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Latest Satellite Images Show No Russian Troop Withdrawals
Surprise: Putin punked everyone again.
But it's all good because the fake de-escalation allowed the rigged Dow Jones to close at a new all time high inspiring Americans full of "confidence" so they can go ahead and spend money they don't have to boost US Q2 GDP: after all it has a ways to go to hit Goldman's 3.9% quarterly target.
And now it's time to unleash the Kerry once again, who will explain all the "cost" nuances the Kremlin has missed for the past two months, and we get round X+1 of "de-escalation" headlines next week again which in turn pushed the DJIA to record-est highs. Rinse. Repeat.
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Probably true, but why was it again that am I not convinced when US or NATO "prove" sth with satellite images?
Image was posted by US State Department. It's Digital Globe, so it should be checkable.
No fuckin shit..
We're talking about Russians on their own turf.
And they're not going to leave it. Ever.
So get over it.
What about Ukrainian troops within 75 km of Russia's border?
pods
Darn, another bottle of vodka will surely do it.
Russia’s confrontation with the USA/EU in the Ukraine Puts Predatory Capitalism on Notice
No fair asking those kinds of questions, pods. Also not fair to ask what we'd do if a civil war broke out right across the border in Canada or Mexico.
The Russians have reason to be concerned.
As a previous video showed the Ukrainian military has full launch capabilty for its BMP armoured personnel carriers.
Um their is a war going on in Mexico. 48000 dead in 5 years as of last year. That more than died in Afganistan in 10 years. ANd to answer you question of what would we do? well you have to Ask Eric Holder for the answer to that one. Sell guns to the drug cartel of course. War on Drug remember
"...Mexico. 48000 dead in 5 years as of last year. That (is) more than died in Afganistan in 10 years."
agreed that the death toll for americans is far lower than 48000. probably more than 48000 dead afghanis though. anyway, maybe if the dea/cia and all of that would quit mucking around in mexico, the death toll would lower?
"War On Drugs" = "War For Drugs"
"War On Terror" = "Control Of Terror" (see also "Proxy War," "False Flag" and "Reign Of Terror")
"Weapons Of Mass Destruction" = "Bypassing USD for International Trade" (see also "Nuclear Enrichment," "Yellowcake," "Colin Powell's Mysterious Evidence," "Leader XXXX is a Bad Man" and "Regime Change")
"No Child Left Behind" = "All Children Left Behind"
"ObamaCare" = "NoHeDon't" (see also "Insurer Windfall")
"Global Warming" = "Carbon Tax" (see also "Carbon Offsets," Medieval Catholic "Indulgences," "Agenda 21" and "Grassroots Totalitarianism")
"War" = "Peace"
"Freedom" = "Slavery"
"Ignorance" = "Strength"
"Up" = "Down"
"Left" = "Right"
Add your own...
Putin playing a serious game of chess while his Western counterparts are playing checkers
Russian troops in Russian territory, Russian aircraft on Russian airbases, Russian tanks on Russian military bases, Russian military defending Russian speaking people who VOTED to “go back” to Russia.
OH MY! What will we do?
Taint boil -love that handle
RT and its propoganda are in the free world.
May 9, 2014. Ukrainian troops shooting at unarmed peaceful civilians. Injure 3 of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJx-t6ahGg
Wasn't on CNN, are you sure it really happened? Ha! HA!
The precedent is set. Walking toward those soldiers with your arms outstretched just gets you shot.
Are those rubber bullets?
The stakes haven't yet entered the popular psyche. So far, after 8-12 weeks, it's still largely a matter of hollering and waving your arms and throwing chairs. Nobody is willing yet to use their cars and risk them being damaged.
Fascinating.
Wait. 75 kilometers? They aren't allowed to be within 75 kilometers?
yes, future generations will refer to this as the "Kohn Doctrine"
The US has an entire Army base closer than that to the North Korean border.
yes but, they aren't really troops... they're "peacekeepers" - got to work on your double-speak skillz!
75 kilometers from the border is NATO's "free speech" zone.
Excellent CIA Photoshop plant, dudes.
Now go get some hookers and blow until we need ya again soon.
Ahhh is that a T34 tank in that image, how old are these photos?
Wait a minute so the USSA and HATO are now claiming that Russia needs to keep its troops over 75kms from the border? WTF? Is there an accepted protocol that dictates that a nation may not place its soldiers within 75kms of a border that I am not aware of?
Russia is not allowed to have troops within its own borders. I thought everyone knew that.
