Until Putin drops a bomb on their cities, Europe will continue to kiss his A*s

[IndependentinWis]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

 

[RickWA]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

What the heck is a "woosie"?

In any case, I understand your frustration with Europeans' inability to be sufficiently critical of Putin. It reminds me of American Democrats and their reverence of anything Obama says and does. It's bewildering indeed.

 

[connieb]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

They probably would. And, this time when aggression comes a knocking, I think we should tell them, tough crap, deal with it yourself.

 

[Barbella]

Interesting article about the German/Russian relationship:

How Western Is Germany? Russia Crisis Spurs Identity Conflict

http://www.spiegel.de/international...ed-questions-of-german-identity-a-963014.html

 

[bdtex]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

Russia really is a European problem too.

 

[Zam-Zam]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

Gee, could it possibly have anything to do with this?:

The Russian Federation supplies a significant volume of fossil fuels and is the largest exporter of oil and natural gas to the European Union. In 2007, the European Union imported from Russia 185 million tonnes of crude oil, which accounted for 32.6% of total oil import, and 100.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent of natural gas, which accounted 38.7% of total gas import.

 

[Barbella]

Gee, could it possibly have anything to do with this?:
The Russian Federation supplies a significant volume of fossil fuels and is the largest exporter of oil and natural gas to the European Union. In 2007, the European Union imported from Russia 185 million tonnes of crude oil, which accounted for 32.6% of total oil import, and 100.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent of natural gas, which accounted 38.7% of total gas import.

Ya think? Europeans are going to protect themselves as best as they can, for as long as they can. What Americans SAY they should do isn't really something they pay much attention to, anymore.

It isn't how it used to be....

 

[Barbella]

People call our President woosies, but he seems a lot tougher than those leaders in Europe. I think if Putin sent planes over and bombed their cities, they would just sit back and say wait and see how damage the bombs had done before doing anything. And if the cities were destroyed they would just say that thecities are gone and won't come back so business as usual.

They're not suicidal...

Germany's trade relationship with Russia -- worth over €76 billion ($105 billion) last year -- could suffer if western nations impose further sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine.

Ukraine and western countries maintain that Russia is trying to destabilize parts of eastern Ukraine, though Russian officials have denied these accusations. Last month, Russia took control of Ukraine's Crimea region.

Germany is Russia's largest trading partner in Europe and more than 6,000 German companies do business with Russia. Germany also relies on Russia for nearly half of its natural gas, and concerns are rising that Russia may taper its gas supplies to Europe.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/15/news/economy/germany-outlook-russia/

Also:

"The worse Russia's relations are with the West, the closer Russia will want to be to China. If China supports you, no one can say you're isolated," said Vasily Kashin, a China expert at the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) think thank.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/21/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-insight-idUSBREA2K07S20140321