Hi, I'mGreatWyrmGold, and I'm replying to a bunch of posts.
((WHAT THE FUCK?))
Oh. Shit. I've been meaning to pay more attention to the news...
The bright side is, if Reuters is to be believed, it doesn't sound like it'll be a huge thing. Russia's keeping itself as Europe's red-headed stepchild, and obviously it sucks for the Ukraine, but at least it's not likely to turn into a world-burning confrontation.
It's complicated because Russia has nukes.
Actually, it's simpler than it seems. After all, Putin would have to be a complete idiot to use nukes on the Ukraine without provocation. Already, it's coming off badly; imagine what a couple nuclear warheads would do to Russia's international relations. Best case scenario, it's ostracized and gets embargoes from several major nations; worst case scenario, World War Three.
Now, if the Ukraine had nukes, there could be a problem...but it hasn't been so long since the Cold War that people have forgotten about mutually assured destruction, and anyways the Ukraine sent its nukes to be dismantled in Russia way back in the Nineties; it's been almost two decades since Ukraine has had a nuclear weapon in its borders.
as far as we know of,he does control some very remote places with minorities in them.
As far as we know of, he is actually a Vulcan spy.
Citations or it didn't happen.
Well shit. Looks like theres gonna be a landwar in Asia/Eastern Europe.
Joke's been made. Probably in every city where people have seen
The Princess Bride.
The he referred to Putin, not my dad.
I hope this teaches you to be careful with your pronouns.
Also, this must be the first time in history that a country waited for a couple of days for the enemy to really get into place before mobilizing and saying "Hey, this is war you know!".
We're out of practice as far as real war goes.
Isn't the modern world great?
(Note: My use of "real war" is in contrast to "guerrilla war" and the like, which are more like serieses of opposing small missions than the big-battle wars everyone thinks of when they hear "war," and is not in any way intended to glorify or promote such conflicts.)
(Note: Isn't it a bit odd to say "guerrilla war" when "guerrilla" means "little war"?)
According to Russians with no sense of humor, they're the Belarus equivalent of bread.
...I don't get it. Is that one of those insulting jokes neighboring nations tend to have about each other, if so what are they implying, and if not...then huh?
I always find it amusing how the people most willing to violate a country's sovereignty are hyper nationalists.
You say that like it's a bad thing. If you think nationalists = nazis, you're wrong.
I think he's saying it's ironic, not that nationalists are evil.
Chaoswizkid: I never said that many=majority. I merely pointed out that the idea is not absurd. When you take a government order to "defend your country", you defend their idea of what constitutes it.
...or else you're just defending your homeland, your home, your family. My father always said that the invader is at a disadvantage from that--men will fight as hard as they can and retreat less readily if they are fighting to protect their hometown than just on orders.
And the Nazis were kind of invading Russia at the time.
Also, new plan. US should support the tiny Pro-51st-State political movement in Australia, let them take power of part of the country and then park our troops there because they asked for us.
Don't be silly. Australia is already divided into states, we'd let them keep those divisions.
But yeah. Sounds like a decent enough analogy.
But Mict... they did?
Aksyonov was voted in by the Crimean parliament on Thursday after pro-Russia gunmen seized the building and as tensions soared over Crimea's resistance to the new authorities in Kiev, who took office this week.
Occupying the place and ousting the representatives. Replaced with puppet in minutes.
My first thought was "I wonder if that's a world record."
I feel ashamed.
You know, Russia could have used that thing called diplomacy. But nooooo.
Like - Gather UN security council, provide proofs that Russians in Crimea are in danger and ask for UN mission to enter it and initiate referendum under their supervision.
Bah, UN. Who uses that for anything any more?
Note: I'm being sarcastic.
I am also afraid.
I have enough faith in Putin that he won't shoot himself in the foot badly enough to trigger World War Three. Short of nuking the Ukraine, I'm not sure what would start something major.
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