As an aside: This must be another example of ZH only showing the Russian point of view — right, trolls?
EDIT: Come on, trolls. Don't be a bunch of pussies hitting the down-arrow and running away. You're the ones basically calling ZH a front for the Kremlin, yet here's a post with imagery from fucking NATO.
Well...Ukraine means "borderland" I believe.
"And yes, Russia has agreed that territorial contiguity is the goal here.
Therefore of course Ukraine has a right to establish border security and of course has a right to defending "Ukrainian-ness" if that's what you mean.
As for everything else...it is what it is I guess.
has a right to defending "Ukrainian-ness"
Not if that "defense" consists of attacks against its own civilian population. This isn't my claim. It is the stated position of the The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 30 April 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity#International_Criminal_Court
- See, Vlad, you have to pull back those forces of yours back into I don't know somewhere because our proteges in Kiev feel uneasy strangling pregnant women and punching babies with your troops just across the border.
- After careful consideration, I decided not to withdraw Russian troops from Russia. Happy Victory Day, convey my regards to your stooges in Kiev, tell them we'll be visiting. Vlad.
Still never heard of the 2 birds with one stone theory? Hows about the boy that creid wolf, what 3 times?? It's not like he didn't know you were coming.
I wish Putin would just get this over with and roll in with the tanks, the suspense is killing my SPY puts
That's not how he wins.
He will let the gas cost drive them to beg him to take over. The price he'll demand for relief will be replace the Kiev government with East Ukraine people, default on the IMF loan, and then he'll reduce the gas price.
The military isn't the instrument of power it was when oil and gas were infinite. Now the spigot is the instrument.
Did you say "puts"?
When the tanks roll you are really going to want to cash-in with calls...
lol, maybe I'm wrong... need to put on my Krugman/Yellen/Summers thinking cap - what could be more bullish than WW3!!
No. Puts are the way to go. the V Put, in particular
McMolotov This must be another example of ZH only showing the Russian point of view
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Russian point of view?
Sarcasm detector. Get it checked out. Today.
>>>here's a post with imagery from fucking NATO.
Any information released by NATO sources, or the US government, is presumptively a lie.
It may be merely distorted, manipulated or cherry-picked, but until proven otherwise, assume that it's false.
But ZH IS a front for the Kremlin. That's the only reason to come here. To see the ZH spin on things. It's entertaining. Oh and the schizo dumbass commentators who actually think they are ''informed'' by reading the bullshit ZH posts.
In Canada we have forts right on the boarder of the USSA. We have cannons pointed right at the USSA and have for over 200 years. Any attempt to invade Canada and there will be bombs bursting in air. I don't know if the USSA is aware of this as I do not believe they have complained.
Is there American cannons pointed at Canada?
Putin should follow the precedent by the USSA which positions its forces over 8,000 miles from its own borders.
Don't make him think too hard, he might just take you up on it.
Well apparently the USSA must have some kind of agreement with Mexico where it can't put troops within 100mi of that border. Instead, the USSA searches citizens on I-10 and calls it a day. God bless the USSA.
"Say, is that lettuce you've got there in that box in the back? What are you, some kind of terrorist?"
Meanwhile, all the illegals are low-crawling through Camp Pendleton.
Fuckin' 'ell! Us guys in Britain would have to have one military base about 300 feet wide and 120 miles long to comply with that one! And what about Lichtenstein? And Mediera? Other small n skinny countries like dem, man! Dat's rayciss!
And it would surely eliminate the ability for any country at all to have a Navy, right? Cos that's kinda like military, isn't it? Ok, they have better food and there's silver cutlery in the mess but it's sorta a military thingy, no? OK, it's one where they seem to teach their dudes and dudettes weird things like 'telling the difference between the enemy-de-jour and other guys nominally on our side for the moment' and 'we're on a fucking boat, ALL fire is unfriendly, you moron!' that seem to have passed other branches of the military by... but still!
What about USSA troops in another country and no body wants them there. They were supposed to leave in 1999 but are still there with no intent of leaving. Unwelcome guests.
Guantomino Cuba.
They have to wait for the people to vote to become a part of Russia this Sunday before moving to the next front.
And Putin can then say "I told Ukraine not to have the referendum, but..."
All that idiotic hype about Putin backing down on Wednesday... RIGGED
You can almost see a Russian taking a leak but they can not see where flight 377 went to.
They must have a sat image of that.
I thought that the US might worry more about Mexican military on the wrong side of our border, but <sigh>, not the case.
pods
Why would he FFS.
