What can stop Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine? | 158 comments (158 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: What can stop (4.00 / 6)

He can only get away with things because the West is not acting rationally. And they can't, because they don't have clear goals.

Taking control of Crimea with unidentified troops was a stroke of brilliance. Puting is crazy, but he's not a madman. Whether or not he got to keep it after that depended on what the other side did.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2014 at 05:43:05 AM EST
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Re: What can stop (none / 1)

Why is he crazy? Looks to me like he's rationally pursuing his interests.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2014 at 05:49:00 AM EST
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Re: What can stop (4.00 / 3)

He does crazy - i.e. unexpected, rule-breaking - things. But I said he's not a madman. He's not insane, just not playing by the West's rules when it doesn't suit him.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2014 at 05:51:14 AM EST
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Re: What can stop (none / 0)

Wikipedia is not helpful at demarcating the differences between 'mad', 'crazy' and 'insane'.

Maybe it needs further editing. ;)

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2014 at 06:02:55 AM EST
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Re: What can stop (4.00 / 4)

Imagine you're playing a table-top wargame and your opponent does something out of left field and scores a tactical win.

You'd exclaim "that's crazy!", half amused and annoyed.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2014 at 06:06:15 AM EST
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What can stop Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine? | 158 comments (158 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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