Russia rolling into Ukrane while Obama hits happy hour

[Forever_frost]

"Oh Mr. Putin! Be nice, please! Or we'll hurl strong words at you and then have a tantrum."

Wonder if he'll be intimidated by Obama's "openly gay is okay" combat chicks without weapons or armor who have been told that when they get home, they're not getting health care or benefits.

[GhostTX]

"Oh Mr. Putin! Be nice, please! Or we'll hurl strong words at you and then have a tantrum."

[Forever_frost]

Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “stunning, willful” choice to invade Ukrainian territory and warned of possible sanctions.

“You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country,” Kerry said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” one of several appearances on network interview shows.

“It’s serious in terms of the modern manner in which countries resolve problems,” Kerry said.

“That’s not the act of somebody who’s strong, “ Kerry added, saying Putin is acting out of “weakness” and “desperation.”

On ABC’s “This Week,” Kerry called Putin’s move a “brazen act of aggression” and raised the possibility that allied nations would move to kick Russia out of the Group of 8 in addition to boycotting the G8 summit in Sochi this summer.

“It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century that really puts into question Russia’s capacity to be in the G8,” Kerry said.

He called on Congress to put together an economic aid package for Ukraine and said the U.S. would be prepared to impose economic sanctions on Russia.

“It may well come that we have to engage in that kind of activity, absolutely. I think all options are on the table,” he said.

Kerry said specifically Russia is “inviting the possibility of very serious repercussions, on trade, on investment, on assets — asset freeze, visa bans, on the potential of actions by the global community against this unilateral step.”

When Putin sent Russian troops into Georgia in 2008, then-President George W. Bush dispatched warships to the region and distributed humanitarian aid on military aircraft. Asked if Obama was prepared to take similar actions, Kerry replied: “The hope of the United States and everyone in the world is not to see this escalate into military confrontation. That does not serve the world well, and I think everybody understands that. The president has all options on the table.”

Kerry said if Putin rolled back the military intervention, the U.S. would work with Russia to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine and “stand up to any hooligans, any thuggery” there.

Appearing after Kerry on the same program, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the House would be “very cooperative with the administration” on preparing an aid package for Ukraine and potential sanctions on Russia.

“First off, we have to accept that the reset with Russia is over,” Kinzinger said.

When asked on CBS if a 90-minute call between President Obama and Putin on Saturday had any impact, Kerry said “we’re going to have to wait and see.”

Obama made it clear during the call that Russia’s military intervention is “absolutely unacceptable,” Kerry said. "President Obama wants to emphasize to the Russians that there are a right set of choices that can still be made to address any concerns they have about Crimea, about their citizens, but you don’t choose to invade a country in order to do that," Kerry added.

"There are all kinds of other options still available to Russia. There still are."

--This report was originally published at 9:00 a.m. and last updated at 11:24 a.m.

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[Danny46]

Lol @ the CNN coverage. As of this morning "unidentified" gunmen have surrounded an infantry base in Ukraine and are not letting anyone in or out. I wonder how this will play out

[Forever_frost]

This just in: Obama missed his security council meeting yesterday but called Putin to tell him that Obama understands Putin protecting Russian interests in the area. It went so badly, this is CNN's coverage:

[03mustangdude]

worst president ever.

[Broncojohnny]

They aren't.

They have built up alliances with China, Iran, and are building ties to Venezuela to the point that they are looking to build a naval base there. Meanwhile, we have alienated our own allies by continuing to spy on them. We bomb countries we are not at war with and are slowly but steadily turning ourselves into a police state.

I would say the United States is becoming more isolated.

Exactly my point. So president dog dick has no clothes.

[Forever_frost]

Russia knows the UN can't do shit because, like us, Russia is on the permanent security council and can veto any action.

[Trip McNeely]

They aren't.

They have built up alliances with China, Iran, and are building ties to Venezuela to the point that they are looking to build a naval base there. .

Don't forget working on Cuba right now as we speak as well.

[Sgt Beavis]

Exactly how "isolated" is Russia right now politically?

They aren't.

They have built up alliances with China, Iran, and are building ties to Venezuela to the point that they are looking to build a naval base there. Meanwhile, we have alienated our own allies by continuing to spy on them. We bomb countries we are not at war with and are slowly but steadily turning ourselves into a police state.

I would say the United States is becoming more isolated.

[Trip McNeely]

Putin probably told him to go fuck himself. Tucktail isn't gonna do shit, except keep moving that penciled "red line" further and further out.

[Broncojohnny]

Exactly how "isolated" is Russia right now politically?

Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama told President Vladimir Putin in a 90-minute phone call Saturday that Russia had violated international law with its incursion into Ukraine and warned of US and allied reprisals.

The White House said Obama called on Putin to pull Russian troops back to their bases in Crimea and warned that continued violation of international law by Moscow would lead to further "political and economic isolation."

The call came as Obama's national security team met to draw up US responses to the escalating crisis, after Russia's parliament gave Putin the formal go ahead to send forces to Ukraine and officials in Kiev said 6,000 forces had already been sent to Crimea.

"President Obama expressed his deep concern over Russia's clear violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity," the White House said in a detailed statement about the call.

Obama told Putin that his actions were a "breach of international law, including Russia's obligations under the UN Charter, and of its 1997 military basing agreement with Ukraine."

"The United States calls on Russia to de-escalate tensions by withdrawing its forces back to bases in Crimea and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine," the statement said.

Obama also warned Putin that the people of Ukraine had the right to determine their own future.

"Russia's continued violation of international law will lead to greater political and economic isolation," the statement added.

Obama informed Putin, with whom he has had tense public interactions, that he would order US diplomats to stop preparatory meetings for the G8 summit in Sochi, Russia in June.

On Friday, US officials said Obama and other European leaders were unlikely to show up at the summit in the showcase Black Sea report if the Ukraine crisis was not resolved.

Obama did use the call to recognize that there were deep cultural ties between Ukraine and Russia and that there was a need to protect ethnic Russians in the former Soviet republic.

But he argued that the proper way to do that was through a dialogue with the government in Kiev and with international observers on the ground appointed by the United Nations Security Council and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Obama also vowed to keep up consultations with the interim government appointed in Ukraine after the ouster pro-Russian president Viktor Yanucovych and bodies like the International Monetary Fund to support Kiev and to mitigate its deepening economic crisis.

[Torinoman]

They keep showing clips of soldiers holding Ak's, but I haven't seen one AK with a mag in it yet, kinda weird.

Because they banned high capacity mags

[GhostTX]

Fixt...

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To your point:
CNN's Don Lemon: "You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because He's Black"

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