UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

[9erempiree]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220000361.html

:coleman:

[rezznor]

Russia is just going to veto any measures the UN votes on

[IcanzIIravor]

Russia is just going to veto any measures the UN votes on

True, be more interesting if NATO was meeting.

[rezznor]

True, be more interesting if NATO was meeting.
[QUOTE]RUSSIAN leader Vladimir Putin has two choices in the wake of the murder of 298 innocent civilians on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
He can either deny all knowledge and any culpability and risk even greater isolation and harsher sanctions from NATO and the United States or he can condemn the actions of local rebel commanders and withdraw support from eastern Ukraine thus allowing Ukrainian forces to move in and tidy up their eastern border.
It remains unclear whether the missile used in the tragedy was provided directly by Moscow or stolen from Ukrainian forces by the separatist rebels.
What will he do? ... Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Pic: ALEXEI NIKOLSKY
What will he do? ... Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Pic: ALEXEI NIKOLSKY Source: AFP
The two scenarios have been put forward by experts including a senior government adviser, who asked not be named, and the head of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Peter Jennings.

[KevinNYC]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220000361.html

:coleman:

How does that get the Gary Coleman face?

[Godzuki]

i really think he is going to dig in. especially with his spinning of what happened....

thing is he can sort of get away with it since nobody is going to attack Russia, and at worst it will be sanctions. Also 3rd party involvement along the Ukraine border might not even happen because it can lead to war and international troops killed with so many Russian soldiers there in a hostile local environment. I guess they'll just try to help arm and fund the Ukrainians now against the Russians which they've been talking about this gives them that green light if they find the rebels shot it down.

Putin is a stubborn man, he's a fighter, not one to give in... i can't see him backing down and he'll probably take the sanctions doing his best to make Russia not have to rely on the international community. he'll probably still have China, NKorea, and some other nations he can deal with too.

just my premature guess :confusedshrug:

[IcanzIIravor]

i really think he is going to dig in. especially with his spinning of what happened....

thing is he can sort of get away with it since nobody is going to attack Russia, and at worst it will be sanctions. Also 3rd party involvement along the Ukraine border might not even happen because it can lead to war and international troops killed with so many Russian soldiers there in a hostile local environment. I guess they'll just try to help arm and fund the Ukrainians now against the Russians which they've been talking about this gives them that green light if they find the rebels shot it down.

Putin is a stubborn man, he's a fighter, not one to give in... i can't see him backing down and he'll probably take the sanctions doing his best to make Russia not have to rely on the international community. he'll probably still have China, NKorea, and some other nations he can deal with too.

just my premature guess :confusedshrug:

I concur. He will dig in and use this as an opportunity to purge some of the more independent Russian trained Ukrainians.