmoffitt) - (50) - March 17, 2014, 12:14:14 PM EDT
         Serious question:How was the Black Sea Fleet ever threatened -NT - (Another Scott) - (10) - March 17, 2014, 12:49:53 PM EDT
             It wasn't. - (mmoffitt) - (9) - March 17, 2014, 02:23:31 PM EDT
                 <sigh> - (Another Scott) - (5) - March 17, 2014, 02:52:33 PM EDT
                     You mean she isn't one? -NT - (mmoffitt) - March 17, 2014, 04:00:49 PM EDT
                     Back at you. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - March 18, 2014, 12:21:25 PM EDT
                         Read my post, and the linkies, again please. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 18, 2014, 12:31:59 PM EDT
                             Wikipedia? That's your sole source? </me falls over> - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 18, 2014, 12:33:55 PM EDT
                                 Wikipedia has cites. HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 18, 2014, 02:02:52 PM EDT
                 Counterpoint. - (Another Scott) - March 17, 2014, 04:10:10 PM EDT
                 You're buying into Yanukovych spin. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 17, 2014, 11:18:37 PM EDT
                     One thing I do know. - (mmoffitt) - March 18, 2014, 11:53:46 AM EDT
         BS! They reneged on Ukraine's nuclear arms agreement. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - March 17, 2014, 12:57:00 PM EDT
             I understand that. - (mmoffitt) - March 17, 2014, 02:12:13 PM EDT
             Plan B: - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 17, 2014, 06:18:57 PM EDT
                 Putin seems to have realized that. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 17, 2014, 06:44:24 PM EDT
                     Money talks, Russkies walk - (pwhysall) - March 18, 2014, 02:58:39 AM EDT
         Boundaries rejiggered - (rcareaga) - (15) - March 18, 2014, 10:28:50 PM EDT
             Putin's take - (rcareaga) - (1) - March 18, 2014, 11:13:14 PM EDT
                 I knew a 'relative' of the co-author - (Ashton) - March 20, 2014, 01:15:37 AM EDT
             my take - (boxley) - (12) - March 18, 2014, 11:13:47 PM EDT
                 The Red Army - (rcareaga) - March 19, 2014, 12:55:20 AM EDT
                 "owns the euro fuel supply" - (pwhysall) - March 19, 2014, 02:46:44 AM EDT
                 Agreed that one has to worry about uncontrolled escalation. - (Another Scott) - (9) - March 19, 2014, 08:25:36 AM EDT
                     Re: escalation and Sochi. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - March 19, 2014, 09:57:56 AM EDT
                         One can always make arguments to justify one's actions. - (Another Scott) - (4) - March 19, 2014, 11:03:23 AM EDT
                             I'm not saying the Russians are heroes. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - March 19, 2014, 11:20:52 AM EDT
                                 Agreement. But that's not the topic, is it? :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 19, 2014, 11:24:13 AM EDT
                                     Fine. We're picking nits now are we? :0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 19, 2014, 11:29:03 AM EDT
                                         That's what we do, especially in this forum! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - March 19, 2014, 11:49:38 AM EDT
                     Ukraine would resist all right - (boxley) - March 19, 2014, 01:11:10 PM EDT
                     all sorts of sound reasons for behaving rationally - (rcareaga) - (1) - March 19, 2014, 03:32:19 PM EDT
                         On that note, let us Here embark upon a similar - (Ashton) - March 19, 2014, 05:31:08 PM EDT
         Putin the revanchist - (rcareaga) - (17) - March 19, 2014, 09:10:36 PM EDT
             Even accepting all of that... - (Another Scott) - (16) - March 19, 2014, 11:04:05 PM EDT
                 delving into a little history - (boxley) - (2) - March 20, 2014, 12:24:42 AM EDT
                     Jeez, Box! - (Ashton) - (1) - March 20, 2014, 12:41:37 AM EDT
                         I keep telling y'all... - (folkert) - March 20, 2014, 11:45:55 AM EDT
                 Interesting times.. - (Ashton) - March 20, 2014, 12:26:16 AM EDT
                 Imagine Canada - (rcareaga) - (11) - March 20, 2014, 01:36:49 AM EDT
                     One could imagine that. - (Another Scott) - (10) - March 20, 2014, 07:23:21 AM EDT
                         my scenario was deliberately lurid - (rcareaga) - (9) - March 20, 2014, 10:00:48 AM EDT
                             On Canada... - (Another Scott) - March 20, 2014, 10:37:38 AM EDT
                             If we suppose that Putin's take on our corrupt authoritarian - (Ashton) - (7) - March 21, 2014, 05:54:18 AM EDT
                                 The likelihood of the Maritimes joining the US in the event - (jake123) - (6) - March 22, 2014, 09:29:46 AM EDT
                                     Maritimes? not likely. I could see Alberta maybe - (boxley) - (2) - March 22, 2014, 12:40:21 PM EDT
                                         Right now Alberta is in a class of its own` - (jake123) - (1) - March 22, 2014, 12:45:55 PM EDT
                                             Very interesting. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 22, 2014, 01:24:00 PM EDT
                                     Robertson Davies on Canada - (rcareaga) - (2) - March 22, 2014, 12:50:40 PM EDT
                                         Excellent. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 22, 2014, 01:23:40 PM EDT
                                         {{Chortle, long guffaw..}} -NT - (Ashton) - March 22, 2014, 06:09:03 PM EDT

Sounds like a horse. Maybe it was.
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