Mike Rogers put out a statement saying Russia now controls the Crimean Peninsula

[applegrove]

CNN Erin Burnet

[Renew Deal]

1. Who is Mike Rogers?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. took the words out of my mouth. Jack Flynn announces he's siding with the EU on this.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Who's Jack Flynn?

Mike Rogers is the Repub head of intelligence committee in the House.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. Jack Flynn is my mouthy neighbor. always with an opinion and a PBR tallboy in his hand

don't expect us to know who these no-name House committee flacks from Repube side of the aisle are.

[dipsydoodle]

6. lol

[applegrove]

12. LOL! I'm from Canada so I'm not always sure who is known and who is not known

in American politics.

[applegrove]

4. (R) Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Michigan_politician)

Michael J. "Mike" Rogers (born June 2, 1963) is the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

[idendoit]

7. It's Russia's only warm water port.

They've controlled it since WW2. Erin missed that train.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

8. Erm, a little earlier than that...

Sevastopol was founded in June 1783 as a base for a naval squadron under the name Akhtiar[9] (White Cliff),[10] by Rear Admiral Thomas Mackenzie (Foma Fomich Makenzi), a native Scot in Russian service, soon after Russia annexed the Crimean Khanate. Five years earlier, Alexander Suvorov ordered that earthworks be erected along the harbour and Russian troops be placed there. In February 1784, Catherine the Great ordered Grigory Potemkin to build a fortress there and call it Sevastopol. The realisation of the initial building plans fell to Captain Fyodor Ushakov who in 1788 was named commander of the port and of the Black Sea squadron.[11] It became an important naval base and later a commercial seaport. In 1797, under an edict issued by Emperor Paul I, the military stronghold was again renamed to Akhtiar. Finally, on April 29 (May 10), 1826, the Senate returned the city's name to Sevastopol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol

[idendoit]

9. Let's look at the whole history of it. From wikipedia:

The territory of Crimea was conquered and controlled many times throughout its history. The Cimmerians, Greeks, Scythians, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Khazars, the state of Kievan Rus', Byzantine Greeks, Kipchaks, Ottoman Turks, Golden Horde Tatars and the Mongols all controlled Crimea in its earlier history. In the 13th century, it was partly controlled by the Venetians and by the Genovese; they were followed by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire in the 15th to 18th centuries, the Russian Empire in the 18th to 20th centuries, Germany during World War II and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, within the Soviet Union during the rest of the 20th century.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

10. Charge of the Light Brigade and all that.

We know. I was specifically referring to your thing about Sevastopol. Sevastopol was founded by Russia and has always been Russian, or was until Ukraine gained its independence. The German occupation during WWII was a mere interruption, kinda like when the Russians were forced to evacuate it during the Crimean War.

[idendoit]

11. Sevastopol is an administratively separate entity.

The Crimea is an autonomous republic within Ukraine. Russia got to keep the city and port when the USSR broke up.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. since 1856