Putin hates America and this just didn't start under Obama. Putin made strong Anti-American/The West speeches before Obama took office.
Why does the right embrace a foreign leader who's history is littered with anti-Americanism and the bodies of his enemies?
Either Putin admirers are completely ignorant or just plain hate America too.
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From the article you linked to: The message was clear:
if America breaks rules in Kosovo, so can Russia in Ukraine. "The bear will not even bother to ask permission. Here we consider it the master of the taiga.
It does not intend to move to any other climatic zones. However, it will not let anyone have its taiga either."
This does not mean that Mr Putin is ready for a real war with the West.
The withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine suggests that his actions are constrained both by sanctions and by the unwillingness of Russians to lose more soldiers' lives. But Mr Putin's meddling in Ukraine is far from over.
In many ways it is
Russia's weakness, not its strength, that is now the biggest danger.
Russia doesn't have the power or the inclination to challenge American interests. Putin might attack us with some harsh
words but that's about it.
Well,
I’m from [Eastern] Ukraine (unfortunately) and I can tell you one thing: there are NO regular Russian troops there and never have been in Ukraine, it’s all invented by Western propaganda. Official Kiev (we call them the junta ) started the war against its own people and doesn’t want to stop it, because it brings them a lot of criminal money (looks like we are talking about Turkey, ha?). Without alleged "Russian aggression in Ukraine" how you think Ukrainian/Western propaganda would explain it to the whole world??? And Biden comes to Kiev a few times a year to make sure the war would not stop (his son Hunter Biden has commercial interests there too, Google him in case interested).
On Nov,12 2015 German TV channel Deutsche Welle has interviewed Poroshenko [Ukrainian president], who has had a hard time answering a lot of uncomfortable questions about ceasefire, corruption, TV channel and the chocolate factory he promised to sell but still owns, “pocket armies”, Right Sector and oligarchs he promised to get rid of but they all still exist and so on.
Watch the video attached (minute 10.47) and how
Poroshenko is lying about violatinging Minsk agreements:
Journalist to Poroshenko: We’ve seen shelling, OSCE ( International Organization of Security and Cooperation of Europe) has been reporting a number of cease violations:
- you’re missing the deadlines.
- why are your Grads rocket launching still in territory where they should not to be now in November as cited by OSCE 2 days ago?
Why are your Grads missiles launching in the place they shouldn’t be? OSCE is reporting it.
So, the report is wrong? You say it’s wrong.
So, they got it wrong?
But you and OSCE can’t both be right.
So, you have a different interpretation of this from OSCE?
Poroshenko interview causes stir online | World | DW.COM | 13.11.2015
Now look how Putin answered a question about Russian possible military bases in Syria (Dec.17):
Some people in Europe and the US repeatedly said that our [military] base can remain there [in Syria] if we want it to. But I do not know if we need a base there. We have a 1,500-kilometre-range Kalibr sea-based missile and aircraft-carried Kh-101 missile with a 4,500-kilometre range.
So why would we need a base there?
Should we need to reach somebody, we can do so without a base.
Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference
The answer is: he does not need his troops in Ukraine and he would be in Kiev in a day or two
if he wanted. The recent events in Syria have proved it pretty good.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/w...iles-a-new-weapon-in-syria-conflict.html?_r=0