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Obama Flies to A Europe Shaken by Putin's Bold Strategy
NBC News ^ | March 23, 2014 | By Tom Curry

Posted on 03/23/2014 1:33:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

resident Barack Obama flies Sunday to a Europe shaken by Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea and his threats against eastern parts of Ukraine.

At a summit conference at The Hague on preventing nuclear terrorism – scheduled long before the Ukraine crisis – Obama will confer with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders. On Monday afternoon Obama will meet with President Xi Jinping of China, Russia’s neighbor and sometime rival.

Putin has forced the United States and Europe to refocus on the origins of the modern transatlantic alliance -- the 1949 NATO defense partnership designed to prevent a Russian invasion of Western Europe.

“We live in a different world than we did less than a month ago,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told an audience in Washington last week. Russia's aggression is “a wake-up call for the Euro-Atlantic community, for NATO, and for all those committed to a Europe whole, free, and at peace.”

Russian brute force is a jarring diversion from Obama’s second-term agenda of combatting climate change...

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Previous American presidents had occasional quarrels with European leaders, “but never were we faced with a kind of indifference that Obama seems to exude,” Joffe said.

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Obama said Thursday that “America’s support for our NATO allies is unwavering.

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“We are going to have to think very hard in Europe and in the United States about how we are going to respond to the Ukrainian government’s legitimate requests to have the wherewithal to defend itself,” said Francois Heisbourg...

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In a conference call with reporters Thursday, an Obama administration official sounded quite non-committal on arming the Ukrainians.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: anderfoghrasmussen; bho44; bhoeurope; bhorussia; crimea; france; germany; momjeans; obama; obamatrip; obamavisit; putin; putinsbuttboys; russia; surrendermonkeys; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; unitedkingdom; viktoryanukovich; waronterror; yuliatymoshenko
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To: Candor7

Obama is both. Fool and traitor.


81 posted on 03/23/2014 6:08:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Brian Kopp DPM

Good point.


82 posted on 03/23/2014 6:08:46 PM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: tet68
an Obama administration official sounded quite non-committal on virtually everything.

That's been the official policy for five years now. It's been 18 months since the Benghazi attacks, yet the official White House response is that they are still exploring their options. Same thing with Syria, Egypt, North Korea, etc.

83 posted on 03/23/2014 6:16:45 PM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Bluestocking
The question is, will Vladimir Putin seize on the occasion of a major summit meeting of self-important Western leaders to officially seize the Ukraine — thereby making Obama and company look like an assembly of pathetic Lilliputians while Putin himself bestrides the world like a colossus?

It wouldn't surprise me in the least. It is clear that humiliation is a key part of Putin's policy. Last week, he waited for Biden's arrival in Lithuania before making verbal advances towards Estonia. All Biden did was offer silent assurances to the Baltic nations in the face of US inaction towards Ukraine.

84 posted on 03/23/2014 6:26:07 PM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Jim Robinson

“Russian brute force is a jarring diversion from Obama’s second-term agenda of combating climate change...”

That pretty much sums it all up, doesn’t it? This administration is so far out of its depth, it’s tragic.


85 posted on 03/23/2014 6:31:45 PM PDT by DemforBush (The scourge of mariachis and polka bands everywhere.)
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To: P.O.E.

You mean he hasn’t??!


86 posted on 03/23/2014 6:31:49 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: Aria

I would love to see obama booed off the stage....and his TelePrompTer too!


87 posted on 03/23/2014 6:43:21 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: lapsus calami

All BO wants to do is force other countries to accept gays and gay marriage. That seems to be the only thing he ever talks about.


88 posted on 03/23/2014 7:04:38 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Progov

I still think Putin has the goods on BO. That’s what happens when the press refuses to vet their Messiah. Blackmail. Putin knows where he was born and BO knows it. Putin knows he’s gay and will use it against him. However, being gay in America is the be all, end all right now. Seems like BO would go ahead and come out of the closet. The media would never stop fawning over him.


89 posted on 03/23/2014 7:07:22 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: dandiegirl
I still think Putin has the goods on BO.

And he probably got them from Snowden.

90 posted on 03/23/2014 7:08:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dogcaller

“Chicago Jesus” LOL!


91 posted on 03/23/2014 7:12:46 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Jim Robinson

Am I seeing that right resident Obama? He is not shaken he is gleeful that it is happening and he will add anymore fuel to the fire if at all possible. What a way to get back at Europe the hotbed of Europe Colonialism in Africa and Indonesia.


92 posted on 03/23/2014 7:16:52 PM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: Jim Robinson

Sock puppets, in a socialist fascist kabuki. “I see a bad moon a’rising, looks like troubles on the way”...


93 posted on 03/23/2014 7:24:43 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: dandiegirl; dfwgator

I bet Putin, MI5, Mossad, Deuxieme Bureau et al all know the truth, it’s their job to do so. It’ll come out if/when it suits their interests for it to do so.


94 posted on 03/23/2014 8:00:53 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Jim Robinson
resident Barack Obama

I see what you did there. :)

95 posted on 03/23/2014 8:34:28 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Russian brute force is a jarring diversion from Obama’s second-term agenda of combatting climate change...

It's an ill wind that blows no one good.

96 posted on 03/23/2014 8:40:36 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

Obama just responded, he’s going after Kony again.


97 posted on 03/23/2014 8:41:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jim Robinson

Putin might try his next step while Obama is there just to make him look more insignificant.


98 posted on 03/23/2014 9:04:27 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Jim Robinson
Obama said Thursday that “America’s support for our NATO allies is unwavering.

Oh that did it. Look for the Europeans to hide all their valuables and start preparing their exit strategies. WWIII is on the way!

99 posted on 03/23/2014 9:18:34 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: P.O.E.

We live in a different world???????????? Not to me. I never thought that all those communist leaders just disappeared overnight and forgot all about their desire for power.

So Russia was in trouble, they acted nice, we helped, and now they are back on their feet and up to old tricks. Who is suprised???

I’d say though that it is high time for Europe to fund their own defenses, though. Tired of paying for their protection.


100 posted on 03/23/2014 9:58:30 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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