Posted on 03/03/2014 9:25:18 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden called Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, a White House spokesman said Monday. In a statement, the White House said Biden urged Russia "support the immediate deployment of international monitors to Ukraine, and begin a meaningful political dialogue with the Ukrainian government."
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No blood for vodka.
PUTIN’S PUPPET vs. THE HAIRCUT IN SEARCH OF A BRAIN*
*Kudos Jim Kunstler
http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/lets-you-and-him-fight/
Kunstler actually meant that moniker for Kerry, but hey, it works for Plugs too.
In my opinion, the Regime and Congress look and act like a Mel Brooks comedy. Morons, ya think? Living in an alternate universe, ya think? Scary, ya think?
Crimea was part of Russia for over 200 years, until Nikita Khrushchev literally gifted it to Ukraine in 1954 in order to purchase the support of their party bosses during his accession after the death of Stalin.
Before Russia, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, now defunct. Before that, it belonged to the city-state of Venice, going back to before Columbus discovered America. But the Crimea was NEVER part of Ukraine, until Khrushchev’s unilateral “gift."
(Imagine if President Eisenhower, as a dictator on his own, gave Long Island and NYC to Connecticut as part of an internal United States political deal to secure CT’s critically needed support during a contested election or coup. That is how Crimea became part of the Ukraine.)
In 1954, the political gift of the Crimea was an internal USSR matter, not an international matter. Ukraine was then the Ukraine SSR, within the USSR. In 1991, the USSR broke apart, and Khrushchev’s personal gift suddenly mattered. But despite the gift and the fluke that led Crimea to become part of the modern sovereign nation of Ukraine, Crimea has always been 90%+ ethnic Russian, and as always, it contains Russia’s most critical naval bases, air force bases and sea ports.
In fact, Crimea is far more Russian than Hawaii is American. It’s foolish and naïve to believe that the Russians will risk losing the Crimea during a period of chaos in greater Ukraine.
If you want to see Russia's REAL "red line," threaten their control of the Crimea, and its naval bases and seaports. I'm not supporting Russia's position, I just want folks to know that this is a much more complicated picture than "Evil Russia invades poor innocent Ukraine," which is the kindergarten/MSM version of Crimean history.
This administration is totally clueless.
Putin has what he wants. He doesn’t want to give it back. Next he will take eastern Ukraine. There is nothing to discuss here, Move On.
Vice President Joe Biden called Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, a White House spokesman said Monday. In a statement, the White House said Biden urged Russia “support the immediate deployment of international monitors to Ukraine, and begin a meaningful political dialogue with the Ukrainian government.”
Trust us, would we lie to you - oh wait never mind.
LOL! Obama supposedly talks with Putin for 90 minutes, gets NOWHERE, so Plugs calls Mrs. Putin to see if HE can do anything.....
That is RICH.
Sara Palin once said:
“If you crane your neck, you can see Russia from here.”
So in other news Russia now owns ISS and will be renaming it
“The Putnik”
A message to bambaboy and biddy: Go back in your holes, stay out of other peoples business and pretend you don’t exist!!!
So we're going to add UN rapists to the mix of irregulars running through the Ukrainian countryside? Gotta hand it to Obastard and Biteme, they know how to take a bad situation and make it really crappy.
Reach out to them by sending carriers into the region and a squadron of F-16s into a nearby airfield with orders to keep the Ukrainian sky open and free of Russian aircraft.
Forget Crimea - save the remainder..
Team ACORN vs Team KGB. Bout of the Century.
Just watch our boys whip up the Russkies once they pull out their trump RACE card.
It’ll be like Cassius Clay vs Lee Harvey Oswald, Yo Yo Ma vs Kenny G., Leonardo vs Dan Brown, the Pope vs Joel Osteen.
Blood will pour like the time when Brabra Streisand ripped out Helen Reddy’s vocal chords with her bare fingernails.
TOTALLY.
Obama, Boehner and Reid are like Moe, Larry and Curly.
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