So Obama just spoke about the situation in the Crimea and said that he very concerned about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine. He also said that if this happens, there will be consequences.
Of course, since these consequences have not been named, there is little hope that the warning will work.
In the meanwhile, Putin is saying that it is completely accidental that military maneuvers are being conducted on Ukrainian borders. “We’ve got an army and that’s what armies do, they conduct training maneuvers from time to time,” he explained.
A large group of ethnically Russian people of the Crimea wrote a letter to Putin telling him they are fine and please to stay away. Putin says that he will protect the ethnic Russians in Ukraine because he just knows they are in danger.
The President of Chechnya, the billionaire Kadyrov, says he is also ready to send Chechen troops to protect Russians and Chechens in Ukraine.
Russian pro-Putin bloggers are spreading rumors that there are gallows being constructed in Kiev to hang Jews.
Clarissa's Blog 
Obama is a hothouse flower who cannot fathom people who don’t adore him and seems never to have learned anything about realpolitik (or negotiation).
The EU is run by a bunch of unelected technocrats obsessed with standardizing garbage bag sizes who understand nothing of european political history or human nature.
Putin doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Ukraine or the “plight” of ethnic Russians but he understands realpolitik with either fiber of his being.
LikeLike
“The EU is run by a bunch of unelected technocrats obsessed with standardizing garbage bag sizes who understand nothing of european political history or human nature.”
– Yes. And yes to the whole comment.
LikeLike
Putin Asks Parliament to Use Military in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Saturday for permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine, moving to formalize what Ukrainian officials described as an ongoing deployment of Russian troops in the strategic region of Crimea.
Putin’s motion loosely refers to the “territory of Ukraine” rather than specifically to Crimea, raising the possibility that Moscow could use military force in other Russian-speaking provinces in eastern and southern Ukraine where many oppose the new authorities in Kiev.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/crimean-leader-claims-control-asks-putin-22729336
LikeLike
After already sending thousands of troops to Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin gets permission from Russian parliament
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says his country has been ‘invaded’ by Russia and puts troops on high alert. Putin says ‘extraordinary’ circumstances allow Russia to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to protect ethnic Russians there.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ukraine-russian-invaded-occupies-crimea-article-1.1707141#ixzz2ujHvam4p
LikeLike
So they invaded. Animals. Dirty, disgusting animals. I hope they all, and the overfed Canadian bloggers who are cheering these murderers on die in horrible suffering.
LikeLike