“What was Putin thinking, doing this now? He couldn’t wait three months, or for the spring?”
TmjUtah, what I see is perfect timing, a great cover story and a very well laid and prepared for plan.
Right now the Media ( which is a place of refuge for low order minds) is busy with the worlds longest running infomercial for steroids ( AKA the Olympics), an election campaign where their chose candidate is going down faster then a 20$ crack ho, and just to top it off, we are entering a political window where U. S> military action against Iran has either no or good repercussions against this administration.
The war power act allows the President to conduct military operations against anyone he chooses to for 60 days after notifying Congress. Congress can then demand a report from the administration within 30 days. After that 90 days Congress either has to vote yeh or nah on a war resolution. Check the calender and see how many days it is until the election. Congress just left for a 5 week beak to campaign. The air campaign against Iran could be over in 5 weeks. I don’t think so, but it is possible.
So now is the best time for Russia to do a little armed robbery. The Cops are either eating donuts, watching the game or investigating a hubcap theft.
The Kosovo story is silly. Granted DoS opened that Pandora’s box, but look at it for a minute. What nation on this planet DOESN’T have a small group that wants to be their own country? So if Russia gives away passports, they can invade anywhere? How about Mexico reclaiming California? Or England Normandy?
I could go on, the list is almost endless.
It looks like a return to the 19th century, with every nation eyeing it’s neighbor. Either in greed or fear, depending on relative size.
It will be amusing to see how the left deals with a return to the age of might makes right.
US out of the UN. UN out of the US.
Soviet doctrine says that the best tank terrain is that which has the least anti-tank weapons. That is a way of saying that the way to avoid what is strong is to attack what is weak.
By the time the Media finishes with is coverage of the Steroid Convention, the Russians will have a suitable cover story in place, the Dismemberment of Georgia will be a done deal and the Russians will be preparing for the next campaign.
