Obama vows he's 'standing up to Russian aggression' at G-7 meeting

Washington Examiner ^ | 6/7/15 | Sean Higgins

[Nachum]

President Obama and other world leaders said Sunday there would be no lifting on the economic sanctions against Russia until it reaches a formal peace agreement with the Ukraine. Obama said they were "standing up to Russian aggression."

The leaders were meeting in the small German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the annual conference of the "Group of Seven" leading democratic industrial powers, also known as the G-7. World leaders from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Canada, were present. It was the second year in a row Russia was barred from attending.

In a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama said it was important to maintain "the sanctions regime to put pressure on Russian and separatist forces. ... We think that there can be a peaceful, diplomatic resolution to this problem, but it's going to require that Europe, the United States and the Transatlantic Partnership, as well as the world, stay vigilant."

[musicman]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Insert Obama workout gif.

[trisham]

Well done, musicman!

[null and void]

[Gay State Conservative]

[PROCON]

[llevrok]

every time I hear Obama and his "red line" comments, I think of the knight in Monty Python's "Holy Grail" movie who keeps saying "Come back and fight, you coward !" as his limbs gets lopped off one at a time.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Lighten up Barry. It’s almost over. You’ll be cooling your heels on the beaches of Hawaii before you know it.

[musicman]

Hi Trisham!! (I had NO idea your dogs were into bass fishing!!. That would make it pretty expensive around Christmas & Birthday times at your house!!)

[clearcarbon]

"You have to stand up to bend over.."

[COBOL2Java]

"And then...and then he vowed he's 'standing up to Russian aggression'!"

[dp0622]

I HATE it when he does that!!

[combat_boots]

That is ‘making salaam.’ It is an extraordinary obeisance to make.

[combat_boots]

Now I have indigestion. You owe me a Prilosec.

[ought-six]

This guy is on some serious drugs.

[SaveFerris]

I wish I could afford a bunker. Middle East all agog (pun intended), and this guy who is a rabble-rouser, agitator and compulsive liar talking about ‘peace’ while posturing on top of an economy built on fake money printed via federal debt.

What could possibly go wrong?

[HarleyLady27]

If he has his mouth open, he’s lying......

[digger48]

The only Russian agression he’s miffed about is their stance on gays.

Anyone care to bet that he mentions it at least once while speaking to the G-7?

[Bluestocking]

The purpose of the sanctions was to bring Russia to its knees economically so that it would retreat from Ukraine.

After all, the G-7 countries are so powerful, or so they thought, Russia would have been driven to starvation by this time and begging for mercy from its mighty enemies.

But what a joke that turned out to be. Russia has been doing fine; its armies are still fighting in Ukraine; and the G-7 have been proven to be a bunch of ineffectual fools suffering from delusions of grandeur.

[knarf]

You had to go look that up, DINcha’ ?