Posted on 02/28/2014 4:37:14 PM PST by SkyPilot
BRUSSELS — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned Russia on Thursday to stay out of the turmoil in Ukraine, while NATO defense ministers issued repeated statements meant to show support for the new leadership in Kiev.
“We expect other nations to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and avoid provocative action,” Mr. Hagel said after the ministers met at NATO headquarters here. “That’s why I’m closely watching Russia’s military exercises along the Ukrainian border, which they just announced yesterday.”
The Russian defense minister, Sergey K. Shoigu, was quoted by state news media saying the exercises were meant to “check combat readiness of armed forces in western and central military districts as well as several branches of the armed forces.” Though General Shoigu did not mention Ukraine, Western officials interpreted the exercises as a warning from Moscow. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general of the NATO, posted Twitter messages Thursday morning warning Russia not to intervene in Ukraine after armed men seized a government headquarters in the Crimea region of southern Ukraine and raised the Russian flag.
“I urge Russia not to take any action that can escalate tension or create misunderstanding,” Mr. Rasmussen wrote on Twitter. “I’m concerned about developments in Crimea.” In a news conference later in the day, Mr. Rasmussen called the Crimea events “dangerous and irresponsible.”
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Obama ticked off Putin by sending a butch lesbian hockey player and a flaming figure skater to meet him as our designated representatives.
Obama throws pinches and scratches the air with his finger nails. I believe Putin is showing Obama how it is really done.
It sucks but the humiliation we are about to receive is probably the only thing that will clue in a portion of America.
So be it. It’s what they voted for. The rest of us can open a beer and toast the America that was. Because we and it were sold out by a bunch of pussified idiots. With any luck, as things shake out, we can rebuild it after the fact because there is no saving what is already gone.
f#@k вы obama barak
True. We were out voted by, and sold out by - pussified idiots.
Amen.
The disgusting Obama Voters wanted their EBT cards, "ObamaFoams", Medicaid, ObamaCare, SS Disability, TANF Welfare, Federal Daycare, and "free" birth control.
They voted to gut the military, appoint out of control judges who hate God, and economically destroy America.
"Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap."
Galatians 6:7
When I was a kid I’d walk by this house with a scary dog that barked at anyone who came near. I was scared at first, but eventually I realized the dog was never going to be let out of the yard to bite me and I stopped caring about the barking and walked even closer to the fence, so much so I could hear the dog’s jaws snapping behind the fence, but I was no longer scared.
What really sucks is that I respect an ex KGB man an order of magnitude more that nearly everyone in our current govt.
I know how all this happened but it still stunes my bieber that Russia of 2014 has more in common with the country I was raised in (America) than the America of just 10 years ago.
How freaking pathetic is that? And its all because almost no one would stand for what they believe in and let liberalism run wild.
And if you DON’T stay out . . . I SHALL WARN YOU A SECOND TIME!!!
Maybe clucking your girly little tongue will help.
Bring him the COMFY CHAIR!
Or the U.S. will stop the import of Russian Vodka!
That will teach the Russians.
crying wolf - -
- you can only cry wolf so many times and no one will listen
Scary...so scary...Hagel and Obama warn. So Scary../s
Well, that’s it then. Putin had better give up while he can.
I’m sorry, I could not finish this without almost busting a kidney ROTFLMAO.
“Bring him the COMFY CHAIR!”
Noooooo....
I’ve posted similar sentiments. But in the present instance, there is no need for Putin to be worried about an administration run by a girly man with a domineering wife, and a cabinet full of politically correct affirmative action losers.
“We’ll meet again......don’t know where....don’t know when......”
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