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With Snowden asylum, Russia hits reject on U.S. ‘reset’ policy
Washington Times ^
| August 1, 2013
| Dave Boyer
Posted on 08/02/2013 7:41:55 AM PDT by george76
Snowdens escape was a personal blow to Mr. Obama, who had spoken by phone with Mr. Putin in recent weeks to appeal for the fugitives return to face justice in the U.S.
Some Republicans said it was time for Mr. Obama to reconsider his administrations reset with the Kremlin, initiated with fanfare during the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Now is the time to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putins Russia, Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said in a joint statement. They called on the Obama administration to push for expanded missile defense programs in Europe and to move expeditiously on another round of NATO expansion, including the Republic of Georgia, which Russia invaded several years ago.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike said the move was a serious blow to U.S.-Moscow relations and demanded Mr. Snowdens return. Some Republicans said Mr. Putin was poking a finger in Mr. Obamas eye.
The action by the Russian government could not be more provocative and is a sign of Vladimir Putins clear lack of respect for President Obama, said Mr. McCain and Mr. Graham, calling it a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States.
We need to deal with the Russia that is, not the Russia we might wish for,
...
Obama was even more circumspect, declining several times to answer reporters questions about Mr. Snowden during a meeting Thursday afternoon in the Oval Office with the president of Yemen.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Arizona; US: New York; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: asylum; obama; putin; randsconcerntrolls; reset; russia; snowden; waronterror
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:41:55 AM PDT
by
george76
OK, you can tell Putin its time to show me some flexibility, too!
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:48:19 AM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
To: george76
They laughed at the POTUS
(then) and I am sure they are laughing at POTUS now....Russian thugs are more notorious perhaps than Chicago thugs....
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:49:02 AM PDT
by
yoe
("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
To: george76
With Snowden asylum, Russia hits reject on U.S. reset policy Wrong, Davie poo.... Russia hits "reject" on the jug-eared moron and his horse-faced libtard loser passing as a SOS. Just because you libtards are too scared to point the finger of blame at the incompetent squatting in the White House, doesn't mean that's were the sole responsibility lies.
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:49:21 AM PDT
by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: All
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:49:38 AM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: george76
—Some Republicans said Mr. Putin was poking a finger in Mr. Obamas eye.
The action by the Russian government could not be more provocative and is a sign of Vladimir Putins clear lack of respect for President Obama, said Mr. McCain and Mr. Graham, calling it a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States.—
Vlad knows everything about obama, and everything he’s done.
To: george76
Obama promised us a new respect around the world, nations would love us because they were no longer being dictated to by presidents like Bush.
So now Obama tries to dictate policy to Russia, and has insulted the most strategically important allies we've ever had.
What is impressive is his seemingly new found respect for Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamaz, Hezbollah, and other foreign and domestic current and former terrorist concerns. We're even willing to send billions in cash their way.
Not that they respect us, mind you...
Nice job Mr. _resident. /s
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:51:27 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Kill the bill... Begin enforcing our current laws, signed by President Ronald Reagan.)
To: george76
The title is accurate, but there is another way to look at it.
Russia has hit THEIR reset button. But it doesn’t look like a button, it looks more like an extended middle finger.
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:51:35 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: george76
Why does this Snowden defection remind me of the Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn defection from the Soviet Union in 1974?
“What goes around comes around,” as they say.
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:55:55 AM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: george76
Putin is showing the same level of disdain for Obama and his cabal of clueless clods... he’s just able to act on that disdain with a much higher level of impact.
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posted on
08/02/2013 7:58:37 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
To: yoe
Hard to tell the difference between Russian thugs and Chicago thugs.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:01:22 AM PDT
by
henkster
(The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
To: george76
I stand with Russia on this.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:02:27 AM PDT
by
Gator113
To: george76
The action by the Russian government could not be more provocative and is a sign of Vladimir Putins clear lack of respect for President Obama, said Mr. McCain and Mr. Graham, calling it a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States. Finally, John McCain is right about something.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:12:41 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
To: george76
Like Rodney Dangerfield, “He don’t get no respect.”
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:17:35 AM PDT
by
Parmy
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Vlad knows everything about obama, and everything hes done You KNOW he/they know the truth about 'bumbles - and have since before the first election.
I've been praying for years that Vlad/Russia would do us all a tremendous service and spill the beans for the sake of America AND the world.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:21:23 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
To: Gator113
I stand with Russia on this. It's a sad day that I agree with a statement like this, but you're right. Obama is deserving of every ounce of derision one can muster. He's a feckless, fly-laden turd.
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posted on
08/02/2013 8:25:43 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: george76
And we have no respect for Gemini twins McLame and Linda.
That’s the way it works, girls: the Rooskis show no respect for Zero
because they have no respect for him. Like half the country.
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posted on
08/02/2013 9:09:25 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Baynative
Putin to Obama “Eat Sh*t, Ni_ _ a”
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posted on
08/02/2013 9:41:05 AM PDT
by
wetgundog
(" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
To: george76
Putin TOP
Obama BOTTOM
if you get my drift...
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posted on
08/02/2013 9:51:33 AM PDT
by
wetgundog
(" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
To: VeniVidiVici
Putin’s punking the Mahdi because the Mahdi’s a punk, as in prison punk, and Putin has copies of all the Mahdi’s records, highly derogatory and incriminating records, that the Mahdi’s carefully hidden from the American people, whom he hates and despises.
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