Posted on 03/02/2014 9:14:38 AM PST by McGruff
In an op-ed piece that appeared in Politico, Sen. Marco Rubio, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Russia's military intervention in Ukraine calls for no less than "immediate and decisive U.S. leadership."
Rubio said that the conflict can escalate, with broader repercussions in the region, and that the United States must act swiftly and condemn Russia's actions.
Russia's illegal military incursion in the Crimea region in Ukraine is a grave violation of a nation's sovereignty and cannot go unpunished," Rubio said in the Politico piece. "First, President Obama should speak unequivocally and call this what it is: a military invasion. Second, President Obama should dispatch Secretary Kerry and Secretary Hagel to Kiev to show U.S. support for Ukraine's transitional government. Third, the U.S. should rally our allies to boycott this June's G8 summit in Sochi."
Rubio, a Florida Republican who frequently has accused the Obama administration of being too slow to react to international crises, said Russia needs to be handed consequences if it does not retreat.
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Good idea. Let the illegal aliens go fight— path way to heaven.
He wants to send Kerry and boycott Sochi. Then he defines that as decisive.
Obama has spent five years putting us into a position where decisive action is impossible, even were it a good idea.
Link doesn’t take you to the article you cite. An internal cite on the blog would be nice.
That could get real interesting.
I will NEVER vote for this man.
The fake Conservatives at “Commentary Magazine” love him, too.
If we promised our soldiers they can keep all the narcotics they seize, it would be the most invincible army in history!
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