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In reply to the discussion: Agree/disagree:Obama reminds us he has no policy toward Ukraine or Russia other than to blame Putin. [View all]Trajan
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Agree/disagree:Obama reminds us he has no policy toward Ukraine or Russia other than to blame Putin. [View all]
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
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Cohen said it twice in the interview, but wasn't quick with alternatives
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#2
The trouble is that any approach that only looks at Russia will not work because
machiavelliisalive
Jul 2014
#76
Three months on the board...seems more like an old-timer, so familiar
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2014
#28
It was maddening. Everything he said sounded logical, but no reasonable conclusions were reached
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#12
The problem I see is that every policymaker over -- say 55 -- wants to couch this in cold war terms.
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#59
To twist Lincoln's words - you can't please all the people all the time
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#16
DI, understand, please, first that I posted this as a discussion point
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#49
Other than to materially support Britain and the USSR, FDR did little in Europe prior to 42
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#87
As I said elsewhere - I'd just like to know what he would have Obama do.
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#89
Is there some reason why you don't like the 'left'? We are used to it of course, but I'm always
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#61
I asked you before, do I know you? You sound very familiar, but that could be because you are
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#74
Obama has ran the least interventionist foreign policy, beyond maybe Carter, since before FDR.
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2014
#35
I work under the assumption that any apologist for Putin is an imbecile. nt
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#38
I don't think there is any basis for saying he is an apologist for Putin
betterdemsonly
Jul 2014
#42
Anyone who doesn't hold Putin and the separatists solely responsible for MH17...
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#45
OK. You agree with Cohen. Finish his argument. What should US policy be?
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#56
One doesn't have to state their own policy to observe that someone else has none.
BKH70041
Jul 2014
#58
No - One does have to state their own policy to observe that someone else has none.
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#64
Complaining about a problem without suggesting solutions is called "whining".
phleshdef
Jul 2014
#70
No, it is called recognizing a problem. I say the answer not just usually but almost always is
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#93
You Seem To Imagine, Sir, Free Speech Exists Only If No One Disagrees With What Someone Says
The Magistrate
Jul 2014
#79
Stephen Cohen is a bigoted, hateful writer. I no longer read The Nation because of shit he
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#86
What is the correct policy? Is this a EU matter? A NATO matter? A UN matter?
McCamy Taylor
Jul 2014
#97
Peace talks would be ideal. From a US standpoint, "Stay Out of it" might be the best option. (nm)
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#99
I disagree. Obama is waiting for the right moment, for the moment when things are almost
JDPriestly
Jul 2014
#101
Any evaluation of the current administration policy has to start with remembering W.Bush
Algernon Moncrieff
Jul 2014
#107