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(29,876 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2014, 12:29 AM Feb 2014

Biden Calls New Ukraine Leader, Pledges Support [View all]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden has told Ukraine's new prime minister that the U.S. welcomes the formation of the country's new government.

The White House says Biden called Arseniy Yatsenyuk (ahr-SEHN'-ee yaht-sehn-YOOK') Thursday.

It's an important signal of U.S. recognition for Yatsenyuk as the de facto leader of the former Soviet republic.

Biden told Yatsenyuk the U.S. will give full support as Ukraine seeks to restore order in the wake of a major political crisis.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIDEN_UKRAINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-27-22-51-41

Hmmm...sounds like 'game-on', eh Pooty-Poot?

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Don't forget former Soviet Georgia. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #1

Oh great! another_liberal Feb 2014 #3

"Who are you people!" I am one who remembers and does not forget. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #5

Be that as it may, my friend . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #8

My original point was that the order for extermination of Alexander Litvinenko R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #11

Sure. another_liberal Feb 2014 #15

I'm not sure that you understand anything about the Ukrainian situation. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #17

Then you are wrong. another_liberal Feb 2014 #21

Please. Edjumacate me. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #24

I'll tell you what . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #43

I'm an American so I don't know who your "we" is, but we're not trying to push our weight around, okaawhatever Feb 2014 #38

If a fraction of what has happened in Ukraine . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #40

I second this (okaawhatever). n/t levp Feb 2014 #47

Litvinenko was spying for the UK dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #48

He asked for asylum there levp Feb 2014 #52

Easy subject to search - try Google dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #53

Daily Mail? levp Feb 2014 #55

The US, at the highest levels, is trying to dial this back karynnj Feb 2014 #46

It's not the US that would do (or even particularly want) that Recursion Feb 2014 #7

Perhaps, but the important point is . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #12

Thanks for being able to see my point. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #13

Georgia started that issue : not Russia. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author another_liberal Feb 2014 #2

But what about the fascists? starroute Feb 2014 #4

Great. Sounds like our own government in the USA. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #6

There are some in every country levp Feb 2014 #50

Don't understand the hubris regarding Putin 1000words Feb 2014 #9

He holds all the cards cosmicone Feb 2014 #22

Bad move in the wrong neighborhood cosmicone Feb 2014 #10

Seeing how Russia is supporting Syria I see no reason why Nato should not support the Ukraine. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #14

It's called having the will to make the sacrifices necessary to back up your big talk. another_liberal Feb 2014 #18

Well, I guess that everybody understands your vote for capitulation to Russia. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #20

Go ahead then, hotdog . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #25

Nobody mentioned a shooting war...except for yourself. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #27

What do you think you're playing at then? another_liberal Feb 2014 #44

So Russia deploys troops and fighter jets to the border penultimate Feb 2014 #28

Well yes, Russia has a god given right to former occupied Soviet territories. joshcryer Feb 2014 #31

It's got a pretty reasonable historical claim to Crimea, although the Tatars might disagree. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #35

No doubt with support from other Sunni's... joshcryer Feb 2014 #36

Crimea was heavily Russified, like many other places in the former Russian Empire and USSR. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #59

Won't happen cosmicone Feb 2014 #19

I guess that my original point was lost, and I should have made it more clear. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #23

There will be no NATO troops in Ukraine - period. n/t cosmicone Feb 2014 #30

Then there will be Russian troops. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #34

They have a right to support their ethnic population cosmicone Feb 2014 #37

We'll remember this when US starts it's next war levp Feb 2014 #54

We have already done that before. cosmicone Feb 2014 #58

Exactly my point levp Feb 2014 #60

This is precisely why Georgia and Ukraine are petitioning to be in NATO. joshcryer Feb 2014 #29

NATO doesn't want a conflict with Russia cosmicone Feb 2014 #32

This is why they will be perpetual "Intensified Dialogue" states. joshcryer Feb 2014 #33

The US, UK and Russia signed a treaty when Ukraine got rid of her nukes that we would okaawhatever Feb 2014 #39

Then why have we gone out of our way to meddle . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #42

She just happened to want levp Feb 2014 #56

"we got what we wanted--no harm, no foul, eh?" MisterP Feb 2014 #16

foolish DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #26

�He�s the type of guy who can hobnob with the European elite. A Mario Monti type: unelected and jakeXT Feb 2014 #41

Once austerity measures and new debt kicks in cosmicone Feb 2014 #45

Mother of all Greeces dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #51

That is a VERY important signal to everyone involved. Will keep local people safer in the long run. Sunlei Feb 2014 #57