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They will start WW3 because in the long run they have nothing left to lose.
There is no other way to read it, but: Russia tries to blame it on the US, if there really come nukes flying, which won't work,
originally posted by: WineWithIce5
a reply to: Dimithae
The truth is US is secretly broke, and FED gold gone since the 70s
They will start WW3 because in the long run they have nothing left to lose.
But they underestimate Russians, it is actually very common thing to underestimate Ruskies.
Russians are like Bear basking in the sun pretending that he doesn't even notice you or is interested in you. But he knows EXACTLY what to do if you get close enough.
Those of you who are hunters will know what I mean.
Signs are starting to appear in Europe and in Turkey that say "USA GO HOME"
so don't call in any favours from us if the criminals in the Whitehouse wants to put on or even take off the gloves.
originally posted by: Dimithae
a reply to: Xcathdra
I figured you weigh in here sooner or later. Thing is you are biased in your posts as this oped piece is. I won't waste time arguing with someone that has made up their mind and refuse to see anything else. That is your right and I leave you to it.
once Russian troops boots hit the ground you may never get them to leave..
originally posted by: Dimithae
a reply to: tsurfer2000h
once Russian troops boots hit the ground you may never get them to leave..
Like us in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Angela Merkel is a disciplined and cautious public speaker. So when she makes statements that seem fired by passion and resolve, it is good to take note.
And if those statements prompt her foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to urge a softer tone, something big probably happened.
That is what happened in Sydney, Australia, on November 17th, when Mrs Merkel talked at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Her main subject was the aggression of Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
At the G20 summit, Mrs Merkel had just met Mr Putin for hours in what appears to have been another frustrating exchange. Mrs Merkel reiterated her assurances, mainly directed at the pacifists in her German home audience, that there can be no military solution to the conflict. (Germany’s allies in the Baltics and Poland are less sure about that.) But, she added, that does not mean that the West cannot respond resolutely in other ways, above all economically.
Mr Putin was a KGB agent in Dresden when the Berlin Wall fell, and speaks fluent German. He is well aware of the rift in German sympathies and philosophies. On November 16th, German public television aired an exclusive interview with him in which he mixed charm, half-truths and fabrication to try to seduce the German public. He has understood that Germany may be the key country in the Western alliances, both NATO and the European Union, and Mrs Merkel the key leader.
She, like Germany’s president, Joachim Gauck, is from what used to be East Germany. She speaks Russian and is said to know Mr Putin better than any other Western leader does. Until now, Mr Gauck, who has a largely ceremonial office, has been the one talking tough about Mr Putin.
If Mrs Merkel now adopts more of that tone, Mr Putin will find it harder to drive a wedge between Germany's aversion to conflict and its commitment to rules and norms. Even Germany's willingness to talk ultimately has its limits.