what happened to the großrossiya thread

[PLATO]

If it's meant as a threat then it's allowed to be seen as a threat.

As it should be. The threat is..."We will defend NATO" Same threat as always, but with a little underlining now.

[PLATO]

Putin wants to keep his domestic audience scared and paranoid so that they don't become brave enough to start thinking about life without his dictatorship.

A stone cold fact!

[Dinner]

I don't think you can have it both ways. And that's part of the problem.

Unless you mean it as a threat, it's not very reassuring.

Like everything it is a compromise. If you do nothing then your allies start to question your commitment but if you do too much then Vlad gets a propaganda hay day. So you offer some tokens as a sign of your continued engagement and realize the Russian military knows it is no threat to them even if the dictator for life keeps making propaganda out of it.

[rah]

I refuse to paint our allies as that stupid.

[Dinner]

We aren't giving them all they want and they know that but it is something. Even if it is just symbolic.

[onodera]

No Vladimir in existence likes to be called Vlad. That's the diminutive of a different name.

[Ellestar]

Ellestar keeps denying it which tells me Ellestar is either unbelievably stupid or he is getting paid to lie.

The fact is, i said it will be a "Spanish civil war" scenario even before it started in Donetsk/Luhansk. It was kinda obvious.

So i'm not sure what "it" i'm "denying". After all, i predicted "it" before it even started.

I may not agree with Western choice of words, like "invading Donbass" - it didn't happen, just like USSR didn't "invade" Spain in a Spanish civil war, and USSR didn't "invade" Vietnam in a Vietnamese war against USA. But that doesn't mean that i'm "denying" the whole thing.

[Hauldren Collider]

No Vladimir in existence likes to be called Vlad. That's the diminutive of a different name.

Whether or not pooty poot likes getting called vlad is pretty low down on my care list

[N35t0r]

"I" don't really "get" what "is" the "deal" with "all" the "inverted" commas.

[PLATO]

The fact is, i said it will be a "Spanish civil war" scenario even before it started in Donetsk/Luhansk. It was kinda obvious.

So i'm not sure what "it" i'm "denying". After all, i predicted "it" before it even started.

I may not agree with Western choice of words, like "invading Donbass" - it didn't happen, just like USSR didn't "invade" Spain in a Spanish civil war, and USSR didn't "invade" Vietnam in a Vietnamese war against USA. But that doesn't mean that i'm "denying" the whole thing.

Your still posting? You know they are having trouble making payroll at the Troll Factory, right? Or are you planning a lawsuit for back wages as well? I hear you can get $185 with no questions asked!

[Dinner]

http://www.inquisitr.com/2199496/russia-worried-about-protests-in-armenia-heres-why/

Putin is getting nervous again as anti-government protests spread in Armenia. Armenia's autocratic government has been the most pro-Kremlin in the region but it is also beset with graft, corruption, and cronyism just like Russia. People are also upset that the Russian owned nation electric utility suddenly decided to increase prices 22%. Putin is making lots of speeches and it is clear he fears yet another friendly government getting removed by citizens angry about corruption, mismanagement, and incompetence.

[Alexander's Horse]

What Ukraine needs is Hoth's Fourth Panzer Army.



I'm sure the ghosts are stirring.

[Sava]

No Vladimir in existence likes to be called Vlad. That's the diminutive of a different name.

Not sure if it is the same word in Russian, but do you find "Jeb" Bush to be funny?

Serbians seem to like it

[Sir Og]

If you pronouce it Yeb it is the same word. But I doubt that Russians are going for that transcription although they routinely come up with strange trasncriptions of english words.

[dannubis]

or reality ...