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dgsselkirk wrote: As for Russia, do not underestimate them my friends.

billpe wrote:

dgsselkirk wrote: As for Russia, do not underestimate them my friends.

No we shouldn't. I was in Kiev last week on business and I can tell you that people there are really happy that they've finally got rid of a Russian puppet as President and they can work on getting rid of corruption now but they're literally scared to the point of having bags prepared to run right now.

The irony is, apart from the very east of Ukraine, they've never been more solidified as a nation which is working against Putin. The more he plays the bad guy, the more they become anti-Russian.

But we have to remember these days the Russia isn't the Soviet Union. They don't have anything like the military they did and allot of what they do have is old. The problem that people in Kiev see is that he has nukes and natural gas. They need that gas - Ukraine gets very cold from October to March - and they're scared of the nukes. He could launch one and no one will retaliate. They'll scorn him and put up more sanctions, even China might put up sanctions, but ultimately he could conceivably get away with it. This makes people very very nervous.

ALPHA wrote:

billpe wrote:

dgsselkirk wrote: As for Russia, do not underestimate them my friends.

No we shouldn't. I was in Kiev last week on business and I can tell you that people there are really happy that they've finally got rid of a Russian puppet as President and they can work on getting rid of corruption now but they're literally scared to the point of having bags prepared to run right now.

The irony is, apart from the very east of Ukraine, they've never been more solidified as a nation which is working against Putin. The more he plays the bad guy, the more they become anti-Russian.

2But we have to remember these days the Russia isn't the Soviet Union. They don't have anything like the military they did and allot of what they do have is old. The problem that people in Kiev see is that he has nukes and natural gas. They need that gas - Ukraine gets very cold from October to March - and they're scared of the nukes. He could launch one and no one will retaliate. They'll scorn him and put up more sanctions, even China might put up sanctions, but ultimately he could conceivably get away with it. This makes people very very nervous.

Pootin is a Narcissist ....it's like he wants to rebuild the military.... and in the process of doing it... poke at other countries to make a name for himself....and I don't think China would appreciate it much if he launched a nuke anywhere....they are enjoying an economy boom...he won't get away with it that's for sure 2

ALPHA

jarndice wrote:

ALPHA wrote:

billpe wrote: No we shouldn't. I was in Kiev last week on business and I can tell you that people there are really happy that they've finally got rid of a Russian puppet as President and they can work on getting rid of corruption now but they're literally scared to the point of having bags prepared to run right now.

The irony is, apart from the very east of Ukraine, they've never been more solidified as a nation which is working against Putin. The more he plays the bad guy, the more they become anti-Russian.

2But we have to remember these days the Russia isn't the Soviet Union. They don't have anything like the military they did and allot of what they do have is old. The problem that people in Kiev see is that he has nukes and natural gas. They need that gas - Ukraine gets very cold from October to March - and they're scared of the nukes. He could launch one and no one will retaliate. They'll scorn him and put up more sanctions, even China might put up sanctions, but ultimately he could conceivably get away with it. This makes people very very nervous.

Pootin is a Narcissist ....it's like he wants to rebuild the military.... and in the process of doing it... poke at other countries to make a name for himself....and I don't think China would appreciate it much if he launched a nuke anywhere....they are enjoying an economy boom...he won't get away with it that's for sure 2

ALPHA

2 Not much consolation for anyone underneath when the darn thing goes BANG!!! shaun