Instead of making their current round of negotiations in Athens about picking a fight with Russia, EU Foreign Ministers are courting the Russian government to help them with the bailout of Ukraine.
German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it was important for Russia to realize how close Ukraine is to becoming a “failed state,” and how undesirable it would be for Russia to have to deal with that on their border.
Some of the more hawkish nations pressed to impose more sanctions on Russia anyhow, with Lithuania FM Linas Linkevicius saying anything less would be a sign of weakness.
Yet there is an increasing recognition that the sanctions war would hurt the EU as much, if not more, than it hurts Russia, and as the EU looks at its post-regime change “prize” in the Ukraine, the staggering cost of a bailout for the country is making it look like less than a bargain.
Pottery Barn rule– you break it, you pay for it.
While "you break it, you buy it" is a great and very applicable saying, no, it's not the "Pottery Barn" rule. That's a quote from Colin Powell which Pottery Barn pointed out is absolutely, positively not their policy.
So the EU is finally coming to its senses.
Russia single handedly can collapse the Ukraine economy. The EU is in no position to siphon billions of Euros from Nations like Greece, Spain , Portugal and France to prop another failed state.
All the cards are held by Russia and yet in their arragance and ignorance the European Nations are pressing for sanctions against Russia who Ukraine should be thanking for keeping them afloat for so long.
Make Poland pay for it. If they really are such a "huge success" they should be forced to take responsibility for damages they helped cause. They were one of four nations to invade Iraq and the first Slavic country to recognize Kosovo. They want to play big boy but still whine that everyone hurts them.
First they connive with the US to knock over the legitimately elected government of Ukraine and install their avowedly anti-Russian fascist puppets. Next they expect the Russians to materially support the putsch 'government' even while they asset strip the country and manuever to install NATO bases on Russia's borders.
I thought April 1st was a week ago.
Well, that didn't take long. I fully expected it would take the EU/NATO until the first heating bills started coming in the Fall before they realized that they royally stepped in it this time. Surely they were aware the Ukrainians were broke and getting "broker" everyday. I guess once Russian ended the "discount" and demanded full payment of outstanding bills the reality could no longer be ignored. Things will get more interesting now that the 800-pound gorilla in the room has been awakened.
I love it. Sounds like comedy. What's next, they're going to "give it back" to Russia? And here I thought that Russia was weak and US/EU oh so strong. I know, cause Obama said so.
It was not an EU prize. Regime change was a US operation. Ukraine is a US prize, which the US is trying to dump on the EU. Remember Victoria "F-the-EU" Nuland? She meant that.
The US has been hoping in a slightly crazy way that Ukraine would be able to keep the benefits of deals with Russia while bailing on those deals at the same time. That's nuts of course.
It didn't take long for the EU to go running to the Bear to help bail them out of another
US backed experiment with (Regime Change). Looks like the EU's FMs are (more) concerned
about their financial stability than supporting Nazi thugs in the Ukraine.
Obama's silly rhetoric about Russia being (weak) is just that. Silly rhetoric.
The obvious EU strategy is to undermine Putin by appealing over his head to the young generation of Russians, who see themselves as modern Europeans and have little sympathy for the ageing Ironman's pipedreams of a revived Soviet Union or a Eurasian empire. Thus, keeping trade going and continuing to grant visas to Russians to work in the EU is the best possible solution to the "Putin problem". Threatening sanctions and imposing a few minor ones expressed the Union's displeasure, now it's hardball: getting Putin out of power. Soft power works best for that. Opposing Putin militarily is a job for US-dominated NATO, not the EU.
Yeah whatever. The people in Russia love Putin, hyper-realists that they are, because he demands the world treat them with respect. And what's wrong with that?
Why would they want to go back to another Yeltsin-stooge? Only in your mind and other armchair warmongers and their presstitutes does Russia want to become USSR 2.0.
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You ever notice how the biggest pipsqueak countries always have the biggest mouths?
“A cow never know the use of it’s tail until he loses it.”
That will teach the Russians – you got in the way of our putsch, now the failed state we created is your problem. LOL you can't make up what these Euro-tards are always spouting.
Well this could turn out rather well for Russia. They get billions of $ subsidy from the us tax payers. Giving up ukrain for a little while will be profitable for the aligarch s.
Put this in the dictionary as the definition of 'chutzpah'.
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