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@danieldennett it's just that the West actually listens the 1st time what the guy says and compares with facts. He's been lying for years.

@danieldennett @tnr Taking the Crimea is pure realpolitik, fixing Krushchev's mistake - and he knows the EU can't move against him.

@danieldennett Putin now is a mad hatter but Russians always love crankbrained tzars

@danieldennett @tnr Putin hasn't made a case that there's a threat to the security of Russia coming from Ukraine--the only valid basis 4 war

@danieldennett one may not much like the content, but the transcript http://eng.kremlin.ru/transcripts/6763 … is distinctly tamer than the weird NR precis

@danieldennett @tnr @juliaioffe Putin being cool as a cucumber wouldn't have been quite be right either. But: mad man + the button =not good

@danieldennett @tnr The Olympics was the last straw. He couldn't take being a beta male any longer.

@danieldennett @tnr I found a couple of links to press conference - make your own mind up? http://www.euronews.com/2014/03/04/putin-use-of-force-in-ukraine-is-a-last-resort/ … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uscjzJDNOpU …

.@danieldennett @Eaterofsun @tnr @juliaioffe Really not what the FT reports - total contrast: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce064c7c-a3ac-11e3-88b0-00144feab7de.html#axzz2v2TMrFnH …