And, trust me, pro-Russian activists are folowing Putin

Post #389,265 by a6l6e6x 5/8/14 12:09:10 PM Reply	And, trust me, pro-Russian activists are folowing Putin instructions via a separate channel. Alex ÂThere 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.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #389,267 by Another Scott 5/8/14 12:26:23 PM Reply	I would expect as much. AFAIK, he hasn't talked about rescinding his power granted by the Federation Council on March 1 to use force in Ukraine. http://www.rferl.org...ian/25281291.html Russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve President Vladimir Putin's request for authorization to use Russian armed forces in Ukraine. The Kremlin said Putin sought authorization to deploy troops in order to protect the lives of ethnic Russians in Ukraine and Russian armed forces based in Ukraine's Crimea region, until the "normalization" of the political situation there. [...] There's no sign at all that this is winding down. Cheers, Scott.
Post #389,285 by Ashton 5/9/14 4:29:08 AM Reply	Seems here that, the real Question re Putin is (for us to grok-to-fullness) To what extent is he a megalomaniac/thus not unaware.. but Disinterested in Anyone's opinions of his actions? Or: simply a good Poker-player, determined to push until.. met with a peer who pushes-back. 'Enough,' (and yes,W.T.F. knows Putin's 'Enough' ??) Helluva way to run a world already fraught with Problems caused by the same species as are preparing to make More explosive-CO(2) detritus etc. etc.
Post #389,286 by Another Scott 5/9/14 6:54:42 AM Reply	Yup. The perennial military leadership question...

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