Useless gesture.
Why are Republicans banging the drums?
Let Obama own it - tell everyone we are waiting for HIS proposed solutions.
Senators,
Can you name the two young men that were killed yesterday in Afghanistan? No? Then tread carefully before you get America committed to losing more of its young men an women.
First off, there is no such thing. Its an oxymoron if there ever was one.
And second, even if there was, it would be the best of the worst.
take your age. Now subtract your age. That’s how many ****s I give about the Ukraine.
We need to rest and rebuild.
Much of our equipment is worn out and needs replacement/repair and many of our men are tired.
Ukraine is nowhere near the top 10 security interests of the USA.
Bob Corker used to be considered conservative, but recently he seems to have turned into a RINO jerk.
The Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014 is cosponsored by Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fl.), John McCain (R-Az.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mark Kirk (R-Il.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), Jim Risch (R-Id.), Dan Coats (R-In.), Pat Roberts (R-Ks.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Jim Inhofe (R-Ok.), Rob Portman (R-Oh.), Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.), John Thune (R-.S.D.) and Jeff Flake (R-Az.).
The Ukraine/Russia conflict is being used as a diversion by those in DC and the wussy Repubicans are playing it like they have forgotten that we common Americans know our real and worst enemy is in the WH.
Forget arming Ukraine, they may want to bomb Russia.
Arm Ukrainians. McCain has said this like he wanted to arm Syrian “rebels.” Yeah, THOSE Syrian rebels.
McCainiacs, Soronistas, Obamanistas, unending-interventionists unite!
Can some of Corker’s constituents disabuse him of this idea?
Germany, Japan say G7 won’t waver on further Russian sanctions
What’s new with that? They’ve always been wet noodles when dealing with the Soviets.
What’s new is we have an anti-American lightweight in the White House. He won’t be stiffening up our allies lest that cause the USA to lead from the front.
They must be joking?
Morons. bathhouse barry owns it. Get a brain.
What a bunch of idiots these Washington politicians are. The only thing that keeps this Russian bear in the money, is the amount of GAS and OIL they are selling to Europe. Now, we have more GAS and OIL in this country, if only the government will just get out of the way and allow us to produce these products. But, maybe, they think getting us into a war with Russia and the Muslims is a better way to do defang the Russian bear.
Agreed. It’s time to build up our defense and support our allies including Germany and Japan. That’s what we’ll do because of allied necessity for our mutual survival despite opinions of vociferous people in special political interests (special political interests: U.S. coastal Libertarians, U.S. coastal trade interests and all).
Most Americans today have never served in defense, have too little knowledge of defense history and don’t recognize the lack of consideration for consequences in leaders of initial aggressor nations (that is, criminality in such leaders of overly aggressive nations). They don’t realize that cowing to enemies would greatly increase the likelihood of nuclear attacks against our western nations in the near future.
Thank you, Berlin_Freeper. I dedicated my life to my country and to our allies long ago and will not betray that commitment.
Many people in our current generation of political chatterers fail to see that with the kinds of threats and movements of foreign despots, war will happen sooner or later. And the later it happens, the more dangerous it will be (re. current and ongoing military/nuclear buildups against us, expansionism, etc.).
If Palin had been elected as VP we would have had ‘Drill baby Drill’ for the last six years.
This would have led to many more LNG export licenses and pipeline permits - and a massive increase in NG production from fracking.
Russia - like other extraction economies worldwide that all-too-easily become exporters of political or religious pathologies - would have faced US competition and would have had to confront its internal demons.
But elections have consequences. Specifically: the people who voted for Obama - or refused to vote for McCain - they did this. This is the world that they have made.
When America armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan with anti-helicopter missiles the Russian invasion of Afghanistan came to a bloody, grinding halt. There were not a lot of American casualties, if any.
Even Obama’s gay ROE couldn’t affect the lives of properly armed Ukrainian soldiers.
More Ukrainians with tank- and helicopter- killing arms would increase the pain and risk of a Russian takeover of Western Ukraine. If Ukraine gets more man-portable heavy weapons, the chance for peace goes UP, not down.
Its not as elegant a solution as competing with GAZPROM - but that ship sailed when Palin wasn’t elected.
And arming Ukraine wouldn’t even cost that much - compared with current levels of Federal waste. Hell, how many billion rounds of ammo did US forces literally throw away the other day? Why not sell them to Ukraine?
Here is the "high-powered" Republican senators:
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backed the bill, as did Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, John Cornyn of Texas, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Marco Rubio of Florida, John Hoeven of North Dakota and David Vitter of Louisiana.
That list includes most of our favorite RINOs.