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truedelphi

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38. Our damn government should be helping the US middle class recover,

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 06:18 PM

Mar 2014

As the "resurgent" economy is equivalent to the way a dead goldfish "resurges" to the top of the bowl once it is dead.

And we have lost so many of our civil rights, how dare Obama or anyone in our government complain about what Russia may do to the Ukraine. Remember those young people who were pepper sprayed directly on their eyeballs by the belligerent police on UC Davis Campus? Some of the protesters are still in jail.

Get caught by police protesting and face one to two years in jail. Right here in the USA. And get caught a second time, at another protest, and you can be in jail for ten years. And if somehow someone can peg you as part of a "terrorist" group, you can probably be renditioned.

We need to focus on cleaning up our own messes, without going ballistic on "helping through use of our military" the people in other nations.

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Obama warns Russia 'there will be costs' for any military intervention in Ukraine [View all] DonViejo Feb 2014 OP

Stay out of it Obama seveneyes Feb 2014 #1

Focus is the art of saying no. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #2

No, I want our country to warn Russia they can NOT go in with their military and slaughter everyone! Sunlei Feb 2014 #8

Unlike us, right? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #9

"Warn them?" No, let's just stay OUT of it. Bill76 Feb 2014 #10

Ah. Igel Feb 2014 #29

We always make it worse. Bill76 Feb 2014 #30

Exactly. I mean, we all clearly remember how in 1991, the Russian military went truedelphi Feb 2014 #12

I remember when Russia has gone into its neighbors... Chan790 Mar 2014 #32

I am well aware of Russia's military truedelphi Mar 2014 #37

Well we certainly wouldn't want anyone going around destabilizing other countries. SolutionisSolidarity Feb 2014 #3

Yeah, that's OUR gig! [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2014 #14

'there will be costs'. {{{chuckle}}} Purveyor Feb 2014 #4

Exactly. This is the kind of talk that nobody needs. AngryOldDem Feb 2014 #5

Only one way to deal with a bully... hoosierlib Feb 2014 #6

If anyone is gonna bully the world, it's gonna be us! ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2014 #11

You realize, of course, that Russia is one of only a few countries that could beat us militarily. Xithras Feb 2014 #13

I wouldn't buy into the fearmongering if I were you. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #23

You should do some research on the consequences of military involvement in Russia.[n/t] Maedhros Feb 2014 #15

yeah, that's what we need. let's burn another decade and few trillion $$$ on senseless war frylock Feb 2014 #19

Have you ever read about Napoleon in Russia? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #20

What? hoosierlib Mar 2014 #34

No need to lecture me on abuse. I lived near the borders with Czechoslovakia and Hungary JDPriestly Mar 2014 #35

Not sure at all where you acquired the information that our war truedelphi Mar 2014 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author newthinking Feb 2014 #24

now, every one dont freak out.. iamthebandfanman Feb 2014 #7

Trade ban would interesting. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #17

Likely outcome. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #22

No red line this time ? dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #16

had to SMH and laugh at Hagel admonishing Putin to respect Ukraine's sovereignty.. frylock Feb 2014 #18

maybe we get our nose out of other people's business before we go telling someone else what to do. olddad56 Feb 2014 #21

Putin knows that there isn't a damn thing Obama can do cosmicone Feb 2014 #25

"Russia can take out our carriers"--um, not really. Not without grave consequences TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #28

Personally I would not recommend a land war in Eurasia fedsron2us Feb 2014 #26

My take is, Russia is lashing out--they lost control of their TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #27

I agree with this alarimer Mar 2014 #36

Our damn government should be helping the US middle class recover, truedelphi Mar 2014 #38

Oh, dear! Do we still have that cool reset button? We're going to need it! Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #31

There should be "costs" and they cannot be military. We don't have to "fight fire with fire". pampango Mar 2014 #33