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John McCain tells Ukraine protesters: 'We are here to support your just cause'
The Guardian (UK) ^ | 12/15/2013 | Guardian Staff

Posted on 12/15/2013 3:01:27 PM PST by mac_truck

Senator John McCain on Sunday told thousands of Ukrainian protesters camped on Kiev's main square that Ukraine's destiny lay in Europe and that it would make Europe better.

"Ukraine will make Europe better and Europe will make Ukraine better," he said to crowds protesting against President Viktor Yanukovich's U-turn in trade policy away from Europe towards Russia.

"We are here to support your just cause, the sovereign right of Ukraine to determine its own destiny freely and independently. And the destiny you seek lies in Europe," said McCain, a leading Republican voice on US foreign policy.

McCain is in Ukraine with a Connecticut Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, McCain said: “What we're trying to do is try to bring about a peaceful transition here, that would stop the violence and give the Ukrainian people what they unfortunately have not had, with different revolutions that have taken place – a real society. This is a grassroots revolution here – it's been peaceful except when the government tried to crack down on them, and the government hasn't tried that since.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: gasputin; mccain; rino; russia; senatorjohnmccain; ukraine; we; whatsthiswecrap
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To: mac_truck

I’m convinced we would have had WWIII if McCain was President.


21 posted on 12/15/2013 3:20:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: 1rudeboy

Most Germans and Austrians were more then happy with the Third Reich until it came down around their heads. Even then, many still longed for it after it disappeared.


22 posted on 12/15/2013 3:21:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
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To: 1rudeboy

The first thing Russia should do, is build up better trade between itself and the E. U. It’s citizens probably need less salary, and could compete in a wholesome way.

Then they should let the Ukrainians trade as they please, and win their business.

Russia confounds me, in that they seem to think it’s going to be beneficial to cozy up to China while dissing the West. If China ever gets the upper hand against the West, Russia will be it’s first steak dinner in celebration.


23 posted on 12/15/2013 3:21:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Reagan 1980: Shining city on a hill / RNC 2013: Dim flickering candle in a dark deserted dungeon.)
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To: mac_truck

How much trouble does this communist-brainwashed idiot think it will take to take us down?


24 posted on 12/15/2013 3:22:34 PM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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To: dfwgator

“We are here to support your just cause...
Now gather round while I take a selfie.”


25 posted on 12/15/2013 3:22:54 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Right. And if you read this thread, one would surmise that Freepers would advise Austria to choose the Third Reich.


26 posted on 12/15/2013 3:23:23 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: mac_truck

I visualize a big hook catching him around the neck and yanking his pathetic butt offstage. It is WAY past time.


27 posted on 12/15/2013 3:25:26 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: mac_truck

“MacLame and Gramesty call for Obama to send in US military advisors and launch missile strikes on Ukraine in support of rebels or somebody.”


28 posted on 12/15/2013 3:25:28 PM PST by moovova
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To: mac_truck

Where are McCain’s keepers? He needs to stay home and mind his own business.


29 posted on 12/15/2013 3:25:55 PM PST by abclily
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To: DoughtyOne

What was it that Churchill said about Russia? No matter. It’s easiest to think of Russia as having a geopolitical case of penis envy. It has never gotten over the fact that the Soviet Union dissolved (for the most part).


30 posted on 12/15/2013 3:28:40 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: onona

Ted Cruz is the only one that comes to mind.


31 posted on 12/15/2013 3:35:27 PM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: mac_truck

The Russkies are messing in the internal affairs of the Ukraine. Ukraine separate from the Russians is better for their people.


32 posted on 12/15/2013 3:41:29 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Look at McCain’s eyes in any photo taken in the last 10 years.You get the feeling that someone else is driving.


33 posted on 12/15/2013 3:42:04 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Christian1
Being an European I am amazed Ukraine wants to leave the Russian dictatorship to join the European dictatorship. Freedom in Europe is being eroded every day by non elected tyrants in Bruxelles. Every day laws are coming out of Bruxelles forbiding one thing or the other. Were I to write this in a European newspaper I would be censored and maybe reported to the police, I am not joking. STASI was a soft touch compare to the EU thought police.

I agree with your analysis of European socialist model Christian1. It is analogous to the liberal fascism which is on the move in the United States, despite protestations to the contrary from neocon RINOs like McCain and his ilk.

34 posted on 12/15/2013 3:43:13 PM PST by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Even then, many still longed for it after it disappeared.”

And they should have all been burned alive.


35 posted on 12/15/2013 3:46:38 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: mac_truck

So the next question is: what do you think of the Russian socialist model, and do you approve of it?


36 posted on 12/15/2013 3:46:53 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: mac_truck

These mass protests are fun, but there remains a question. If they are the clear majority, why don’t they win another election and do what they please?

A loud noisy crowd is not a majority.


37 posted on 12/15/2013 3:50:16 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: mac_truck
'We are here to support your just cause'

Right... Remember Neda?

-PJ

38 posted on 12/15/2013 3:50:43 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: DesertRhino

So much for the Tea Party, then.


39 posted on 12/15/2013 3:51:07 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Why can’t Ukraine develop its own political model without external interference?

As usual, your liberal bias is showing.


40 posted on 12/15/2013 3:53:31 PM PST by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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