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John McCain in Georgia [and Ukraine]: US 'must stand up to Vladimir Putin' [flashback from 2017]
The Guardian ^ | January 1, 2017 | Reuters News Wire

Posted on 04/30/2022 1:35:19 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

The Republican senator John McCain on Sunday repeated his call for stronger sanctions against Russia and said the US could only improve its relations with Moscow by taking a tough stance against President Vladimir Putin.

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Earlier, in Kiev, McCain vowed continued US support for Ukraine, from which Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 and where conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia militia has lingered.

US-Russia tensions rise as malware found at Vermont electric utility Read more “I send the message from the American people – we are with you, your fight is our fight and we will win together,” McCain was quoted as saying by the press service of Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president.

“In 2017, we will defeat the invaders and send them back where they came from. To Vladimir Putin – you will never defeat the Ukrainian people and deprive them of their independence and freedom.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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KEYWORDS: johnmccain; putin; russia; ukraine
I wonder what exactly McCain and Grahamnesty meant when they said "we will defeat the invaders".
1 posted on 04/30/2022 1:35:20 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Stand up, we much!


2 posted on 04/30/2022 1:36:51 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino (q)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Broken clock. Right Twice.


3 posted on 04/30/2022 1:37:26 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

It means the invaders will pull back and retreat into their own territory.


4 posted on 04/30/2022 1:38:41 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

This news just in.... John McCain is still dead. (However he might still be voting).


5 posted on 04/30/2022 1:38:47 PM PDT by Nateman (Xi Jinping is the most diabolical enemy Americans has ever had. 🍊)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

6 posted on 04/30/2022 1:44:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Nateman

Now John McCain is making the worms sick.


7 posted on 04/30/2022 1:45:09 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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Just as a brief reminder, McCain was also present in Ukraine prior to the Maidan revolution of 2014: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4059268/posts


8 posted on 04/30/2022 1:48:16 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: libh8er

Yep


9 posted on 04/30/2022 1:51:06 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

McCain helped to set the backdrop under which all these events today are unfolding.

Imagine if Putin and the West had reached an understanding early on and worked cooperatively without trying to one up the other.

The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe confirmed Putin’s worst fears and McCain was cheering for the clash of cultures.


10 posted on 04/30/2022 1:56:59 PM PDT by dila813
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To: dila813

McCain was an idiot.


11 posted on 04/30/2022 2:00:55 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dila813

Supposedly that’s not Russia’s business, but we can threaten China for signing a security pact with the Solomon Islands.


12 posted on 04/30/2022 2:04:52 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

why do you even need to post about this POS who is currently burning in hell?


13 posted on 04/30/2022 2:31:54 PM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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To: BenLurkin
$inator McCain is still dead!


14 posted on 04/30/2022 2:32:53 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Another hot day, eh, John..?


15 posted on 04/30/2022 2:33:16 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Overthrowing an elected President with Strong Support does not happen in Democracies. After unknown Armed Militants drove out President Yanukovich, 3 Russian Speaking Ukrainian Oblasts (states) seceded. This is a civil war that McCain, though dead, bears responsibility. Russia seems to be securing the future of the Russian Speaking Republics of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk


16 posted on 04/30/2022 6:13:41 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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