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In reply to the discussion: Fellow Putinists, check in here. [View all]geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)50. Doesn't Russia have legitimate property/security claims to the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea?
I don't see that Russia has moved to annex all of Ukraine. It seems that have moved to secure their naval base property and ground access thereof.
Pardon the wapo link but there is an interesting (if a bit self serving) Q&A article:
Russian forces in Ukraine: What does the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea look like?
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Would you be willing to accept a Neo-Nazi/CIA Plant/Warmonger into your ranks?
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#6
Me! As well as a slathering Snowden worshiper who thinks Greenwald's a god obviously
riderinthestorm
Mar 2014
#8
George W Bush invades the Uranium 12 midnight next Friday the 13th under a full moon.
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#74
Someone should get him one of those Bow-Flex things, he could put in in his office.
Autumn
Mar 2014
#14
Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin was born Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jugashvili, and was a Georgian.
FarCenter
Mar 2014
#35
I'm not a Putinist, but I think the anti-Putinists are hoping for U.S. intervention.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#19
I don't know if the comparison holds. I've never seen a photo of Napoleon riding a bear, bare-cheste
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2014
#38
Well if we are going that far in history, wouldn't better comparison be to Peter the Great?
LisaL
Mar 2014
#41
Fellow "Putinist" here. "Putin is a bad actor. Russia's military incursion is wrong. Non-military
pampango
Mar 2014
#39
Doesn't Russia have legitimate property/security claims to the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea?
geckosfeet
Mar 2014
#50
I'm seeing people here equate the opposition to Putin in the Ukraine with Nazis
joeybee12
Mar 2014
#60
I'd say your thoughts are on the situation are in line most the people here
penultimate
Mar 2014
#64