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nolkyz
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March 5, 2014
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March 4, 2014
Crimea River, Neocons
If Obama's being "weak" vis-a-vis Ukraine, then what was George W. Bush when the Russians took South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia in 2008?
March 4, 2014
Panama is the best comparison. Remember when Bush I talked about the wife of a U.S. military officer being "sexually threatened"? Well, Putin claims Russians in Crimea are under threat. Hell, even if Vlad decides to invade all of Ukraine, he can claim that Russia is merely backing up the results of an election. Just like we did in Panama.
WaPo's Gene Robinson: Who are we to judge Russia?
Lets be real. Its one thing to say that Russias takeover of the Crimean Peninsula cannot be allowed to stand, as many foreign policy sages have proclaimed. Its quite another to do something about it.
Is it just me, or does the rhetoric about the crisis in Ukraine sound as if all of Washington is suffering from amnesia? Were supposed to be shocked shocked! that a great military power would cook up a pretext to invade a smaller, weaker nation? Im sorry, but has everyone forgotten the unfortunate events in Iraq a few years ago?
My sentiments, to be clear, are with the legitimate Ukrainian government, not with the neo-imperialist regime in Russia. But the United States, frankly, has limited standing to insist on absolute respect for the territorial integrity of sovereign states.
Before Iraq there was Afghanistan, there was the Persian Gulf War, there was Panama, there was Grenada. And even as we condemn Moscow for its outrageous aggression, we reserve the right to fire deadly missiles into Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and who knows where else.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-with-ukraine-crisis-the-us-has-a-credibility-problem/2014/03/03/f8f6a58a-a311-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html?hpid=z1
Is it just me, or does the rhetoric about the crisis in Ukraine sound as if all of Washington is suffering from amnesia? Were supposed to be shocked shocked! that a great military power would cook up a pretext to invade a smaller, weaker nation? Im sorry, but has everyone forgotten the unfortunate events in Iraq a few years ago?
My sentiments, to be clear, are with the legitimate Ukrainian government, not with the neo-imperialist regime in Russia. But the United States, frankly, has limited standing to insist on absolute respect for the territorial integrity of sovereign states.
Before Iraq there was Afghanistan, there was the Persian Gulf War, there was Panama, there was Grenada. And even as we condemn Moscow for its outrageous aggression, we reserve the right to fire deadly missiles into Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and who knows where else.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-with-ukraine-crisis-the-us-has-a-credibility-problem/2014/03/03/f8f6a58a-a311-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html?hpid=z1
Panama is the best comparison. Remember when Bush I talked about the wife of a U.S. military officer being "sexually threatened"? Well, Putin claims Russians in Crimea are under threat. Hell, even if Vlad decides to invade all of Ukraine, he can claim that Russia is merely backing up the results of an election. Just like we did in Panama.
March 4, 2014
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