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LeftInTX

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14. The legislation is redundant anyway

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 04:04 PM

Dec 2012

From the article:

President Barack Obama had hoped to prevent yesterday's passage of the new human rights law, in an effort to avoid enraging Moscow. He insisted that he was already empowered to blacklist Russian human rights abusers by executive order.

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Russia: The US Is Trying To Start Another Cold War [View all] Purveyor Dec 2012 OP

The US never stopped waging cold war against Russia. David__77 Dec 2012 #1

But I thought we "reset" relations with Russia. What happened? Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #13

Does this mean we don't already ban human rights abusers from entering our country? fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #2

We don't, actually. Cheney can come in anytime he wants. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #4

My thoughts exactly. dotymed Dec 2012 #6

You forgot, John2 Dec 2012 #9

Well, the nukes we haven't taken out of Europe may have something to do with that belief. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #3

What missiles might those be? hack89 Dec 2012 #5

nukes, not missiles. I'll correct the post. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #7

What Happened With Having More Flexibility Towards Russia Scabby57 Dec 2012 #8

I don't see how this is starting another Cold War Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #10

So banning some people from entering and buying things in the US sakabatou Dec 2012 #11

This is actually a GOOD thing, believe it or not: AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #12

The legislation is redundant anyway LeftInTX Dec 2012 #14