It's the face-off that worries me.

Post #389,214 by mmoffitt 5/5/14 10:18:12 PM Reply	It's the face-off that worries me. We (using NATO) are sabre rattling like I haven't seen since Reagan. I do not underestimate Russian pride. What is it they say, "Pride goeth before the fall"? I think we underestimate how much this situation is about pride at our (and the world's) peril. People are dying. We and They need to ratchet down the Cold War rhetoric before this situation blows up to the point where neither of us individually (nor collectively) can handle it. What the world truly needs right now is a Kruschev. But, there aren't any left, I'm afraid.
Post #389,226 by boxley 5/6/14 11:11:11 AM Reply	ukraine will fight not well, badly, then a war of ambush and partisans, the russians would not want to hold it. One family I know fought the Germans and the Russians from 1942 to 1956 when they fled to the west. In the 50's there were still heavily armed watching for kgb Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #389,228 by mmoffitt 5/6/14 11:45:07 AM Reply	Yep. I'm fairly confident there will be significant bloodshed.

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