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Originally Posted by Jim Procter
Because Neil, it won't end with the Ukraine, it will be the Baltic States next, Latvia Lithuania etc. Putin is a bully who wants to protect Russia by having a buffer zone around his territory,so that his people are not tempted to ask why they are so poor when the west is so rich.Him and his rich oligarchs have carved Russia up to the detriment of his own people.As for turning off the gas as some people fear,he knows that he needs the wests money to shore up his evil empire. All bullies are afraid of being stood up to, Putin is no different.
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How very strange, I live in the west, like many a good little englander I wouldn't consider myself rich enough to want to send someone else's son to fight the Russians.
Let them have a buffer zone, though if you object, anytime you want to go and chastise this so called bully I won't stop you.