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Kerry Disputes That Putin Seized Crimea Because He Thought Obama Wouldn’t Respond
Cybercast News Service ^ | March 2, 2014 - 4:28 PM | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 03/03/2014 10:02:34 AM PST by Olog-hai

Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday challenged the notion that President Vladimir Putin went ahead and seized control of Ukraine’s Crimea on the assumption that President Obama would do nothing in response. Russia was not operating from “a position of strength,” he declared.

Appearing on three Sunday talk shows, Kerry said Russia’s actions were reminiscent of “19th century” behavior, and warned that possible consequences could include G8 isolation of Russia, visa bans and sanctions.

He acknowledged that Putin “may be able to have his troops for some period of time in Crimea,” but said that Russia would ultimately “lose.” …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; johnkerry; obama; putin; transmittovladimir
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Oh, what the history books won’t say about Kerry and his boss.
1 posted on 03/03/2014 10:02:34 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Kerry is wrong.

Putin seized Crimeria because he KNEW Obama wouldn’t respond.

In the pilot world, we call Obama a limp-d**k...that is, if he indeed has one at all.


2 posted on 03/03/2014 10:03:57 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Olog-hai

“thought”?

HE KNEW.
HE WAS INFORMED BY the undocumented Indonesian
that he would be more FLEXIBLE after the (fixed) “election”.


3 posted on 03/03/2014 10:04:02 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Olog-hai

The denial is strong with this one.


4 posted on 03/03/2014 10:04:50 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Olog-hai

If Obama had 1/10th the image of Reagan, Russia wouldn’t have done this.


5 posted on 03/03/2014 10:05:29 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Olog-hai

Putin didn’t think it, he knew it.

The US is a paper tiger “led” (and I use that word loosely) by a psychopathic coward.


6 posted on 03/03/2014 10:05:56 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Olog-hai
Kerry disputes the notion that weakening America has consequences.

7 posted on 03/03/2014 10:06:30 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Olog-hai

They control Democrat Legislators, they control the imbeciles that vote for them, and they control the Federal Government for the most part and pull new laws and interpretations out of their ass daily it seems.

They also control Hollywood, academia and the media - wholly and irrevocably. They, with their White House talking point faxes control dissemination of every news item in this country and put their perverted spin on it willy nilly.

What they cannot do, however, is grow a pair and react responsibly in the face of Putin’s actions. They cannot because they are not. Not by a long, long shot.


8 posted on 03/03/2014 10:07:14 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s the same thing they told kids that got bullied back in my day.

“That bully is just afraid, and he’s scared of you.”

BS. That bully knows he can pound you!


9 posted on 03/03/2014 10:07:31 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Da Coyote
Putin seized Crimea because he KNEW Obama wouldn’t respond.

Putin knows that he's dealing with an empty suit, an empty chair, an empty mind. Obama's got nothing and Putin knows it.


10 posted on 03/03/2014 10:08:14 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Olog-hai

Remember Hillary’s Russian ‘Reset’ Button?


11 posted on 03/03/2014 10:08:20 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: Olog-hai

Putin and his intelligence agency know a lot more about Barry than we ever will.

I doubt Putin is shy about using leverage.


12 posted on 03/03/2014 10:08:34 AM PST by Meet the New Boss
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To: Diogenesis

Indeed. The whole thing was already transmitted to Vladimir.


13 posted on 03/03/2014 10:09:24 AM PST by Olog-hai
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14 posted on 03/03/2014 10:10:02 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Olog-hai

Putin did what everyone in his position (except perhaps 0bama) does: made a rational assessment of 0bama’s likely responses based on resources, past performance, and stated policy. All of those indicated that 0bama would do nothing. And they are accurate.


15 posted on 03/03/2014 10:10:42 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Olog-hai

Indeed. The whole thing was already transmitted to Vladimir.


Yup. Obama and Kerry are totally down with what Putin is doing in Eastern Europe.

Kerry has been working pretty much his entire adult life towards this goal.

What is bothering both Kerry and Obama is the fact that the both of them are being completely and publicly humiliated , embarrassed and discredited on the world stage.


16 posted on 03/03/2014 10:13:23 AM PST by rdcbn
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To: Olog-hai
Kerry is correct.

Putin wouldn't have seized Crimea if he just "thought" obama wouldn't respond.

He seized Crimea because he was CERTAIN obama wouldn't effectively respond.

17 posted on 03/03/2014 10:14:07 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: Olog-hai
Unfortunately, the left is writing the books and doing the teaching......
18 posted on 03/03/2014 10:16:55 AM PST by unread (Rescind the 17th. Amendment...bring the power BACK to the states...!)
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To: sanjuanbob

Remember Hillary’s Russian ‘Reset’ Button?


Hillary and the rest of her genius foreign policy ‘experts” wanted a rest, but they obviously never really gave much though on when Putin and the Russians would rest to - like say, Prague in the Spring of 1968 and back in the USSR


19 posted on 03/03/2014 10:17:28 AM PST by rdcbn
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To: Olog-hai

Putin did not seize Crimea because he thought Obama wouldn’t respond.

Putin seized Crimea because he knew Obama wouldn’t respoond


20 posted on 03/03/2014 10:17:36 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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