There is a civil war going on across the border with one side being , nazi, anti Russian crazies.
He would need those troops to handle the soon to be DP's in there millions if nothing else.You can't fix stupid and
the USA/EU are stupid.
Don't call Nudelman stupid, she's from a long line of 130+ IQ ashk-nazi's ... must have been a "policy failure"
Show me someone with a 130 IQ ,and I will show you stupid,
Common sense ,and high IQ are mutually exclusive.
They can barely feed ,and clothe themselves.
HaHa..I tested at 128 as a young man ( hung over as a motherf@cker for the test ) and I always presumed that was good, or better then average at least. But now on the short side of the hill, l don't put much thought into it. That said, I've had a wonderful career in electrical engineering, I'm a professional musician, and have a hobby (cash) business in digital media ( healthcare industry ).
" The vast majority of any group, tribe, state, nation, and Empire, are the unenlightened, and the demise of all of these is due this fact. " - Aristotle
So let's see - the U.S. criminal govt releases military photos to the public? But the same criminal govt doesn't tell us they are monitoring our every email, text, phone call, internet access?
I must be wrongheaded to not trust anything the criminal govt does - wrongheaded I tells ya.
Whenever it works out in their favor, they'll pony up real quick. If not, we don't really matter that much to them if you believe that Princeton study on public sentiment vs government policy, so they think they don't have to tell us shit. As far as the people in DC are concerned, we're all useful idiots.
Look...the only real way to know what is really going on for sure...is to be sitting in a Russian Army Tent (Made in Estonia) one km from border, sipping wine from Moldova, discussing Hot Ukrainian Women....
That sounds about right. The truth is already a casualty in this matter.
That sounds pretty fuckin splendid, as far as military duty goes!!!
The US invades Muslim Counties that hate us to the core, it's a nightmare from day one, and US suicide rates among returning soldiers is in the stratosphere!!!
The Russians on the other hand are "backing" popular uprising, reinforced with democratic referendums, from people that culturally identify with Russia!!!
I wonder who has higher military moral and staying power in this comparison??? (Hint, they don't speak English)
Photo shop allows you to put tanks where ever you f****g like. Look Assad is leading a column of trucks full of Sarin gas.
What was amazing to me is no troop movements along the border and still had massive amounts in reserve for the Victory Parade which was impressive in and of itself. Yea go ahead keep kickin this bear.
I believe their standing Army is 2 million. That is the entire U.S Military, combined with the USCG.
Good point.
We don't need such a large force as we don't use sticks and stones any longer. Two million my ass they could'nt field or supply half that for a month.
Last reliable (or what I'd consider relatively reliable, anyway) estimate I heard:
The standing land army, as in 'spends every day in uniform' is about 367,000 and a lot of those are obviously in non-combat jobs, as in every army. However, the reserves (civilian but military in the past 10 years and subject to re-activation as cat-B units) are about the same again and their 'national guard' (cat-B and C units, mostly - older equipment and little recent training) equivalent is about 500,000. Plus they have sizable 'air force' and 'navy' infantry forces - low 10s of thousands in each case. And obviously the actual serving air force, navy and strategic rocket forces (which has another 12,000 or so 'infantry', trained mostly for security roles but armed the same way as every other Ivan in green). And semi/para-military 'border guards' units to an unknown number (again, low 10s of thousands) that have light weapons but some military training, in addition to their police training.
It's not like fighting the 'fuzzy-wuzzies' in some developing world country; the Russians WILL shoot back! And their logistics tail is lamentably very short.
What about the fat, sparsely toothed, old Russian women with butcher knives, that made great wives when they were twenty?
Forgot them did ya!
Nope. Though do bear in mind that 18 of the top 100 snipers in the second world war (it's a hearsay list, I admit) were Russian women soldiers.
Siberians will invade through Alaska, rape all the men, women and children; polar bears, grizzly bears, etc. just for fun
The Russians are showing their folks the US equivalent of Merikans near the mall on Mother's day W/E.
Whoop de do.
NATO is like one of those guys that fought Mike Tyson in the 80's - they had a good plan until they lost half of their teeth from the first punch
Well we'll see about that perhaps won't we. Russia is alone and not invinceable so before you beat the drums of war any louder think of the people who will have to fight on either side while you sit on your fat ass egging them on.
War is Peace Winston of Oceania.
Yalu river ring any bells .
Something about a lot of troops appearing to support a soviet puppet.
