Yeah, I wouldn't think the Pentagon would be real excited about taking on the Russians.
My concern is that Putin does not ignore the many splintered GOP groups, hammering the POTUS daily in public.
Rep. Rogers wants to throw Russia out of the G-8.
Merkel said she wasn't too keen on this idea.
My point is that the USA does not speak with a unified voice.
As for the EU to fix, the USA lost countless thousands of merchant seamen before we actually joined WW2.
Russian stock markets down 10% today, losing 58 billion dollars in value..
This from FOX Baier and Hume on right now who I like .
They're making empty threats after they've failed diplomatically for years. So yes, considering they're just making the US look worse and worse every time they open their mouths, perhaps they should shut the hell up.
Yet as soon as Putin invaded, the GOPs came out of the woodwork with "marbles and chess" type comments.Putin wants Crimea, and a good part of Crimea wants Putin. there's exceptionally little that we can or should do.
Yet when Obama says nothing, he is criticized over that.unfortunately, Obama is still drawing rhetorical lines in the sand.
But McCain and Graham are the go-to speakers for the GOP position, as you heard McCain get large ovations today .and McCain? i saw part of his speech today, and i am so relieved that this guy is not in charge right now. he's like an even more hawkish superBush.
Sorry NIM, I don't understand your second question.
Can ya' explain further?
Thanks
Thom Paine
Yet as soon as Putin invaded, the GOPs came out of the woodwork with "marbles and chess" type comments.
Yet when Obama says nothing, he is criticized over that.
But McCain and Graham are the go-to speakers for the GOP position, as you heard McCain get large ovations today .
So exactly what empty threats are you referring to on the Ukraine?
While Sen. Rubio is taking the Air Force off the table, Sen. McCain goes off in the other direction.
Meanwhile, I can watch Krauthammer--G. Will--Mara Liasson on the Special Report .
Collectively NATO would destroy Russia. The issue is more a case of being able to get the necessary pieces in place and avoiding mass civilian casualties/ throwing the whole region into turmoil.
What I mean is that the GOPs who are mouthing off are intent on clipping Obama's wings no matter what he says on any foreign policy event.
The GOP believes they are the only ones who can handle foreign affairs, as they did lasy week in filibustering a bill to help Iraqi Veterans .
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/vladimir-putin-media-conservatives-104181.html?hp=l9I've made that clear and YOU proposed a couple yourself.
I've shown you that yours were empty threats and asked you to show how they aren't a few times now. Still waiting.
So yes, we criticize Obama, and Kerry, but not jut based on ideology.
It's based on what seems to be a foreign policy that's utterly lacking in coherency. Do I need to remind you Libs of the ' reset ' button, and Obama's claim in his State of the Union Address that "American diplomacy, backed by the threat of force, is why Syria's chemical weapons are being eliminated."
Really ?
His pledge of Military action in Syria just confirmed to every dictator that any future threats from Obama are going to be empty.
So exactly what empty threats are you referring to on the Ukraine?
While Sen. Rubio is taking the Air Force off the table, Sen. McCain goes off in the other direction.
Meanwhile, I can watch Krauthammer--G. Will--Mara Liasson on the Special Report .
The 6:00 Eastern edition of FOX is the most informative news I can find.
After Vladimir Putin, the right fires at media - Tal Kopan and Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com
link looks wrong, but I got it to work.
Yet it was the POTUSA in 2001, GWB, who spoke glowingly of V. Putin during their first meeting, after "looking in his eyes".
If push ever came to shove, the port at Istanbul as well as the opening to the Aegean Sea are an easy blockade.I've made that clear and YOU proposed a couple yourself.
I've shown you that yours were empty threats and asked you to show how they aren't a few times now. Still waiting.
[h=1]Obama warns US will 'isolate' Russia
if Putin doesn't pull back in Ukraine[/h]
Obama threatens to
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the time for warnings is over. The article says they are considering what steps to take. Why don't they already KNOW what steps to take? Why are no contingency plans for this in place already? If our intelligence didn't see this coming? Why not?
I blame our intelligence community. We spend billions of dollars to get a heads up on this type action. What happened?
You mean like how Iran's threat of wiping
out Israel is empty? Or how Saddam's threat of wiping out the US military was empty?
Anyone w/an iota of noodle already knows that politicians, including Obama, say things to the masses to appease them, while doing something else entirely. This is old news.
You mean like how Iran's threat of wiping out Israel is empty?
Or how Saddam's threat of wiping out the US military was empty?
Anyone w/an iota of noodle already knows that politicians, including Obama, say things to the masses to appease them, while doing something else entirely. This is old news.
Then you are against what one wing of the GOP is publicly calling for?
How do you feel about the GOP's many wings attacking the POTUS this early into a crisis created by Putin ?
[h=1]Obama warns US will 'isolate' Russia
if Putin doesn't pull back in Ukraine[/h]
Obama threatens to
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the time for warnings is over. The article says they are considering what steps to take. Why don't they already KNOW what steps to take? Why are no contingency plans for this in place already? If our intelligence didn't see this coming? Why not?
I blame our intelligence community. We spend billions of dollars to get a heads up on this type action. What happened?
The 6:00 Eastern edition of FOX is the most informative news I can find.
After Vladimir Putin, the right fires at media - Tal Kopan and Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com
link looks wrong, but I got it to work.
Yet it was the POTUSA in 2001, GWB, who spoke glowingly of V. Putin during their first meeting, after "looking in his eyes".
[h=1]Obama warns US will 'isolate' Russia
if Putin doesn't pull back in Ukraine[/h]
Obama threatens to
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the time for warnings is over. The article says they are considering what steps to take. Why don't they already KNOW what steps to take? Why are no contingency plans for this in place already? If our intelligence didn't see this coming? Why not?
I blame our intelligence community. We spend billions of dollars to get a heads up on this type action. What happened?
Don't worry, I expect you to take the most anti-American attitude and viewpoint available. Of course you are doing this while benefiting form to freedoms these "patriots" win for you, but it's par for the course for someone with your character.
A crisis created by Putin???
If push ever came to shove, the port at Istanbul as well as the opening to the Aegean Sea are an easy blockade.
Yet I specifically have heard and read House Intelligence Chairman, a RBFD named Rogers, say that moving our Navy is 'OFF THE TABLE'.
Just FACTS, not HATE that you accuse ...
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