Pending Invasion

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by glatt

And why is Obama making it a thing? Russia's going to ignore him. And then he'll look like an ineffectual fool. And the entire US will too. The most we can expect him to do is throw some sanctions at Russia.

Agreed. It will be the Syria "red line" fiasco all over again.


My guess is that Putin is occupying Crimea in attempt to scare/destabilize the Ukrainian resistance movement. Putin feels Ukraine is Russia's territory so them turning towards Europe is a strategic blow to Russia. Weaken it now so it can be destroyed in the long run.