Russia Just Invaded Ukraine

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Not everyone identifies themselves with a political party.

That's irrelevant. Because those parties will do it for you.

[Keller]

And Obama climbs another rung in the pantheon of greatest U.S. presidents of all time.

I assume the mainstream conservative media will be commending Obama today, right?

We guaranteed $1B in loans. We didn't lend them $1B; although the likelihood we pay on that guarantee is high.

We threatened sanctions. Putin's response? If we sanction Russia, he will sell U.S. Treasury bonds. American capital markets response? Up 2%.

Obama deserves another Nobel Peace Prize for his heroic leadership through this crisis. Can you imagine what blowhards like Mitt Romney would have gotten us into?

[Johnny Five]

Welcome to the Ukraine.

[Atlanteax]

You have 70 percent russians, 15 percent ukrainians and the rest Tatar or indigenous peoples. The Russian chemical industry ships from this location, I myself have lived there. On top of that it's the base point of the Black Sea fleet and from this point Russia has a key access point to the Mediterranean. Read that again! This is Russian access to the Mediterranean. So yes, they will go to war to defend this tiny little piece of Russian oligarchy. I really hope the United States does not interfere.

Russia has military bases outside of the Crimea bordering the Black Sea. My understanding is that the Russian naval bases in the Crimea are actually *small than those on Russian soil*.

Also, the 'rest Tatar or indigenous people' ? You can thank Russian genocide policies for that. I was unsurprised when I read multiple report of Tatar 'self-defense groups' attempting to return government buildings to Ukrainian control. Tatars *hate* Russia ... a sentiment that is shared to an extent in the Baltics and Poland.

[Methais]

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

And then there was this...

MOSCOW -- Russia said it had successfully test-fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, with tensions high over its seizure of control in the Crimea and its threat to send more forces to its neighbor Ukraine.

A Pentagon official told CBS News that the U.S. detected the launch of the Russian ICBM near the border of Russia and Kazakhstan. Notifications were made ahead of time in accordance with normal procedures. The official said the launch is viewed as non-threatening and is not connected to what is going on in Crimea.

It is unclear exactly what kind of ICBM was launched and how long ago the U.S. was notified about the test.

The state-run news agency RIA cited Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov as saying the Strategic Rocket Forces launched an RS-12M Topol missile from the southerly Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea and the dummy warhead hit its target at a proving ground in Kazakhstan.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-t...-over-ukraine/

[waywardgs]

[AnticorRifling]

Damnit I'm a nerd. I looked at the bottom part of that picture and instantly said to myself "If you took out 2 big circles and added 4 small ones that would be the back end of an imperial destroyer.

[Latrinsorm]

Why do people think we haven't benefited from being the "world's police"?

How different would the world be today if we just told Japan they better play nice from now on and we'll leave them alone as long as they leave us alone after they bombed Pearl Harbor and we continued on our merry way with our isolationist policy?

Latrin, run some numbers. How different would the world be today? Would the US be in a better position or a worse position? Would everyday American lives be better or worse?

I personally believe in being the world's police, therefore there's a 100% chance this universe is the best of all possible outcomes. 110%! Statistics are lies, 40% of all people know that.

Looks like Putin may be softening his stance a little though.

Putin's softening on the peninsula? Shouldn't have pissed off America, we make all kinds of drugs for that.

Frankly, I think Detroit is getting what it deserves.

I just think it's stupid that we give BILLIONS a year to other countries.. then bitch that we are not spending enough on Infrastructure here at home. Maybe don't give other people money before we take care of ourselves.

Wealth makes peace, peace makes wealth; the Marshall Plan worked. Detroit is in much, much, much, much, much, much, much better shape than Ukraine. Global warming has prevented the ice floes needed for those maple syrup loving Canadians to skate down enough battalions for a credible invasion.

an RS-12M Topol missile

They're launching Broadway stars at us? They DARE?

[Warriorbird]

Ha ha ha ha ha. That's great.