What the hell, Barack? I have got Ukraine all figured out.
And, I don't need you making any unscripted comments.
Do you understand me?
To announce this effort which is sure to fail is no less than folly.
Europe gets too much of it's energy from Russia and Russia buys too much of their stuff for them to consider serious, biting sanctions.
It's still a bit nippy across much of Europe and loss of 1/2 their energy would hurt.
Ping.
Where’s Charlie Wilson and Gust Avrakotos when you really need them?
Oh, yeah. Obama has already dismantled the CIA and turned the NSA and remaining intelligence agencies from foreign espionage and intelligence to domesitic espionage and intelligence against our own citizens.
Highest levels ... LMAO!
there’s only one thing Obama is qualified to squeeze
The USA will have to step up and provide all the energy needs necessary to Europe in order to offset any cuts Russia will make as punishment for the EU not giving in to them. We are the top energy producer in the world now. It can be done. Let the Reds eat their oil and gas.
I am certain Putin is quaking in his shoes right now!
I suppose our having a huge exportable energy surplus would have strengthened our bargaining position.
It's a pity Keystone never got approved, eh?
What the hell, Barack? I have got Ukraine all figured out.
And, I don't need you making any unscripted comments.
Do you understand me?
What ??? Send Vladimir to bed with no tuck-in, no Ovaltine, and no reading of Goodnight Moon ???
Economic Assault on Russia, huh?
That’s EASY —frack like fracking crazy.
Will he do it? NO.
Financial attacks?
Obama’s gonna tax the Russians.
If they don’t stop doing what they are doing, then he is going to impose Obamacare and make them use Healthecare.gov to sign up for it.
That’ll show ‘em.
It worked so well on Iran ...
He either has more guts than I gave him credit for, or he has some sort of death wish.
Obama plays tiddly-winks while Putin plays 3-dimensional chess.
Maybe if obama wants to punish Putin, he can sens over a bunch of DVD’s of his speeches. Make sure they are in the wrong format too.
Where are these multi-billions coming from? Greece has just demanded an additional $20 billion in aid, most other EU economies are suffering - how will multi-billions in aid for Ukraine go over politically among the economically-strapped EU countries?
As for the US, where will we get the money? More drastic cuts in the defense budget? Large increases in the debt limit?
Teddy Roosevelt said “Walk softly and carry a big stick”. Obama screams shrilly and swings a big purse.
Obama is far from being a/the competitor that Putin is. Obama is no Reagan by a long shot. The USA needs another Reagan.
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I feel like I just took a crazy pill.
He's going to target high-ranking Russian military and government and business officials?
What's he going to do next? Target them for a tax audit?
This is B. Hussein Obama's M.O. He targets US military, government and business officials, so he won't have any guilt pangs doing the same to Russians.
Is this his idea of "flexibility?"
And, then there's those two words - "executive orders".............