martybegan
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Correct.Putin BROKE international LAWS you fools
But the sonuvabitch can point to a half-dozen similar sorties by The West in recent decades, and is playing the "Well, if YOU can, then so can I" shell game, and he's going to get away with it.
Or just a little toasty (burned-out, sick-and-tired of war) after stomping on Iraq and Afghanistan over the past quarter-century, and not in the mood to contemplate another at the moment."...jesus you people have NO integrity"
Hell, it's the European's backyard - and if they're cowering over this and unwilling to get into Uncle Vlad's face over this, then any 'adventure' probably wouldn't get very far or end very well anyway.
Maybe it's more like Sad Pragmatism in this instance, rather than a lack of backbone or integrity... maybe.
Russia actually has rights to keep troops within Ukraine, in particular Sevastopol and the Crimea.