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True but its not just Sevastopol and there are also the freedom of the straits to consider. Russia does not want a government in the Ukraine that is Ukrainian nationalist and may try and limit Russia military movement in the region. The Russian government does have reason to fear the new...

Not surprising. Markov is a well-known apparatchik. This article will certainly have gone out with Putin's blessing. Is he preparing his own people for war? As Ive said before, Russia will not give up their military connections to the Black Sea and an independent non-Russia -led Ukraine...

Good response. Agree with you on all you wrote. I agree the 'ousting' was wrong and I am not sure that the new leaders are in any way better than the last but I do think this is something Ukraine needs to deal with themselves. My issue is that Russia think its ok to move in using those people as...

Chilli... did they need to send in their forced... if it was a US backed coup I'm sure Russia could have bankrolled their own counter-revolution without marching in and it shoudl have been easier as they are just across the border.. this is where I think your argument breaks down. Czechmate...

As I said... just like 1938... peace in our time. Dont think for a minute that the government of Poland and Czech were all sweetness and light then. There was a serious Anti-Jew issue in Poland as well as a former military dictatorship and the Sudetens had some serious grievances, not unlike the...

It actually wouldnt matter whetehr there was truth in it or not. The takeover is by Ukrainians and therefore it is Ukrainians who should be left to sort it out. Whether there is American support or not there are no American soldiers in the Ukraine. There are Russian soldiers. If the Russians...

I'm interested why u find the idea of threatening so risky. Do u think chamberlain was right? Putins plan has been clear to us all along an she has already achieved it. What message do we send if we do nothing. He has no intention of pulling out and if we don't manage to remove him the lesson he...

No... I wont be led by your rope. I am not in a position to make a decision on which threats to use because I am not in position of all the facts. In this part of the world we are used to Putins methods though so if you think that going down the same path as 1938 is the right path by all means...

There aren't two hands here. The memory is dimming so we are slipping back into appesement for the sake of keeping our money safe e.g. cheap gas. Do I want another war no but that was exactly hamberlain's argument... it was clear war was inevitable. If you look at Putin record in the last few...

From this side of the world (and we are rather closer to the combatants here) the situation looks very depressing. How is this different from Czech 1938? German people in Sudentenland felt they were not beign represented and felt they should be part of germany. A strongman in Germany decided he...