Eh, wiki's not authoritative anyway. ;0)

Post #393,345 by mmoffitt 8/18/14 3:23:43 PM Reply	Eh, wiki's not authoritative anyway. ;0) I'm not Gerald Ford. I won't say the Ukraine is free from Russian influence. But the fact remains that had not the Neo-Nazis created a violent atmosphere in Kiev, events should have, could have and would have turned out much differently. And let's be clear, the West was pushing for Ukraine to enter NATO. We have consistently broken our promises to Russia and brought NATO all the way to her borders. We are the aggressors and have always been. Nukes in Turkey pointed at Moscow are okay but retaliatory nukes in Cuba? WE MUST LAUNCH ON THE GODLESS COMMUNISTS IMMEDIATELY! I've little doubt that the West will get their way - we always do. Putin, like Kruschev before him, is a vastly superior world citizen than Merkel, Cameron or Obama. For the sake of world peace, Kruschev was willing to leave Moscow open to a nuclear attack to which he could not respond. Similarly, for the sake of world peace, Putin will have to lose the Ukraine and endure being surrounded by hostile forces. That's the way we roll in the West. That may well bring an end to the cult of personality surrounding Putin. Russians don't like having Nazis or their sympathizers on their western border - that didn't turn out too well for them before. And if Putin's loss of the Ukraine costs him all his power at home, then what? This is a dangerous game we're playing.
Post #393,347 by a6l6e6x 8/18/14 3:52:59 PM Reply	Here's q 100 reasons why you're wrong. Top 100 lies about Ukraine. To attract reluctant “volunteers” into the trap of a misguided war machine, Russia wages twisted information war through its mainstream media, useful fools in the West and a legion of paid trolls. So are you a useful fool or paid troll? :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #393,355 by Another Scott 8/18/14 5:34:02 PM Reply	Heh. You'd think Putin's trolls would know about Image Search by now. :-)
Post #393,375 by mmoffitt 8/19/14 8:01:03 AM Reply	Well, if even you have doubts ... I should be getting paid! :0)
Post #393,377 by Another Scott 8/19/14 8:22:10 AM Reply	:-)
Post #393,402 by a6l6e6x 8/19/14 4:41:08 PM Reply	And I never took you to be a fool! :) But, I don't think it's for money either. It's for this medal "For Impeccable Service" (Медаль «За безупречную службу»): Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #393,419 by Ashton 8/19/14 8:23:59 PM Reply	Nice colors; look good on my USAF Mess-dress white jacket (used only as costume, of course.) I'd troll for one of those :-) (What's your Price? :-0
Post #393,422 by Another Scott 8/19/14 8:43:20 PM Reply	Set of 3 for $20. eBay. Zooks! (It's amazing what one can find there.) Cheers, Scott.
Post #393,424 by Ashton 8/19/14 9:39:55 PM Reply	You are Too Much! Wanna split a trio? ;^> I rarely get to don that costume avec my leather 12/6 In This Style topper, here in bucolia. But it worked a treat with Seaborg at the ad hoc celebration of first heavy-ions, so adorned (3 other medals) Know it worked; his response: Yes, and you're Crazy, right? (Got the pic, too.) My SO, budding marine biologist, was giddified to greet the Great One--bonus. Lots of bubbly flowed. (Who says? that science-types ain't got no cuth; don't know how to Par-teee..)
Post #393,425 by Another Scott 8/19/14 9:52:36 PM Reply	:-D
Post #393,437 by mmoffitt 8/20/14 8:08:04 AM Reply	Curses. You've got me figured! :0)

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