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2014-03-21 Europe

Ukraine PM Vows Army Response if Moscow Annexes East

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 See WORLD NEWS, FREEREPUBLIC > [ZeeNews] RUSSIA ASSURES US OF NO MILITARY ACTION IN EASTERN UKRAINE.

REALTED TOPIX > [ABS-CBN] US: RUSSIA PROMISES NOT TO ATTACK EAST UKRAINE.

GITMO-not-on-the-Hudson???

Russia + CRIMEA = China + TAIWAN = Pearl Harbor. Norfolk, etc. CENTCOMS.

VERSUS

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US, UK TO HOLD NATO MILITARY EXERCISES ["Rapid Trident 2014"] IN UKRAINE, this Summer 2014.

To which Putin = Russia at this time does not appear to be contesting.

The MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE" DU JOUR IS WHERE ARE THE OTHER MEMBER-STATES OF NATO + EU IN THIS MILEX.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, FREEREPUBLIC > PUTIN APPOINTS HOT BLONDE AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR CRIMEA.

D *** NG IT, IFF THATS NOT A GOOD REASON FOR RUSSO-EU "RENO-LAS VEGAS" FTZS IN THE UKRAINE I DON'T KN0W WHAT IS!

* SAME > GREECE TO PATROL BULGARIAN AIRSPACE | ...
... CONUDCT BULGARIAN AIR-POLICING - IHS JANES 360.

ARISE, GRECO-RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, ARISE!

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Speaking of the CRIMEA = TAIWAN,

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > CHINA MAY ABANDON USE OF MILITARY FORCE TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IFF THE US ACCEPTS FORMAL REUNIFICATION + CHINA'S CONTROL OVER TAIWAN - IN RETURN, CHINA MAY GIVE UP ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO MOST OR ALL OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

Unfortunately the Artic does NOT mention anything per rest of NE Asia = East China Sea, i.e. disputed Okinawa-Senkakus [includ Yonaguni] which China desires to help protect its future MilBases on a post-Reunification Taiwan.

* FYI SAME > JAPANESE OFFICIALS: POSSIBLE CHINESE PLAN SUBMARINE DETECTED BY JMSDF P-3 AIRCRAFT IN JAPAN'S CONTIGUOUS ZONE NEAR OKINAWA + MIYAKO-JIMA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-03-21 02:36|| 2014-03-21 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Best bet would be to issue every able bodied man an AK-47, 200 rounds of ammo and, every tenth, an RPG. It would give pause to a lot of people before making a grab for power (on any side of a border and any level of government).

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-21 09:54|| 2014-03-21 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Have you seen this little item, P2k?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-21 14:26|| 2014-03-21 14:26|| Front Page Top

#4 ...helps to pay the troops. An armed citizenry seems to work for the Swiss (who have four distinct subcultures and official languages).

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-21 15:40|| 2014-03-21 15:40|| Front Page Top

#5 More this AM ...

* RUSSIA TODAY > PRESIDENT PUTIN MOCKS US SANCTIONS, VOWS NOT TO RETALIATE.

I feel like paraph "COOL HAND LUKE" = "WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO RETALIATE"!

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > RUSSIAN MILITARY A WELL-OILED MACHINE IN CRIMEA.

* TOPIX > [Washington Times] SUSAN RICE: WE STILL BELIEVE A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION IS POSSIBLE IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS.

Its about time Susie Rice made a re-appearance.

That being said, Putin will not accept any diplomatic solution that requires Russian censure or pullout from the Crimea.

Which leads to Senator Lugar ...

* SAME > [UT San Diego] LUGAR: STRENGTHEN UKRAINE OVER RUSSIA SANCTIONS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-03-21 20:35|| 2014-03-21 20:35|| Front Page Top

#6 WORLD NEWS > [Noodls] OLEKSANDR TURCHNYOV CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A "DEMILITARIZED ZONE" IN CRIMEA.

versus

* WORLD NEWS > [Reuters = Itar-Tass] RUSSIA SAYS WILL BUILD UP MILITARY PRESENCE IN CRIMEA TO PROTECT AGZ THREATS.

Deputy dm Yuri Borisov.

*DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > YOUTUBE VIDEO: AS TENSIONS BUILD, US FACING "ZERO OPTIONS" IN UKRAINE.

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