Posted on 08/29/2014 5:56:17 PM PDT by Nachum
President Barack Obama's message to Russian President Vladimir Putin when traveling to Europe next week is to not "even think about messing around" with the Baltic states, the White House said Friday.
Obama is traveling to Europe next week for a meeting in Wales with other NATO leaders. He'll also make a stop in Estonia, where he will meet with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in an attempt to reassure allies amid burgeoning Russian aggression in Ukraine.
"The two stops are essentially part of the same effort to send a message to the Russians that their behavior is unacceptable," Charles Kupchan, the White House's senior director for European affairs, said in a conference call with reporters Friday afternoon.
"You have in Estonia a large Russian population, and therefore part of the message that the President will be sending is, we stand with you. Article 5 constitutes an ironclad guarantee of your security. Russia, don’t even think about messing around in Estonia or in any of the Baltic areas in the same way that you have been messing around in Ukraine."
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Is King Hussein going to be conveniently out of the country on 9/11?
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My vote is "The president never drew a line in the sand. We are in constant communications with regional leaders in pressuring President Putin to conform to international norms of diplomacy."
-PJ
Oh boy, this is sure to go well. The Europeans can see for themselves what a wimp he is. Of course, it won’t be the first time.
Of course. That's why the Russians put him in the White House.
This isn’t Russia, and Obama is not our Putin (permanent), he will be gone in just over two years.
NATO Plans New Bases in Eastern Europe
“”UPI | Aug 27, 2014
BRUSSELS — The head of NATO said new bases in Eastern Europe will be built to counter potential conflict with Russia.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the NATO summit next week in Cardiff, Wales, would overcome divisions within the 28-nation mutual security organization and establish opportunities to deploy troops and equipment near the Russian border.
Poland and the three Baltic countries formerly part of the Soviet Union — Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia — have been especially vocal about the anxiety as a potential target for Russian involvement, in light of Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea, and its perceived role in helping militants in Ukraine’s breakaway eastern provinces.
According to Rasmussen:
“We will adopt what we call a readiness action plan with the aim to be able to act swiftly in this completely new security environment in Europe. We have something already called the NATO response force whose purpose is to be able to be deployed rapidly if needed. Now it’s our intention to develop what I would call a spearhead within that response force at very, very, high readiness. In order to be able to provide such rapid reinforcements you also need some reception facilities in host nations. So it will involve the pre-positioning of supplies, of equipment, preparation of infrastructure, bases, headquarters. The bottom line is you will in the future see a more visible NATO presence in the east.”””
I still think, if Palin had been our President, she would not put up up with any crap that would be dangerous to our country. Putin wouldn’t mess with her, nor would anyone hostile to us. Our weakness is our current so called leadership, and I mean that in small letters. The thought of Hillary becoming a President makes me shutter, as she will be no different. She is just another narcissist looking for fame. Not looking to campaign for Palin, I’m only using her for a comparison. Then again I can’t think of any forerunner in the GOP that has her fortitude or her desire to set things right.
Drawn with a water-based crayon ...
Prayers Independence Day does come too late.
Another tax-payer supported junket for this community organizer with no purpose.
The Russians know a cupcake when they see one.
Wink, wink!
“Hey! Uh, where’s my red line?”
Sounds kindergartenish.
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