Posted on 03/01/2014 7:10:27 AM PST by maggief
Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- [Breaking News Update, 10:02 a.m. ET] (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Saturday to approve the use of military force in Ukraine. The vote was unanimous.
[Original Story, published 9:23 a.m. ET]
(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of parliament for approval to send Russian troops into Ukraine's Crimea region to normalize the political situation there, the Kremlin said Saturday.
Due to the "extraordinary situation in Ukraine," Putin said, there are threats to the lives of Russian citizens and Russian military personnel based in the southern Crimean region.
It comes on the same day that the new pro-Russian leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, asked Putin for help in maintaining peace in the Black Sea peninsula -- where Russia has a major naval base at Sevastopol.
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Well this should be messy and interesting... but yeah, the rest of the world probably won’t care.
But Obama, sinking under the weight of Obamacare, needed a squirrel and he has one now.
They were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Both Poland and Russia wanted the Ukraine. The Poles divvied up Czechoslovakia with the Nazis. The Russians gave the Nazis a free hand to invade the West via the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and helped supply them in that effort. All the players in the war were despicable in some form or fashion. Bandera at least had the excuse that Ukraine was friendless and being attacked from all sides.
Ping post 94 what are your thoughts on these missiles
That's crap! The Nazis could care less what the Poles did, they knew their turn was coming...and the Cieszyn region was stolen from the Poles in 1920 by the Czechs, and since Czechoslovakia ceased to be a country in 1938, the Poles then moved in.....There was NO collaboration between the Poles and Nazis in this matter.
CNN: Dempsey, Clapper, Hagel, Brennan, etc. leaving West Wing.
Better off with Moe, Larry and Curly.
True, at least they are on the side of the US.
OH I like that cartoon LOL!
Yes leaving because Bambi has to watch sportscenter and can’t be bothered until after hoops.
Big difference least Reagan was da man this President he just a boy compare to women he marry and dated
Ronnie got Lana Turner back in da day
Obama got Michelle
Well FLA state basketball play today at 4pm est so maybe after the game that on regular tv CBS
What are Zero’s March Madness brackets?
Well the brackets are not set NOT YET
So not sure either
6.22pm GMT
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke on Saturday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, a US official told Reuters, Asked about rumors some U.S. military units had been on alert over turmoil in the Crimean peninsula, the official said the U.S. focus was on diplomatic options.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/01/ukraine-crisis-usa-military-idINDEEA2008D20140301
BOSTON (AP) — The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are stepping up calls on President Barack Obama to scale back the proposed shrinking of the Army National Guard.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Connecticut’s Dannel Malloy and Rhode Island’s Lincoln Chafee joined 44 other governors who sent a joint letter to Obama expressing strong opposition to a plan to reduce the forces from 358,000 nationwide to 315,000.
Andrew Neil@afneil
Looks like Crimea is being annexed by Russia. And, for Ukraine, it is unlikely to end there.
11:14 AM - 1 Mar 2014
John McCain@SenJohnMcCain
Deeply concerned that #Russia will expand its mil intervention in E. #Ukraine - Obama needs to impose “costs” now http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=e638967f-8355-4182-abce-bae26a1d2631 …
11:50 AM - 1 Mar 2014
It’s the weekend for heaven’s sake! Come Monday morning, the EU and the White Hut will initiate aggressive response action first thing in the morning.
To all those who “could care less” and support Obama’s inaction (without stating so explicitly): Next, the Baltics, and then Poland.
Oh yes, and to earn his Nobel Peace Prize, he reducing our military to before WW2 strength. Happy Days are here again!
Per CNN reporter in country she can see several Russian ships near the coast.
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