Ukraine and Russia event discussion

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/if-the-west-won-t-help-ukraine-china-will/506160.html

now i have seen some truly insane opinion pieces, but this

this is a whole new level of absurd

If Ukraine begins to crumble militarily, don't be surprised if Beijing starts to supply it with war materiel. It may help Ukraine survive, but what it will mean for the EU and U.S. is another matter.

what bizarro fantasy is this guy living in

and seriously, how on earth does one get paid for writing arbitrary nonsense like this, it's like he played mad libs with popular buzzwords in the news

'if boko haram can't quell the ebola outbreak, malaysia airlines will'

'if ferguson begins to crumble militarily, don't be surprised if isis starts to supply it with war materiel, it may help ferguson survive, but what it will mean for rob ford's reelection campaign is another matter'

[ME##]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-01/merkel-says-europe-won-t-allow-russia-attack-on-ukraine.html

nice of you to say this now that the attack is already well underwa--

Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union will press ahead with tougher sanctions [...]

Oh.

God, this is appeasement all over again.  These Europoors have no idea that this is even happening

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-crisis-if-i-want-i-will-take-kiev-two-weeks-putin-warns-eus-barroso-1463471

may as well get it over with at this point, nobody's going to lift a finger

[ME##]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-crisis-if-i-want-i-will-take-kiev-two-weeks-putin-warns-eus-barroso-1463471

may as well get it over with at this point, nobody's going to lift a finger

lol 'if'

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2277

i agree with most every aspect of this bill, but everything about it seems like a mere preamble for the truly important fourth-to-last point

Urges the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Trade and Development Agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction to promote assistance to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova in order to exploit natural gas and oil reserves and to develop alternative energy sources.

lol

oh well not like it matters it's never going to pass

[ME##]

https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2277

i agree with most every aspect of this bill, but everything about it seems like a mere preamble for the truly important fourth-to-last point

Urges the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Trade and Development Agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction to promote assistance to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova in order to exploit natural gas and oil reserves and to develop alternative energy sources.

lol

oh well not like it matters it's never going to pass

imagine if the short name was


russian aggression prevention enactment

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://thespeaker.co/russians-protesting-war-ukraine-arrested-russian-police-video/

too bad there's only like five of them

imagine if the short name was


russian aggression prevention enactment

lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-02/obama-to-deliver-warning-to-putin-on-nato-s-frontier.html

oh joy, yet another "warning"

thanks, obama

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/28/poll-among-foreign-crises-more-americans-support-us-action/14623319/

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/russia-has-severed/1340912.html

Russia has "effectively severed its partnership" with Europe and wants to establish a new order [...]

wow, i wonder if she's finally getting the messa--

[...] German President Joachim Gauck said on Monday

I give up.

[ME##]

after kiev is taken over, how long do you give the other exussrers to live?

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i give estolitvia a week

it'll be even quicker than the time it takes for merkel to formally sign them off to putin

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://theweek.com/article/index/267438/speedreads-ukraine-announces-permanent-cease-fire-after-phone-call-with-russias-vladimir-putin

and so putin wins, with the creation of yet another permafrozen conflict that will sap every ounce of ukraine's political/economic/social energy and forever keep it stagnant and subordinate and incapable of ever progressing away from russia

good showing, vlad

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-03/putins-spokesman-russia-did-not-agree-a-ceasefire/

lol i did think it was odd that putin was speaking on behalf of a military campaign whose existence he refused to acknowledge

anyway, i can't wait to see the terms and conditions of this agreement

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.cnn.com/video/world/2014/08/05/isis-allied-chechen-jihadists-hijack-malaysian-airliner-en-route-to-ukraine.html

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/islamic-state-to-putin-we-are-on-our-way-to-russia/506366.html

[PLEASEHELP1991]

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/09/01/russia-ditches-plans-for-no-gays-eurovision-rival/