tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post421656922828366549..comments2023-11-02T04:40:21.698-07:00Comments on Dr. Eric Edmond's Blog: Putin said what he would do and did itEric Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-84433329153335496782016-03-15T15:17:03.655-07:002016-03-15T15:17:03.655-07:00I agree with Mrs Spalton. The Russians are mpressi...I agree with Mrs Spalton. The Russians are mpressive intellctually. I remember thinking how intellectually lighht weight Nancy Regan looked compared to Raisa Gorbachev. They are the greatest chess playing nation in the world.Eric Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-78474200205863412642016-03-15T14:21:17.860-07:002016-03-15T14:21:17.860-07:00Coincidentally, my wife recently remarked of Mr Pu...Coincidentally, my wife recently remarked of Mr Putin " Americans play poker. Russians play chess"<br /><br />In 2009 ( if I remember aright) I forecast the Russian resumption of control over the Crimea . It's about 8 minutes in to an in depth interview<br />with an earnest young American journalist in 2009. It had the rather lengthy title " Germany, the EU,<br />the Disunited Kingdom and the Democratic Deficit" and is in the video section on www.eurosceptic.org.uk <br /><br />In combination with the Americans, the EU is fighting a proxy war of expansion in the Ukraine with the original aim of depriving<br />Russia of its warm water " springboard to the Mediterranean" at Sebastopol. The proxy war in Syria was started for the same reason -<br />to deprive Russia of its naval base there.<br /><br />Putin check mated that game too.<br />Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.com