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‘No military solution to Ukraine’ says Biden
TheLocal.de ^ | 05 Feb 2015 09:19 GMT+01:00

Posted on 02/05/2015 6:04:09 PM PST by Olog-hai

In an interview with Munich-based daily Süddeutsche Zeitung published on Thursday, American Vice President Joe Biden discussed possible solutions to the Ukraine-Russia conflict ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s U.S. visit.

Biden’s interview left no doubt that the U.S. would not be answering Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s request for weapons aid from NATO countries against Russia’s advances in the country’s eastern regions.

“We’ve said from the beginning that for this crisis, there is no military solution,” he said in the written interview with Süddeutsche and its European news partners. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; eussr; merkel; nato; plugs; poroshenko; putin; ukraine
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1 posted on 02/05/2015 6:04:09 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

You need a military stalemate for a diplomatic solution.


2 posted on 02/05/2015 6:06:52 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Olog-hai

Now that we have Slow Joe’s informed opinion .... what does Lurch Kerry-Heinz have to say about it. Each has a perfect 40 year history of being wrong about every foreign policy.


3 posted on 02/05/2015 6:06:55 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Benghazi Clinton killed 4 & injured a dozen as SOS, imagine what she could do as CinC.)
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To: Olog-hai

The military solution is being played out. Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, it’s a Russian military solution.


4 posted on 02/05/2015 6:08:28 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Olog-hai

Can’t we at least send them some double-barrel shotguns to fire from their balconies?


5 posted on 02/05/2015 6:10:54 PM PST by digger48
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To: Olog-hai

Obama’s parrot. A strong America could do wonders for the Ukraine situation....but not for a while.


6 posted on 02/05/2015 6:11:53 PM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything")
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To: Zhang Fei
The military solution is being played out. Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, it’s a Russian military solution.

Ukraine needs to let the ethnically-Russian, pro-Moscow East determine their own future. The people who live there don't wish to be ruled by Kiev.

For once, Biden is saying something that makes sense. Hope his boss agrees.

7 posted on 02/05/2015 6:14:21 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Olog-hai
"“We’ve said from the beginning that for this crisis, there is no military solution,”"

Another example of children being in charge. You never ever project your intentions! You keep the advisaries guessing while you develop your strategic/tactical objectives.

I often believe that Obambi chose Biden for his incompetence and loose mouth so Obambi could look like the Messiah in comparison. What could possibly be the reason for having such an idiot for a VP?

8 posted on 02/05/2015 6:14:22 PM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Diplomacy for the Russkies is just another means of warfare. Diplomacy in this context also implies “Russia gets to keep Crimea and setup a Soviet zone inside Ukraine”, because it seems to mean as if the Russians have a legitimate beef to negotiate, when they are only thieves and murderers. The real solution isn’t diplomacy— but only to play at diplomacy, while arming the Ukrainians to continue their resistance and make the Russians think twice.


9 posted on 02/05/2015 6:15:05 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Olog-hai

Ukraine energy firm hiring Biden’s son raises ethical concerns

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/08/ukrainian-energy-firm-hires-biden-son-as-lawyer/


10 posted on 02/05/2015 6:16:12 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

DemocRAT administrations are the best friends of aggressive tyrants. We completely surrender.


11 posted on 02/05/2015 6:17:49 PM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Olog-hai
Since the nuclear weapon appeared, there is ALWAYS a military solution.

/johnny

12 posted on 02/05/2015 6:18:15 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Killing large numbers of Russians definitely needs to be a priority. I have no argument against that’s.


13 posted on 02/05/2015 6:18:41 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Olog-hai
"We've said from the beginning that for this crisis, there is no military solution," he said in the written interview with Süddeutsche and its European news partners.

Might this be the same as "we surrender"?

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14 posted on 02/05/2015 6:24:50 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Drew68; Zhang Fei
Ukraine needs to let the ethnically-Russian, pro-Moscow East determine their own future. The people who live there don't wish to be ruled by Kiev.

Well, first of all, this reveals a lack of understanding of the actual demographics in East Ukraine. "Ethnic Russians" are a minority even in the East. And of those ethnic Russians, only a smaller minority than that, the Communist and drunkie voting bloc, supports separatism. To say that this minority should determine their future is to basically say that they get to determine the future of the majority in East Ukraine.

What you should be saying is: "If these scumbag Communists want to join Russia, they should just cross the border into Russia."

It's also a stupid concept to begin with. Imagine La Raza trying to cut off bits of Texas because a bunch of illegal aliens crossed the border and then launched an insurgency. That's literally what is happening in East Ukraine. The fighters coming in are all from Russia, either soldiers, or else extremists recruited by government agents. Even the "separatist" leaders are Russians from Russia. The appropriate answer is to slaughter them all.

15 posted on 02/05/2015 6:25:38 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I heard somewhere that he served in Vietnam.


16 posted on 02/05/2015 6:36:15 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Killing large numbers of Russians definitely needs to be a priority. I have no argument against that’s.”

Azov, Dnipro and the other Right Sector Battalions do accept foreign volunteers.
Step up, then.


17 posted on 02/05/2015 6:45:42 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Olog-hai

All of the sudden, I mean in the last 24 hours, the usual Obamunist Administration suspects are suddenly trying to walk back the rhetoric.

Russia has sent some pretty clear signals in the last 3-4 days, and it sure scared the hell out of Hollande and Merkel.


18 posted on 02/05/2015 6:48:50 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: EagleUSA
Obama’s parrot. A strong America could do wonders for the Ukraine situation....but not for a while.

If only he was pining for the fjords!

19 posted on 02/05/2015 6:58:43 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai
The Russians have a military solution and they are using it.

The Ukrainians have us on their side - which means they are scr*wed because our dithering fools in Washington aren't going to do anything except wring their hands and maybe send a few more truckloads of MREs.

So the Russians will prevail. It is merely a question of how much they want to push it.

20 posted on 02/05/2015 6:59:20 PM PST by Gritty (Islam is not a peaceful religion. It never has been. It never will be .- Franklin Graham)
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