Posted on 08/08/2013 11:56:50 AM PDT by maggief
President Obama should expand sanctions against Russian human rights violators, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday.
The two senators issued a joint statement that said they “obviously agree” with Obama’s decision to cancel a planned meeting next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
But the two said Obama should go much farther.
They called on the president to finish the last phase of a European missile defense shield that’s been scrapped and push for a new round of NATO expansion to include Georgia.
“Now we must move beyond symbolic acts and take the steps necessary to establish a more realistic approach to our relations with Russia,” McCain and Graham said. “That means demonstrating to the Russian government that there will be consequences for its continued actions that undermine American national interests.”
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Dittos! It is off the chart crazy! Something sinister is going on and like someone else said..this is just giving the GOP all the blame for anything that goes wrong with what is Obama’s foreign policy! Unfreakinbelievable!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3051467/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3051459/replies?c=94
All they can do is criticize the lack of LEADERSHIP by Obozo by showing you they have none either.
Wash D.C. the "road to nowhere" for the American public.
Thanks for the link. Your post makes sense to me now. Just going by the brit’s bio page it looked like he had potential though at one time.
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What is going on??? I was stuck in bed most of the day and missed everything!
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell...
So is this a confirmation of Russian fears that this European missile defense shield is against Russia and not against Iran?
? What was said? I missed it.
? What was said? I missed it.
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