This is becoming farcical. If you pan a little more to the left you'll see all the Uke cheerleaders/ whores waving pom-poms and flashing their tits!
If you look close enough on the state issued satellite photo I think I see Yellow Cake and Weapons of Mass Destruction, oh and Flight 377.
Tell me this planet isn't crazy.
One of the most sensible voices I've found for what's going on in our world calls himself the Golden Jackass, and he gets interviewed by a guy named Turd from Turdville.
Even crazier, Turd thinks there's such a thing as a "market" to understand, all so that his proclamations have something to stick to. Honestly, he spent enough time here to know better.
Still like him though.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303939404579531461674343266
And Putin has a Goldman account and reaping reacord profits with stawks at all time highs. Plenty of wodka and womans tonight!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HGMxZEl60k (1:57)
Were those images "rubber stamped" by the FISA court?
At least no one can criticize the United States for stationing its troops inside its borders - they're all in other peoples' countries.
First there was the false flag massacre of innocent unharmed protesters in Odessa; and now we have the latest video of unharmed citizens of Mariupol who are coming on the streets to protest the fast moving, rolling armor of Ukraine’s National Guard coming to town.
Gunfire accompanies the rolling, roaring tanks as National Guardsmen from the fast column shoot and hit the protesters standing on the street yelling.
An America that revolted against National Guardsmen shooting protesting students at Kent State can’t revolt now because they are not seeing this video thanks to the banker-owned media cover up of its empire takeover in Ukraine.
And these are National Guardsmen because the Ukraine military, it has been reported, are reluctant and often refuse to attack fellow Ukrainians:
May 9, Mariupol civilians get shot by Ukraine's National Guard:
http://youtu.be/hRrWGRXPbHg
Wish we had that many troops down at the Mexico border.
If it weren't for our entitlements and the 'war on drugs', our border with Mexico could be wide open.
BFD There are 1000x more illegal aliens deployed in the USA.
No $hit, $herlock!
Did anyone, anywhere on earth believe Putin when he said he had moved troops away from the border? The entire MSM reported that Putin said he had done this, however, they also noted that there was no evidence of it actually happening.
I don't see where this is news at all, just SOP for Putin.
The US-controlled/funded Nazi Kiev regime has appointed a "governor" to Kherson who told citizens attending Victory Day commemorations today that Hitler was Ukraine's "liberator".
US supports open Nazis and Hitler admirers to run Ukraine. Why should Russia allow Nazis next door?
It's not just Ukraine. In Romania, Poland, Finland and other historical opponents of Russa, Germans were treated as liberators from the Slavic threat as they marched Eastward. Then when the balance of power shifted, the tune changed and Russians were welcomed as they pushed West. Then Russia retreated and NATO began its adavance. The border nations are flip-flopping once more.
They're gutless cowards who suck up to whoever they think is going to win.
Germany probably wouldn't even been able to round up so many Polish Jews if the same Jews weren't selling eachother out, hoping to earn favors from the German command.
The German plan was brilliant. First the locals were made into interim officers, curfews enforced and conditions made up to gradually reduce population. Then layer by layer the ranks were trimmed, until the "brigadiers" themselves were loaded onto trains and sent to gas chambers.
"Then when the balance of power shifted, the tune changed and Russians were welcomed as they pushed West."
Well, you're nearly right. The Germans were treated as liberators until they systematically rounded them up, shot them, stole their food, stole their houses, replaced them with Liebestraum Germans, and changed their childrens names to something more Aryan.
But, I suppose that could be described as the "tune changing."
Each side thought they'd use chaos to their advantage, to extend borders and get little more of their neighbors' lands. Some then were greeted with German brutality up front and realized their mistake, but didn't want to upset the new dominant power. Others remained in denial for quite some time and eased into reality eventually.
Things Stepan Bandera's liberation front did to locals in the Ukraine, was enough to make Germans themselves sick to their stomachs as they were crossing the Western border.
I love how often media mentions his name, yet not a squeak as to who that person is and how he got famous. 60 Minutes could do a biography piece on that guy.
Liebestraum? Anyhow, I agree: Hitler's biggest enemy was himself.
Nothing is worse than the Russians. The Nazis were the more ''humane'' option, nothing more. Russian soldiers were complete barbarians. Nazi soldiers were like boyscouts compared to that vermin!
Member of Press shot...one of RT's guys...http://rt.com/news/157976-mariupol-rt-stringer-wounded/
Tipping point for the Russians? I don't know.
