NP - How Putin backed himself into a Ukraine invasion he never wanted

[alice malice]

The US is much better at the all options are on the table talk, even
threatening to use "small" or surgical strike nukes. Of course, the US
has so much on the table, so the threat of a nuclear attack (all
options) is much more than a threat, it is a reality that other
options will be deployed. In Putin's world, a threat like this only
serves to make him look like the idiot the west is now dressing him up
as, not that it takes much effort to make Putin look like a jackass.

Obama is determined to stay out of the dick wagging contest.  Putin
will beat himself with his own dick soo enough.

 He's also determined to get back into Iraq/Syria, but can't quite
figure out how to do it. The ISIS cancer stuff is selling hard here
with the Dems and Repubs both pushing for war. A good essay here
explains away the ISIS fever and describes a bit of the complexity
Obama is really up against.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/aug/14/iraq-illusions/?insrc=hpma




On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
<thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> Am 30.08.2014 16:42, schrieb alice malice:
>
>> He has little left but the waving of his nukes at the world.
>
>
> Oh yes. I can hardly wait for Obama to say "Bring 'em on!"
>
> Thomas
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