Posted on 08/28/2014 11:16:24 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Whatever you do, don’t call it an invasion.
U.S. officials are refusing to call Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine this week an invasion, and the issue is not on the agenda for Thursday’s National Security Council meeting.
“Today the president is meeting with his National Security Council to discuss the situation in Iraq and Syria, our ongoing efforts to support the Iraqi government, and our efforts to counter the threat posed by ISIL,” a White House official said on Thursday when asked if the situation in Ukraine would also be a part of the meeting. “You should not expect that we’ll have new decisions to announce on these issues today.”
The meeting will include heads of intelligence agencies, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry, the three of whom plan to join remotely. The meeting is expected to include discussion of whether or not the U.S. will carry out strikes against the Islamist terrorist organization ISIS inside Syria.
Russian combat troops are currently inside southeastern Ukraine. NATO released satellite imagery showing this on Thursday. “The satellite images released today provide additional evidence that Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine’s sovereign territory,” NATO Brigadier General Nico Tak said. Despite this, no one seems to want to call what is going on in Ukraine an invasion.
Of course they won’t.
Must be a “Flexibility” thing.
That’s not the only invasion they won’t call an invasion.
Well, now the FR Borscht Brigade can go back to calling it a “civil war.” All is well, move along.
Obama tells Russia they can have Ukraine ,there are no Golf Courses there
How nice of Putin to wait to invade Ukraine until AFTER Obama is back from his golf vacation. Obama approves of Putin’s invasion 100%.
The russians have painted the vehicles all white and removed any markings so they can claim no responsibility...............
Simply undocumented border crossings in search of a better life.
Simply undocumented border crossings in search of a better life.
Europe has been at obammys ear....don’t say invasion...we need gas....
Maybe it is just a temporary redeployment of peacekeeping personnel into an extraterritorial region.
If Jesus showed up an hour ago they wouldn’t call it the second coming
Still doesn’t sound like much of an invasion, compared to the “invasion” I see here every day in Texas.
They are just visiting!/S
President Dueshbag knows that invasions are a bad thing. He might have to do something like make a decision and write a letter if there is an “invasion” in the world. This would interfere with his golf game and vacation schedule. Besides, midterms are coming up. What would his supporters think of him if he was decisive? Democrats would lose in a landslide. No... it is much better to sort of flounder... or... lead from behind. We need to obsfucate something or another and give this societal event a spurlous name.
Let’s call this “an international squibble between like minded civil societies as part of a broader goal for all peace and freedom loving citizens of two separate nations”.
Apparenlty only our President and his appointees have been fooled. (Maybe the UN too. But they are confused by running water that goes down hill.)
Just reading the list of the ‘officials’ dialing in makes me cringe. Couldn’t find their butts with both hands. What a crew to have in charge in times like these..
Iraq?
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