tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post6278369889019346995..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: Russian President Putin Urges Ukraine To Start Peace Talks With Separatist ForcesWar News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-65733917655258528522014-09-01T07:45:59.738-04:002014-09-01T07:45:59.738-04:00Sebastien .... of course Putin is an authoritarian...Sebastien .... of course Putin is an authoritarian figure .... but you are missing the point that I am making .... the Ukrainians screwed up by not being able to reconcile their differences and he took advantage of their divisions. This mess would never have have occurred if the Ukrainian nationalists who took power after Yanukovych fled the country had not imposed their anti-Russian language laws or had not purged Russians from government/media/etc. positions. This is why this situation is so tragic .... this situation should never have happened .... but the old hatreds came out .... and everyone else ... Putin, the U.S., etc. .... they are all trying to take advantage of it. It is just that Putin has been smarted at getting what he wants.War News Updates Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-20872211823624447622014-09-01T02:10:01.945-04:002014-09-01T02:10:01.945-04:00"...he showed leadership and vision..
",..."...he showed leadership and vision..<br />", he is a f***ing dictator that rapes Ukraine. Nothing more, nothing less."Sebastian"https://www.blogger.com/profile/18236256628730669653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-12073479996139112652014-08-31T23:52:37.906-04:002014-08-31T23:52:37.906-04:00We must not forget that when the crisis in Ukraine...We must not forget that when the crisis in Ukraine blew up ... Putin was more concerned about satisfying his girlfriend's need to carry the Olympic torch into the main stadium during the Sochi Olympics than caring at all about Ukraine.<br /><br />Yup .... he (and everyone else) never expected any of this .... but he showed leadership and vision and he seized the moment .... and I doubt that he is going to back down now.War News Updates Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-35579287634411292472014-08-31T10:45:57.595-04:002014-08-31T10:45:57.595-04:00I said a long time ago that Putin had the measure ...I said a long time ago that Putin had the measure of Obama and the West. He's on a roll now and thinks he can get these demands and make them work. I doubt seriously he envisioned being this successful at this moment, but I think he is one who will seize the oppotunity offered. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com