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Originally Posted by fingpilot
Does everyone forget that Putin was the head of the USSR's secret police?
His timing in invading these two territories was PERFECT! He knew there would be nothing but 'words from the west'. The Olympics were on, and Bush was as lame a duck as he has ever been. Oil from Russia would keep Europe quiet, and his recent removal from the presidency was so PERFECTLY orchestrated that he placed his handpicked successor who then immediately made him Prime Minister.
Wish we had a president that had those kind of balls, and the will to back them up.
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Spot on. I'd like to see Obama charm Putin into changing his stripes.