Also note here it is in the days of google earth and colored orthos and the FUCKEN state department still uses black and white orthos lol
Looks more "official" and "ominous" in BW.
"state department still uses black and white orthos lol"
Resolution vs Pretty Picture.
That is why.
You sacrifice one vs the other given a fixed rate of transmission.
Resolution wins.
Not many know anything about the NRO, or "Deep Black" (Project Keyhole)
Are these pitchurs of a badly trimmed snatch?
Pretty much describes US foreign policy.
Hilarious that the source actually believes they have some credibility. Even if their data is accurate, the crony-capitalists and their political minions destroyed any shred of credibility long ago.
Maybe those propaganda photos are actually shots of General Motors' excess inventory of Escalades and Silverados.
Storage is cheap over there and you can hide the vehicles from the accountants (or I guess not because these photos give it all away).
It's in his genes. What did you expect?
I don't care if he leaves or not, it is his country, he is the gangster leader of it.... But if he says he is going to, and doesn't, he is just a friggin scumbag liar
Jen Psaki (old lizard eyes) and "Pre School Teacher extroadinaire" has quite rightly blamed the Pro Russian terrosists for getting in the way of the peace loving bullets fired from the rainbow loving Ukrainan freedom fighting volunteers.
She has specifically blamed RT Producer for being shot to create 'News' as he purposefully ran across a street to intercept a freedom bullet so he could get himself injured. She reiterated "All RT news people and anchors are only ever interested in making news!"
OK sarcasm over! Now puts serious face on!
How can this Jen Psaki come out and publicly blame Pro Russian activists for being shot at by Tanks and APC's when they are all unarmed???
How can a Fair Dinkum News Reporter let that go thru to the keeper without a fuckin question??? What the fuck is this world coming to when a Pre School Teacher is running the fuckin world??? These Russians are willing to fight wars over decades if necessary. I can assure you they are taking names and they will extract their revenge eventually.
So, if in 10 years time we see "Oklahoma Pre School Spokesperson and ex Obama State Dept Head, Jen Psaki bald as a badger in some hospital fighting for her life because of some strange sickness that "could be" polonium poisoning we'll know that this war is still being fought!
Aus Out!
Polonium poisoning? Litvinenko?
Never happened as was claimed, and now the brits implicated and don't want to talk about it anymore.
Media dumb you down much?
How can this Jen Psaki come out and publicly blame Pro Russian activists for being shot at by Tanks and APC's when they are all unarmed???
Jen has two voices: One she is the voice of the international bankers speaking about the people who must be killed to make way for world government. The other voice is the voice of the State of Israel, identifying and eliminating the human beings who stand in the way of Greater Israel and a Middle East dominated by the Zionists .
It’s becoming clear that when the U.S. State Department speaks it does not speak for Americans but for its real masters.
Here’s Jen (who is proof that you can get some people to do anything):
From US State Department: Diplomacy in Action website
QUESTION: I understand that the Secretary has called or there was a call between the Secretary and Prime Minister Netanyahu, in which they discussed the Palestinian reconciliation matter. I’m wondering if that’s true, and if it is true, what did they have to say? And how does the reconciliation this time around affect your efforts to try to bring the parties together to agree to an extension of the talks?
MS. PSAKI:...Any Palestinian government must unambiguously and explicitly commit to nonviolence, recognition of the state of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations between the parties. (State Department “spokesperson”)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/04/225092.htm
"freedom loving bullets"
"peace bullets"
+100
Nearly ruined my keyboard.
Ukraine Re-Redux Podcast.
RE
But this time there really will be costs. They promised.
Why the heck would Russia wirhdraw its armed forces?
In fact, with the next door EU and slimeball USA all backing the fascists in Kiev they should be packing in more.
With the notoriously bad state of roads in that region, 75km is actually away from the border.
Is this again 'Latest Satellite Images' like in latest Russian excersizes half year ago?
Tyler, why should the russian army move on its own soil a single mm?
Maybe because your country is rulled by AIPAC?
The point isn't whether they should or shouldn't move - it is that Putin said they had been pulled back but haven't been.
We seem to be approaching a repeat of the Colin Powell moment at the UN (not to mention Adlai Stevenson). Easily doctored aerial photos provided by NATO purport to show a build up of Russian forces within their own country at a distance of 75 kilometers (that's about 50 miles) from any border. Its understandable that NATO - running around like a hammer looking for nails - should promote military propaganda. It is regrettable that our own media is so undiscerning as to swallow it.