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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not about "talking to the Russians" it's about selling Crimea
Last edited Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:48 AM - Edit history (1)
Argh this is even worse than the W days, the extent to which the public narrative misses the point. Nobody gives a damn that somebody said hi to an ambassador. This is important because Trump pushed through a platform change that gave carte blanche to Russia to keep Crimea.
cheyanne
(733 posts)advantage of Exxon deal to exploit Russia's oil. Exxon upfronts the technology and knowhow and putin gets billions for selling the oil.
Another case of follow the money.
I've read that Crimea ports give Putin an outlet for his oil.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)to a crime.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)because no one really cares except the neo-cons who would love a second Cold (or even another Hot) war. Crimea has historically been part of Russia for hundreds of years and the people, who are mainly Russian, wanted to be part of Russia because of historical reasons and also it meant an immediate rise in the standard of living. No one wanted to be part of an inept and bankrupt Ukraine government.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)former9thward
(32,082 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)clean up Armenia! get a harelip!
Indonesia for the Indonesians!
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)aren't they going after him the way they went after, oh, say, Hillary's emails, or the Clinton Foundation
Bucky
(54,084 posts)and about keeping Europe dependent in Russian oil & natural gas so there's less guys when Estonia & Ukraine are brought back in to Russia's orbit.
Politics is complicated
Bucky
(54,084 posts)because he was a better politician