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Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of 'invasion pretext'

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Obama must have just drawn a red line for Putin. That's the signal for invasion to the bad guys. It's like Obama's dog-whistle informing tyrants that America will not put up any serious opposition.

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What a mess.

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Future news will most likely include a "bomb" going off and killing a Russian, then the troops will move a East.

Welcome to the new USSR.

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Well let's see if we can figure out the time frame on this....

Putin will need to have some photo-ops with the "humanitarian" aid that he's sending in, which should take about a week to 10 days. He needs to shore up support at home. In the later stages, he'll need to shift the focus from the "humanitarian" angle to the threat angle, probably showing news reports of Ukrainian activity in the area. From there he can go full bore into the threat angle, and then it will be time for the "event" that will lead to the Russian invasion.

I'd peg at at sometime during the first week of September. Any takers?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesnt America routinely send military forces and aid without the permission of the ruling leader? I mean, (again, i may be incorrect here) don't we (America) disregard completely any warnings when aiding people in need?

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With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border, NATO said there was a “high probability” that Moscow could intervene militarily in the country’s eas

Sorry - nobody was killed in Crimea during "invasion"

( impossible for US troops in such type of operations)

Russian troops have killed nobody in East Ukraine

Ukrainian Army killed more than thousand civilians ...

So - total destruction and death of the population is better than Russian Army ?

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JoeBigs Aug. 14, 2014 - 06:32AM JST You end your post with a claim that the Russian military is going to save the poor innocent people of Ukraine? That is a hoot!

But this whole situation was the West’s problem and no-one else’s. No-one else could act. Not the United Nations, paralyzed by Russia’s veto power and by China’s disinclination to take on international responsibility. The BRICS remained silent and so did the G-20.

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sfjp330Aug. 14, 2014 - 06:46AM JST But this whole situation was the West’s problem and no-one else’s. No-one else could act. Not the United Nations, paralyzed by Russia’s veto power and by China’s disinclination to take on international responsibility. The BRICS remained silent and so did the G-20.

And Thank you for that segue.....

Let me start by saying, the League of Nations.......opps I mean the U.N. is useless and the G-20 is more concerned with keeping their billionaires rolling in the money that they could careless about the future of Ukraine.

This is further proof of the lack of leadership in the world. And how Liberalism has taken root on the same level it had taken root prior to WWII. The West is trying so hard to avoid a war that they are bending backwards to give into every demand by Putin.

Now, you might say that the sanctions will do the job, but the only thing these sanctions will do is take some money out of Putin's pocket. And since he has a very large reserve (Communist China) those sanctions don't mean a thing.

Backdoor negotiations are going on right now and the folks that will suffer will be the Ukrainians. Everyone else will get fat and rich.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/land-for-gas-secret-german-deal-could-end-ukraine-crisis-9638764.html

To some it maybe acceptable to trade one nations sovereignty for peace, but to others it's a betrayal.

I know who is playing the part of Stalin/Hitler, I am just wondering who is playing Neville Chamberlain in this soap opera?

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