Peach
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Don't know if it's a new cold war. Basically Putin is an opportunist. He can see the leadership in the USA is weak and he's making his moves now while it's easy and he's pretty sure the only repercussions will be sanctions and a tongue lashing. It's like a parent how keeps threatening a child but never follows through. The child learns that nothing of real consequence is going to happen so he pushes the envelope.
This has basically been the pattern all over the world since Obama took office. Everybody knows the world most likely won't act unless the USA does first and Obama hasn't the stomach for real confrontation. The Putin's and Muslim Brotherhood's of the world will do as they please until a real hardass comes into office Just like they did back when Reagan took over after Carter. And Like back in the day that Hardass will most likely be Republican.
You absolutely hammered the nail on the head.
Putin is taking advantage of a weak, gutless, clueless U.S. President, like any good communist dictator would.
The Islamo-terrorists have also been taking advantage of this weak, gutless, clueless U.S. President since he took office in 2009.
You can bet your favorite pair of jackboots that they won't take advantage of Vladimir Putin.
You can use them as collateral for a bet that the CIA is counting on that, too.
TruthSeeker56 said:I would compare Obama to Jimmy Carter in MANY ways. Remember the Iran hostage crisis and the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan during Carter's Presidency, among other things?
Same opportunistic dictators and terrorists, just a different weak, gutless, clueless U.S. President.
Though not myself a fan of his policies, I wouldn't necessarily characterize Obama as "clueless".
"Weak"?
Most certainly, yes.
But he's a great deal craftierslickthan for which a lot of us who aren't his fans give him credit, is Obama.
Russia went into Georgia while Bush II was in office, I see neither as strong. Still, the EU can apply more pressure than the US, no one knows yet whether pro Russian rebels or hotheads in Ukraine fired, if we ever know.