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| Obama Meets National Security Team on Ukraine Options |
| 2014-03-02 |
[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack ObamaI've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go... met with his national security team Saturday to weigh policy options after Russia's parliament endorsed military action in Ukraine, a White House official said. Senior members of the Washington national security establishment, including General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were earlier seen heading into the White House for the rare Saturday meeting. Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do... U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on Saturday after Moscow approved sending troops into Ukraine following a bloody three-month uprising there. "Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel spoke to his Russian counterpart this morning," a U.S. defense official told Agence La Belle France Presse on condition of anonymity. Hagel then went to the White House for a meeting on the crisis. Officials said there was "no change" to the U.S. military's presence in the region. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 BTW I understand that sizeable portions of Europe are candidates for fracking. That would really put a stick in Russia's spokes. |
| Posted by: tipover 2014-03-02 23:12 |
| #15 "It's not that the President is clueless. It's that it's unimportant." No reason it can't be both, Pappy. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-03-02 21:46 |
| #14 No domestic angle to it, which is why Obama has completely ignored this since he was first warned in 2009, and why he went golfing instead of dealing with it. He doesn't care if he bungles foreign affairs because he is focused on power grabbing in the US. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-03-02 21:36 |
| #13 No, O Wearer of De Tinne Foile. There's no domestic bad guys involved. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-03-02 20:06 |
| #12 Could this Ukrainian thing be the diversion/trigger Champ needs to start martial law? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-03-02 19:01 |
| #11 What did you miss? e) on the parts of Germany and the US: stop replacing coal plants with natural gas, reopen them if necessary. On the part of Germany this might mean rebuilding some plants, and using local coal. In short, review and reconsider their commitment to all the policies put in place by the idiot Tranzi Prime Minister who went on to go to work for Gazprom. On the part of the US: stop nickel-and-diming the coal industry, and the oil industry, use natural gas to replace imported oil instead of imported coal, and actually build export terminals. f) on the part of France: stop selling Putin weapons. Russia's primary source of income is selling Europe natural gas it doesn't really need but buys because of the artificially created delusion that Coal Is Going To Destroy the Earth. And the electronics and night vision in the more-up-to-date tanks they have are all French. And should I mention the two light carriers the French are building for them? In short, Germany and France need to stop surrendering the Rhineland industries to Russia. And get an economy besides being a reseller for Gazprom. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-02 18:32 |
| #10 grom, you forgot having Kerry hit the Russian Foreign Secretary with his purse. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-03-02 18:08 |
| #9 How Likely Is American Intervention in Ukraine? <LINK> |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-02 17:59 |
| #8 Ukraine Options (a) Start WWIII. (b) Tell Putin not to be such a bitch. (c) Have Michelle issue a statement condemning traditional Ukrainian food as unhealthy. (d) Find a Jewish connection. What did I miss? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-02 17:20 |
| #7 Um, no. He skipped the meeting and got a debrief from a delegation consisting of Susan Rice and a select few. You got the Vice President playing the 'leader', SecState mumbling a few words, and SecDef, until this morning, getting his calls unreturned. It's not that the President is clueless. It's that it's unimportant. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-03-02 15:17 |
| #6 Uncle Phester gets the prize. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-03-02 11:52 |
| #5 ..Nero has traded his violin for a putter.. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-02 11:26 |
| #4 Obama's major work/accomplishment on this matter is complete; he stood in front of a TelePrompTer and read someone else's speech. Make room on the Whitehouse mantel for Nobel prize number 2. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-03-02 08:12 |
| #3 Obama is clueless. He's looking for the doorknob in the dark. Obama won't fight and the American people can go back to sleep and dream about "free stuff". |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2014-03-02 06:35 |
| #2 Expect a crisis in US-Israel relations---well, you gotta take out our frustrations on somebody. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-02 05:37 |
| #1 I anticipate economic sanctions, which will hurt the West more than Russia. Russia's raw material exports will flow toward China displacing existing supply which will redirect toward the West with additional costs. For example, Australian LNG will head to Europe a much longer trip. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-03-02 01:23 |