Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
Well, after just listening Putin's speech I must agree with Merkel's statement that he has lost a touch with reality. Despite he mostly told things I can agree with, he desided to play fool with "Crimean self-defence forces". Also those childish excuses "Look what USA did in Serbia, Iraq and Libya!". Damn, I'm ashamed of his actions.
He took what he wanted to, the rest is a diplomacy: I know that I lie and you know that I lie but you can pretend to believe me and keep your face. This kind of game is always payed at all levels but usually not so bluntly. Surprizingly I have a feeling that some time ago he was sequentially avoiding direct lie even in public statements. Now he abandoned that manner. Probably he believes that won something really important. I don't see what exactly.