"A regional power? According to Obama's own Department of Defense, the Russian empire — which now encompasses nine time zones — has never been more expansive. And now it's getting involved in our hemisphere.
Russia once tried to set up military bases in Cuba (in 1959), Chile (1970) and Nicaragua (1980) — and now it's talking about doing the same in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It's also getting more venturesome in its submarine excursions around U.S. Gulf ports, laying groundwork for something, but what?
Regional powers don't act this way. But nuclear powers with revanchist aims do — and it doesn't pay to dismiss them".
As of yesterday Mr. Putin had taken over 51 Ukrainian naval vessels and Obama continues to call Russia a regional power. Picture the result if my neighbor came to my garage and commandeered my Mazda 5. You wouldn't find me waving bye-bye as he drove away.
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