| "Nyekulturni, that's what it is. Somebody ought to tell him so, too." |
[BREITBART] Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
complained on Sunday's edition of NBC News' Meet the Press that Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
was playing by "19th century" rules, not 21st century norms, in his invasion of the Ukranian region of Crimea.
Insisting that "President Putin is not operating from a place of strength here," Kerry lashed out:
You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text, It is serious in terms of sort of the modern manner with which nations are going to resolve problems. There are all kinds of other options still available to Russia. There still are. President B.O. 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.
Meet the Press host David Gregory pressed Kerry about why the B.O. regime did not acknowledge that Russia had invaded the Ukraine on Friday. Kerry did not answer, seemingly incredulous that Russia had ignored contemporary norms.
The trouble is that a "19 century" invasion is still more potent than a 21st century debate. Kerry dodged questions about military options, noting that NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
had issued a "strong statement."
