U.S. assessment of Crimea: This isn’t an invasion, it’s an … “uncontested arrival”

Hot Air ^ | February 28, 2014 | Allahpundit

[2ndDivisionVet]

My mistake. I thought the White House might try to make all of this go away by accepting Putin’s phony pretense that it’s a domestic uprising among ethnic Russians in Crimea, not an invasion by Russia. In fact, says the White House, there is a foreign element to the new troop presence — but it’s all good so far because Crimea isn’t resisting.

In other words, to save face over the fact that there’s nothing much we can do to stop this, the official U.S. line is that this can’t be an invasion if the Russians are being … greeted as liberators.

Vaughn Sterling ✔ @vplus

CNN JUST IN -- U.S. assessment is the arrival of
Russian military forces was uncontested by
population of Crimea -@BarbaraStarrCNN

4:11 PM - 28 Feb 2014

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Stephen Hayes ✔ @stephenfhayes

Admin officials tell CNN's Barbara Starr this
is an "uncontested arrival" not necessarily
"an invasion" and that this distinction is "key."

4:13 PM - 28 Feb 2014

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Popehat’s right: “Uncontested arrival” is the best Orwellian euphemism for war since “kinetic military action.” Laying aside the fact that we’re now lending rhetorical support to aggressive irredentism (the Tatars in Crimea are going to “contest” this “arrival,” I’m pretty sure), explain to me why he went out there an hour ago and blathered about his “deep concern” for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty if we’re adopting the position that maybe Ukraine’s not the rightful sovereign in Crimea after all. I took his statement to be a condemnation of Russian action today, but maybe I have it wrong. Maybe all he meant was that a broader invasion of Ukraine would threaten the country’s sovereignty — although your guess is as good as mine as to how broad it’d have to be to trigger U.S. disapproval. A Russian incursion into the rest of eastern Ukraine might also go uncontested. At this point, if you’re Putin, hearing this reaction from the White House (and crickets from the EU, do note), why not give it a go?

By the way, while Moscow’s digesting the green light it just got from the U.S. to consolidate its gains, Obama’s at DNC headquarters kicking off happy hour for Democrats. I’m not kidding.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

[3Fingas]

This is not a retreat. It is an advance to the rear to gain a tactical advantage....sheeeesh!

[OneWingedShark]

Remember Kinetic Military Action in Libya?

[allendale]

Obama’s foreign policy has been in shambles ever since Valerie Jarrett hid all his red crayons.

[Ray76]

Obama is still skipping his daily intelligence briefings and now he’s out mouthing off and making threats.

Congress had better stop this psychopath.

[Chode]

and robbery is a financial transaction and rape a social engagement...

[gaijin]

Invasion inspired by a YOUTUBE VIDEO...!!

[Rennes Templar]

How about “surprise visit”?

[publius911]

U.S. assessment of Crimea: This isn’t an invasion, it’s an … “uncontested arrival”

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Sort of like our domestic illegal alien invasion!

OBAMASPEAK - I love it!

[gaijin]

Car jacking = Cost Free Valet De-chaufferage

Stick-up = Pistol Mediated Street-Centric Withdrawl

[dfwgator]

Yep, sometimes you just have to laugh. It’s the only way to keep your sanity.

[21twelve]

“Walk right in
and sit right down,
daddy, let your mind roll on....”

[GeronL]

Newspeak can be amazing.

[gaijin]

Wife-beating = Spousal Visage Synergization

[GeronL]

Uncontested Arrival like that of millions of Mexicans now reconquering the southwest?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Let’s try this for English:

Obama - COWARD and marxist sympathizer if not actual communist himself (his background says so)

Secy of Defense Hagel - COWARD
Secretary of State Kerry - COWARD
UN Ambassador Susan Rice - FOOL and COWARD
CIA Chief - whoever it is now, Brennan - COWARD
Former Secy of State Clinton - COWARD (still looking towards 2016)
former President Clinton - Predator and COWARD
former CIA director Panetta - COWARD
Former VP Al Gore - COWARD
Director of Intelligence - Clapper - COWARD
White House Foreign Affairs Advisor Donilan? - COWARD
Attorney General Eric Holder - Whitey hater and COWARD
Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey - COWARD
Democrat former head of the House Intelligence Committee - Clyburn - COWARD
Democrat head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feinstein - COWARD
Former Speaker of the House under the Democrats, Pelosi - DOUBLE COWARD
Sen. Chuch Schumer - ALWAYS A LOUD MOUTHED COWARD
White House Foreign Affairs Advisor Samantha Powers - COWARD
Her husband Cass Sunstein and form Obama advisor - marxist totalitarian - HAPPY
VALERIE JARRETT - VERY HAPPY (some reds in her closet)

The mainstream news media = Putin’s lapdogs - COWARDS

Former President George H Bush (sr) - WRONG
Former President George W. Bush - WRONG

Rep. Speaker of the House Boehner - COWARD
Rep. Minority leader of the Senate McConnell - COWARD

DID I MISS ANYBODY WORTH MENTIONING?

DID I GET ANYTHING WRONG?

Amb. John Bolton - TOLD THE TRUTH
Gov. Sarah Palin - PREDICTED THE INVASION YEARS AGO
Radio Talk Show hosts - rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Tom Marr, Steve Malsburg, Howie Carr, Mike Sussman, Laura Ingraham, etc. - RIGHT!

Remember, WW2 started unofficially when Hitler’s Army marched “uncontestedly” into the Rhine to re-occupy it
Then into Danzig
Then into the Suedetenland
Then into Poland and Voila, the big one started

TIME TO IMPEACE OBAMA AND HIS WHOLE STAFF. If this isn’t cowardice and TREASON, then what is?

[21twelve]

“....the official U.S. line is that this can’t be an invasion if the Russians are being … greeted as liberators.”

In two years:

“...this can’t be an invasion of Los Angeles if the Mexican army is being greeted as liberators.”

[GeronL]

bump

[Political Junkie Too]

I get it now.

And Obamacare doesn't have death panels.

They are just uncontested illnesses.

-PJ

[allendale]

You are absolutely correct that a declining and decadent American culture is reflected in the “leaders” it selects. It is no accident that these people have come to power.