Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine - Polidicks

[quote][b]Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine.[/b] He had asked that Russian forces be used "until the normalisation of the political situation in the country". Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, where many ethnic Russians live. Russia's Vladimir Putin submitted the request for troops "in connection with the extraordinary situation in Ukraine and the threat to the lives of Russian citizens", the Kremlin said.[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26400035]BBC NEWS[/url] Don't like where this is going.

[quote]He had asked that Russian forces be used "until the normalisation of the political situation in the country".[/quote] Translation: Until we can get a stooge or take a port

So Russian forces were sent there first, and then approval was asked for later?

[QUOTE=Wiggles;44091368]So Russian forces were sent there first, and then approval was asked for later?[/QUOTE] what happened was 'sudden' appearance of 'unmarked' 'unknown' forces w/o country insignia / uniforms ... next is offer to hire and give russian citizenship to all members of disbanded Berkut police forces (which means they retain military status and wage) very clever moves here from Russia

[QUOTE=Wiggles;44091368]So Russian forces were sent there first, and then approval was asked for later?[/QUOTE] The US can, and does it too. The president can send forces places without congressional approval. There are limits on how long this can happen though.

[QUOTE=Dwarden;44091477]what happened was 'sudden' appearance of 'unmarked' 'unknown' forces w/o country insignia / uniforms ... next is offer to hire and give russian citizenship to all members of disbanded Berkut police forces (which means they retain military status and wage) very clever moves here from Russia[/QUOTE] They're masters of this kind of stuff, as I understand it they did something similar in the former Czechoslovakia in '68. I'd rather call it devious than clever, though

Fuck a duck.. this is just getting worse, and worse. Now, given this decision it goes beyond NATO, and may become an international response. I await the Secretary of State address in the next 24hours.

[QUOTE=Craigewan;44091705]They're masters of this kind of stuff, as I understand it they did something similar in the former Czechoslovakia in '68. I'd rather call it devious than clever, though[/QUOTE] That was a bit different. They pretty much absconded with our president and tortured him until he signed an agreement which allowed them to enter in "brotherly" help. The whole thing was actually very close to becoming an actual war with our army itching to start shooting at the other warpac ones. In some places you had very big pressure on soldiers to actually stay in the barracks. Didn't help that a significant contingent was east german, which just reminded people of 38-39. This is different in that half of Ukraine is very pro russian and the second half is very anti-russian as opposed to the situation in 68, where hardly anyone here considered even the possibility of warpac invading. In part because we were part of it and because the whole defrosting was done under the guide of actual communism. I think the catchphrase was socialism with a human face.

I for one welcome out new Putin overlords.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;44091368]So Russian forces were sent there first, and then approval was asked for later?[/QUOTE] Czar Putin does as he pleases.

fuck fuck fuck fuck [editline]1st March 2014[/editline] this is bad

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;44094579]Czar Putin does as he pleases.[/QUOTE] Tsar Putinoff the First putinoff ww3 till he has more countries!