Originally Posted by outlaw
AP---another Russian "doublethink"--or "altered state of reality.
"Doublethink"--the ability to say two completely different thoughts and yet still believe both of them.
US bombing on IS in Syria would be considered an act of aggression but what the sending of 15,000 Russian troops and heavy weapons into the Ukraine and the downing of MH17 by Russia AD missile troops on Ukrainian soli is what?
Oh wait they were on vacation and or defense contractors and that does not count as an "official Russian act of aggression"?
Come on AP---even you have to see now the "doublethink" in action.
From Interfax this evening:
Moscow would take U.S. airstrikes on Syria without Damascus' consent as aggression - Foreign Ministry (Part 2)
MOSCOW. Sept 11 (Interfax) - The U.S.' possible airstrikes on positions of terrorists from the Islamic State in Syria without Damascus' consent and without UN Security Council sanction would constitute an act of aggression against the country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
Notice AP the "doublethink" in this sentence---we Russia can send Russian military vacationers and actual Russian troops into the Ukraine without asking permission BUT you the US cannot.
"The U.S. president has declared directly that the American armed forces could strike the Islamic State's positions on Syrian territory without the legitimate government's consent. Such a step in the absence of a UN Security Council decision would be an act of aggression and a gross violation of international law," Lukashevich said at a news conference in Moscow in reply to a question from Interfax.
Now AP think this sentence structure through---we can shot down civilian airliners, we can declare eastern Ukraine "New Russia", we can send Russian troops as vacationers all without the UNSC BUT You the US need UNSC approval for your actions (but whoa not Russia)---come again AP even you can see the disconnect ie "altered state of reality".
"There are reasons to presume that Syrian government forces could also be exposed to the strikes in this case, with all the ensuing grave consequences in terms of the further escalation of tensions," he said.
AP--surprised Russia did not make this same argument over the Ukraine--wonder what Ukrainian soldiers would say about Russian shooting and killing them inside their own country---se AP the "doublethink"?
Moscow supports the fact that the U.S., which turned a blind eye to actions of radical elements in Syria for a long time, expecting to use them to overthrow the legitimate government in Damascus, has finally realized the scope of the calamity that has engulfed virtually the entire Middle Eastern region, he said.
"In our view, what is worse is that Washington still cannot discard its own double standards in trying to substitute truly collective actions in combating international terrorism by such dubious maneuvers, which reveal quite a significant ideological and confrontational tint," Lukashevich said.
AP--and this is not what Russia is doing in the Ukraine with their idea of "New Russia"?
"By helping the Iraqi government oppose the Islamists, Barack Obama at the same time once again asks the U.S. Congress to allocate $500 million in support for the Syrian armed opposition, which, frankly speaking, differs little in general from the Islamic State radicals," he said.
Any actions against the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Syrian territory should be taken only with the official authorities' consent, he said.
So AP--the support AP of mercenaries and Russian volunteers and the sending of tanks and artillery into the easern Ukraine is what ---can only be taken with official authorities consent--notice AP the "doublethink" in this sentence"
"It is the Syrian government's legitimate condition that any actions against the Islamic State on the republic's territory be taken with the Syrian government's consent and in compliance with international law, primarily the norms that stipulate sovereignty and territorial integrity," Lukashevich said.
AP take note of this "doublethink" statement--once you fully understand the technique it is really easy to follow Putin's thinking.
"Without these approaches, any attempts to deliver strikes will be taken only as a direct act of aggression," he said.
NOW AP this is a very interesting statement from one country to another country---SINCE when can Russia take the actions of another country defending itself against a known identified threat not using boots on the ground AS AN ACT of AGGRESSION?
So is Putin really saying---hands off Syria is a protector of Russia?
THEN why does Russia accuse the US of aggression on one hand and yet in the face of what the Ukraine would definitely perceive as open ended Russian aggression--Russia is silent.
"Doublethink, doublethink, doublethink"
How about you tell me how those claims you have just cited are compatable with your claim that Russia is going to annex eastern Ukraine. How can the Donbas be simultaneously annexed by Russia but also part of Ukraine? That's going to take some serious doublethink on your part! 
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