Posted on 07/31/2016 10:40:49 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Donald Trump has come under fire for his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ties to the country--and he suggested Sunday that he might recognize Russia's control of Crimea.
"You know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were," he said on ABC's "This Week." "And you have to look at that, also. Now, that was under -- just so you understand, that was done under Obama's administration. ... Crimea has been taken. Don't blame Donald Trump for that."
Trump made those comments just after saying Putin is "not going into Ukraine."
"Well, look, you know, I have my own ideas. He's not going into Ukraine, OK?" Trump said of Putin. "Just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you want."
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Just like Obama is doing.
Im pretty sure they’re keeping it anyway.
Crimea River.
Trump is right...again!
We’ll see. I trust CBS as far as I can throw it. Usually much more to it than what the lying media says.
CBS??? Another Clinton ‘owned and paid for’ news outlet...I don’t believe this article...when I hear it from Trump then I’ll believe it...
Exactly.
But......but......Trump is going to get us into WWIII with the Russians.
::::Donald Trump has come under fire for his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ties to the country-::::::::
Say what? Is Trump a Russian spy or something?
GO TRUMP !
Bring it on !
The bunch of croocks and lying libtards are trying a distraction igniting the old war with RUSSIA as the TRUE ennemy is now somewhere else in the muslim world !
Curiously Putin is the main ally of Bashar el Assad in Syria fighting against islamists supported by saudi and qatari ....
Curious isn’it ?
So tell the MSM to go .....and give us a break
The Crimea has historically been part of Russia since the reign of Czar Peter I. Before that it was a province of the Ottoman Empire. Before that it belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium for those subjected to the biases of Western History). The population is overwhelmingly ethnic Russian with no love for the Ukraine. The USSR placed the Crimea under the administrative jurisdiction of the Ukrainian SSR when they were still part of USSR.
Any respect at all for the right of popular self determination would land Crimea inside Russia. I have my differences with Putin (and Trump), but on this subject they are both right.
And lastly there is no way Crimea is ever going back to Ukraine short of a major war. So rather than bleating about things that we can’t change, which only advertises our weakness, it would seem a good idea to accept the fait accompli and move on.
Trump again committing neocon heresy.
Neocons are now known as non-Bernie Democrats and GOPe.
Neocons are anti-American globalists fully in league with open borders and socialism as long as the masses are thought-controlled.
Why not? It belongs to them anyway!
Which was a purely symbolic act by Khrushchev, who was trying to curry favor with the Ukrainians when he was in the power struggle to replace Stalin.
There is really no alternative unless you want to invade. And remember that Russia considers the Crimea part of Russia so it would mean war with Russia.
My day one suggestion was that Obama negotiate a deal with Russia to let the Crimea vote on whether it wants to be part of Russia in exchange for Russia’s acquiescence in the rest of the Ukraine’s independence. And Russia would be required to assume the Ukraines debt. That would have been a lot better than what we’ve got. I don’t think Obama is that kind of a wheeler dealer though.
“Trump again committing neocon heresy.”
That’s a good “heresy”
Does CBS stand for “Clinton Bull*** Spewing”?
Does NBC stand for “Nonsense Belching Corp”
Does ABC stand for “Always Behind Clinton?”
It couldn’t be that obvious.....could it?
More than that, we need just a tad bit of realism.
Short of war, what are you going to do about it? This is the “impeachment question” that the GOP won’t answer. Sure, you oppose Obama and Obamacare. So what? Prove it. Impeach him or shut down government. What’s that? You won’t? Then you don’t oppose Obama.
There is no way under dubious circumstances we or ANY western power is going to engage in military action to try to force Russia out of territory on its doorstep, regardless of your (correct) historical analysis here.
To jump on Trump for stating reality is both hypocritical and downright stupid.
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