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originally posted by: anticitizen
i don't know... europe shrank its army pretty much and made it an anti terror army.
21:03 GMT:
The negotiations of the 'Normandy Four' leaders are moving along “actively, better than super,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, as quoted by TASS news agency.
21:10 GMT:
The peace talks in Minsk may well continue until early morning on Thursday, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, told RIA Novosti news agency.
21:09 GMT:
The signing of an agreement “can happen tomorrow, not today,” Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said, Sputnik reports.
21:18 GMT:
The Normandy Quartet talks are continuing “in a narrow circle,” the Russian president's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said.
originally posted by: starfoxxx
How does Russia treat its homosexuals, transsexuals, bi-sexuals, and lesbians?
Well lets put it this way, their lynched in the street. Banned from having their own bars, banned
from any type of marriage, and banned from having ANY parades.
originally posted by: starfoxxx
that alone makes me think.. screw Russia,. they WONT AND CANT WIN a war against us and you have stated..
originally posted by: starfoxxx
lets get it over with, kick their ass, AND make their next president a t girl
originally posted by: Patriotsrevenge
a reply to: Silcone Synapse
LOL Hollande looks like he is about to jump up and knock that smile off Putins face. That would be priceless.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
The world got involved in Ukraine when Russia invaded and illegally occupied portions of it.
Ukraine requested assistance from other nations and the US was just one nation who responded.
originally posted by: crazyewok
You can die forgotten in a frozen radioactive ditch caked in in your own filth for no reason while I stay at home and dig my own bunker.
originally posted by: DodgyDawg
a reply to: crazyewok
So what do you suppose we do - "give" Ukraine to Russia and secure peace - you may want to look up "peace in our time" where Czechoslovakia was was "given" to Hitler - the majority of Europe was hopelessly under his control in a few years. I know that it can't happen now but if we let Ukraine slip I think Putin will push for more and it will cause a crisis which makes this look a storm in a teacup - even of he doesn't the mere possibility of this is enough to warrant action being taken.
Something needs to be done to stop the violence in Ukraine immediately - it isn't giving them guns and it isn't US intervention - I think the best bet is a UN force and a stabilisation as suggested above.
UK and France also are apart from the USA the only Navy's that have blue water capability (though china is near that) and apart from the USA and China air forces that use aircraft that 4.5 gen in decent amounts and soon to have 5th gen fighters.
Putin wants to act like he has a set when in reality the only thing allowing him to lip off are his nukes. I hope the Russian people wake up and remove Putin before he obliterates whats left of Russia.
originally posted by: Patriotsrevenge
a reply to: crazyewok
UK and France also are apart from the USA the only Navy's that have blue water capability (though china is near that) and apart from the USA and China air forces that use aircraft that 4.5 gen in decent amounts and soon to have 5th gen fighters.
Russia sure does have a blue water navy! Not the Juggernaut it once was but equal to France I would say in ships and larger in subs. Chinese fifth gen fighters lol, now do you really believe that? They are like Iran, build for show and tell haha. China is way way behind Russia let alone the U.S. when it comes to planes of any kind. Every so called advanced Chinese fighter is nothing more than a SU-30 with panels riveted to it to make it look advanced.
China will stab Russia in the back before they try to help them in a war because of the simple fact they really do not like one another and China needs and wants Russia's land and resources really bad.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: stuthealien
BRICS is 5 nations and there are some major issues cropping up between some of those countries - namely Russia and india.
BRICS wont be formidable until at least 2050 and that's only if they are lucky.
The term petro dollar is funny considering there is more than just the US dollar being used in that area.
The world got involved in Ukraine when Russia invaded and illegally occupied portions of it.
Ukraine requested assistance from other nations and the US was just one nation who responded.
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
originally posted by: Patriotsrevenge
a reply to: Silcone Synapse
LOL Hollande looks like he is about to jump up and knock that smile off Putins face. That would be priceless.
Obama,Merkel,Hollandaise,and Dave Scameron VS Putin.
Cage fight-no rules.
Putin probably still walks out of the cage,last man standing.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
a reply to: crazyewok
Just to be clear, it was Russia that first "Poked it's nose in Ukraine's business" by annexing Crimea and supplying troops and arms to East Ukraine.