Emphasizing the dangers of reducing military strength.
02/16/2011
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He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.
Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a militar...
He's going to insist on occupying all four of the eastern provinces of the Donbas.
Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.