Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
Putin said he was worried about Russian citizens in thearea. So he moved troops in to protect tem. Hmmm this sounds familiar, let me think ah grenada
Very good example...........

But I really think Putin and Crimea is more about controlling Ukraine and Natural Gas distribution.

What is really funny is that the area is distributed between 3 major ethnic groups. Crimean Tatars, Russian and Ukrainian.

Ukrainians dominate the population with 61% When you look at a demographic map of the region, the country is about 45/45 Crimean and Ukrainian and about 10% Russian my land mass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ukraine

No my friends, this is all about TAKING Crimea and turning it into a Russian strong hold, even though they make up less than 10% of the land region........