Posted on 08/28/2014 11:16:24 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Whatever you do, dont call it an invasion.
U.S. officials are refusing to call Russias ongoing invasion of Ukraine this week an invasion, and the issue is not on the agenda for Thursdays 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 well 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 Ukraines 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.
The Southwest “historically” belonged to Mexico and they’re retaking it.Ukraine “historically” belonged to the Soviet Union and *they’re* retaking it.
Delivering food and medicine to needy elderly folks, no doubt..............
When I went on leave the thought of invading Canada or Mexico never crossed my mind.
RT tweeted that the troops merely were asking for directions.
They’re innocent tourists defending themselves from Ukie aggression. Nothing to see here folks and its time to move on.
The AP is reporting that the Russians are saying these troops are “on leave” and technically are fighting in Ukraine as volunteers.
Odd, I know of no other military that let troops take tanks, APCs, artillery pieces, their personal weapons, ammunition, etc with them “on leave.”
Just fraternal friends of the Novorussians, no doubt.
What are you getting indigent about?
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“Odd, I know of no other military that let troops take tanks, APCs, artillery pieces, their personal weapons, ammunition, etc with them on leave.”
Never heard of the Flying Tigers”, eh?
Doesn’t make it right, but there is precedent.
.....with extreme prejudice.
Please identify the country that the Flying Tigers intended to occupy.
Well now we see that Hillary’s 2008 “3am Phone Call” is totally inaccurate! Even when he is awake he ignores it!
This must be part of his ‘post-election flexibility’ that he wanted Medvedev to pass the word on to Putin. How flexible is a piece of boiled noodle?
This must be part of his post-election flexibility that he wanted Medvedev to pass the word on to Putin. How flexible is a piece of boiled noodle?
Really depends on what is in your FSB file, doesn’t it?
ISIS is a horrific threat. The civilized world has to realize that it can no longer expend resources to assist Kiev in attacking its own citizens.
“United Kingdom - Clear violation of Ukraine sovereignty and UN charter... Russia denial of reality”
Russia knows what the reality is and they are just following Lenin’s Maxim, “Probe with a bayonet. If you meet steel, stop. If you meet mush, push.”
“Whatever you do, dont call it an invasion.”
Because, by doing so, it would interfere with golf.
Those aren’t invaders or illegal trespassers.
They are just undocumented Ukrainians.
I think Obama has such an ego problem - as does Kerry - that failure or being bested makes them take their ball and go home - or something like that.
It could be political vanity. This Ukraine business does not make Obama look good because he can't influence events there much and thus he can't be seen involving himself.
The consequences of this down the line is the Europeans are going to start wondering why the need to follow America's lead after this if in Europe it is Germany and not the US doing all the diplomacy?
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