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Originally Posted by Olefin
I think Putin has made a big mistake here
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I thin Putin knows exactly what he is doing and how far he can go.
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Originally Posted by Olefin
And it wouldnt take much in the way of explosives for the Ukraine to make one hell of an impact on the world and the Soviet Union (especially if the winds are right) by blowing the containment dome at Chernobyl especially if it looks like they want to reintegrate all of the Ukraine.
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I think the Ukrainians also know how far they can go.
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Originally Posted by Olefin
And its an election year in the US - looking weak and letting Putin get away with it means probable big time losses for the Dems in the fall, maybe big enough to put ObamaCare in jeopardy, especially if he was stupid enough to try to cut the US military with a resurgent Russia invading the Ukraine.
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The 2008 Russia - Georgia War took place three months before a US Presidential Election and it didn't make a bit of difference (although I'll grant you the incumbent lost that election)