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Rogers: Putin 'Running Circles' Around The United States
Fox News ^ | 3-2-2014 | Fox News

Posted on 03/02/2014 10:49:38 AM PST by blam

Rogers: Putin 'Running Circles' Around The United States

Published March 02, 2014
FoxNews.com

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Sunday the crisis in Ukraine presents another situation in which President Obama is getting out-maneuvered on the global stage by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying, “Putin is playing chess, and I think we’re playing marbles.”

“It’s not even close,” Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told “Fox News Sunday.”

His remarks follow Russia sending troops into Ukraine’s Crimea region, amid Ukraine’s months-long political upheaval in which residents in late February ousted their leader.

Though Rogers often calls on the Obama administration to be more aggressive on foreign policy, he outlined a measured approach that called for sanctions but cautioned against sending the U.S. Navy into the region.

“Sending [forces] into the Black Sea is not a good idea right now,” he said. “There are not a lot of [military] options on the table.”

Obama said Friday "there will be costs" should Russia take any military action in Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; obama; obamaukraine; putin; russia; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; viktoryanukovich; yuliatymoshenko
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To: Luke21
I am waiting for Obama to send some of these “Rainbow Divisions” into action.

"They've hit Buddy....Come on, Girls!"

21 posted on 03/02/2014 11:27:15 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: blam; All

give obama credit- he said he was going to hit the rest button on relations with russia and he has reset them- to 1979...

just like today in 1979 a far left wing president (carter) got stomped by a russian president (Brezhnev)...


22 posted on 03/02/2014 11:27:16 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: blam

Wonder how our 2 astronauts on the ISS are going to get home?


23 posted on 03/02/2014 11:28:12 AM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: dfwgator

LOL, sadly...


24 posted on 03/02/2014 11:30:28 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: deadrock

He is demonstrating his flexibility. All part of his ‘America Last’ plan. Being ‘outmaneuvered’ is a smoke screen.


That’s a fact.

Obama’s not even putting up a pretense of trying to resist - he is enabling Putin


25 posted on 03/02/2014 11:30:31 AM PST by rdcbn
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Woo Hoo!

Less than $3.3k to go!!
GIT-R-DONE!

Make Today, Day 61 the day!

26 posted on 03/02/2014 11:33:19 AM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: blam

This president, and the entire us federal government for that matter, needs to be impeached and convicted for becoming an absolute, useless, pointless joke.

America has become a limp wristed fairy.


27 posted on 03/02/2014 11:35:39 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: blam
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28 posted on 03/02/2014 12:04:45 PM PST by shortstop (It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful)
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To: blam
"Though Rogers often calls on the Obama administration to be more aggressive on foreign policy, he outlined a measured approach that called for sanctions but cautioned against sending the U.S. Navy into the region. "

Does anyone want to declare war and use a military option?

29 posted on 03/02/2014 12:07:55 PM PST by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: blam

Meanwhile O’Bammy has declared his intention to cut back our military to pre-WWII size so was to be able to keep those EBT cards full every month until the end of his term.

Of course our population pre-WWII was fare less than today so in per-capita terms our military will be fare weaker than then.


30 posted on 03/02/2014 12:22:24 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: blam
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Sunday the crisis in Ukraine presents another situation in which President Obama is getting out-maneuvered on the global stage by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying, “Putin is playing chess, and I think we’re playing marbles.”

And our marble player is the one who starts the match with 100 marbles and goes home with none.
31 posted on 03/02/2014 12:57:26 PM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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32 posted on 03/02/2014 2:06:10 PM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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