Putin laughed off the sanctions at first. He isn't laughing now. He was counting on oil to compensate but that fell through big time.

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Putin has been fighting the cold war since 1999. 

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The US was paying the people who shot down that plane. 

Putin has done nothing wrong. 

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Two Finger Ring 

then why was russia keeping our inspectors away?

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Are they, as a sovereign nation, under any obligation to answer to you? 

Putin is an actual man. He does not give a darn. 

Do remember that he was the only one fighting ISIS in Syria when your govenrment was paying them. Surely you don't beleive that was a different group of Islamofacists fighting a secular government, right? 

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Two Finger Ring 

This is the right question. 

Wahabis support ISIS. USA backs them monetarily. Russia goes in guns blazing. ISIS/Al Queerda loses in the face of the Lion of Damascus, regroups in Iraq. Israel/Saudis/USA get flustered, decide to take in a hit in their pockets in the short term to cripple Russia/Syria. Amerifats cheer because they can finally afford to drive to work- meanwhile this months bogeyman is taking a hit (not himself of course, but in the form of millions of people who live under his rule and may or may not support him). 

Hopefully things come to a head and the sodomites (no offense to gays) in Washington/Jeddah/ Tel Aviv get what's coming to them. 

Probably, gas'll go back up as soon as the Ruskies are crippled and dying, then they can hike it up to $200 (1200 RMB) per barrel, and yall'll suck it up like the good cattle you are. 

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Two Finger Ring 

Obligated, no they are not, but as a voting member of the UN and a nation that claims to be playing by the rules, it would have eliminated any doubt.



Nope, just a new generation of douche bags with less morals and a much more gloabal audience.



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