(03-07-2018 10:32 AM)Bigtom12 Wrote:  

(03-07-2018 09:29 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Putin is just playing to his audience. He isn't stupid enough to actually follow through. W're not talking about Kim Jong-un.

One thing I have learned, and studying geo-politics. The Russians do not make idle threats. In the last 15 yrs. we have poke the bear, thinking it will not do something.

Think the Ukraine civil-war and him annexing Crimea was a idle threat, sending S-400 missles in Syria, and threating to shoot down NATO planes. He was willing to go to war with us back in 2016. You don’t do Nuclear drills with the public unless you are ready to do so. He was ready in 2016 if we would of push the Syrian issue. Think Turkey shooting down one of his planes and American Rebels in Syria then shooting the rescue chopper to pick up the pilot kind of leave a bad taste in his mouth. Let’s not be naive.

I don’t know the solution but Putin will win his 5th term in office, and if any body even comes close to winning he will be found died. That’s Russia. Think U.S. needs to play this Russian thing very carefully.

IMO, there's a big difference between Russia messing around in Europe and Russia hurling ICBMs at Florida. Putin knows that. We've both known that since the end of WW2.