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| Berton | Mar 23 2014, 12:47 AM Post #1 |
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Superpower Once Lived Here On February 22, popular protests led to the fall of the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev. On February 27, in response to this setback, President Vladimir Putin sent forces into Crimea to seize it from Ukraine. On March 19, President Barack Obama delivered his response. He reassured Putin, “We are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine.” Obama added, “What we are going to do is mobilize all of our diplomatic resources to make sure that we’ve got a strong international coalition that sends a clear message.” The message is clear. The problem is its content. Obama certainly isn’t sending the message that Colin Powell, after the Cold War, wanted America to send: “Superpower lives here.” Obama’s message, by contrast, is: “Superpower once lived here. No forwarding address.” Putin understands Obama’s message. He knows he’s won Crimea. The question is whether he’ll win Ukraine. He thinks he will. He’s dealing with the Obama administration, after all. He looks at the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, he witnesses the failure to enforce the red line in Syria and the subsequent successes of his friend Assad, he chortles at the relaxation of the sanctions on Iran and the desperate desire to cut a nuclear deal, and he sees Obama’s defense cuts. And he reads the New York Times, where David Sanger reports, “Mr. Obama acknowledges, at least in private, that he is managing an era of American retrenchment.” So Putin sees retrenchment. Putin sees retreat. And Putin sees that Obama is unlikely to reverse course....... LINK Both Carter and Obama were mugged by reality. But Carter knew he had been mugged and didn’t like it. Edited by Berton, Mar 23 2014, 12:47 AM.
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| Deleted User | Mar 23 2014, 01:29 AM Post #2 |
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I've got news for you, Russia still has one of the worlds largest militaries and stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Superpower is just a term. If you think a military conflict with Russia would be easy or a good thing, you are even more naive than I thought you were. |
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| campingken | Mar 23 2014, 01:33 AM Post #3 |
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Berton has no answer as to how we should respond to Russia. However we can count on him saying that whatever Obama does is wrong. |
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| Berton | Mar 23 2014, 01:38 AM Post #4 |
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I have told you on many occasions what we should do but you refuse to read or comprehend. Do what Carter did. Obama is to stupid to do it. |
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| Deleted User | Mar 23 2014, 01:41 AM Post #5 |
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Do what? What did Carter do? Over what? This happened after the olympics this time. Grain boycott? Russia has a surplus right now, that won't work. What do you suggest? Or is that too much to ask? |
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| Berton | Mar 23 2014, 01:48 AM Post #6 |
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He froze ALL USSR assets and sent in weapons and advisers. Read some history. |
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| Deleted User | Mar 23 2014, 01:56 AM Post #7 |
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Sent weapons where and why? Who did he arm, and how did that work out for you? I see you now agree that it would have been a good thing if Russia had sent advisors and weapons to Saddam after your country invaded Iraq without justification. Or do you think tne Russian leadership at the time was weak for not provoking the US into a war with Russia? |
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| Berton | Mar 23 2014, 03:57 AM Post #8 |
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It worked great. Read your history. Then write a letter to Obama and explain it to him. Perhaps he will listen to a fellow liberal socialist. |
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| Deleted User | Mar 23 2014, 06:43 AM Post #9 |
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Yes, you trained and armed Osama bin ladin and the folks who became the Taliban. A stunning success to be sure. BTW, you still have not told us why the United Stayes can invade a country on trumped up accusations and occupy it, but Russia can't. |
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| Berton | Mar 23 2014, 06:56 AM Post #10 |
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Changing the subject will not work telcoman. We are talking about Obama and his turning the Cold War on again. Something even Carter didn't do. |
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