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Inside Obama’s Plans to Squeeze Russia
The Daily Beast ^ | 03.02.14 | Josh Rogin

Posted on 03/02/2014 8:20:03 PM PST by Mariner

The Obama administration is working around the clock to come up with ways to punish Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. But will any of them work?

Behind the scenes, Obama administration officials are preparing a series of possible battle plans for a potential economic assault on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, an administration source close to the issue told The Daily Beast. Among the possible targets for these financial attacks: everyone from high-ranking Russian military officials to government leaders to top businessmen to Russian-speaking separatists in Ukraine. It’s all part of the work to prepare an executive order now under consideration at the Obama administration’s highest levels.

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To: haircutter
PRAY FOR AMERICA WAKE UP VOTERS...TURN THAT SENATE IN 2014

If the GOP were a true opposition party they would run on IMPEACHMENT if they could take back the Senate. That should be their primary theme but OH NO, cannot say anything negative about the first white/black President.
21 posted on 03/02/2014 8:36:29 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Red White and Blue patriot

A helluva lot of other countries will gladly take their oil and gas.


22 posted on 03/02/2014 8:36:43 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Mariner

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.


23 posted on 03/02/2014 8:37:17 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Mariner

It worked so well on Iran ...


24 posted on 03/02/2014 8:38:10 PM PST by RightResponse (It depends on what the defamation of Islam is .....)
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To: hinckley buzzard

That requires insight and a thorough understanding of the geopolitical situation. That is asking a lo from the Duffer in Chief and his merry band of nitwits.


25 posted on 03/02/2014 8:39:16 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: TomGuy

He might unleash HealthCare.gov on the Russkies!


26 posted on 03/02/2014 8:39:52 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Mariner
What are "financial attacks" against businessmen? He's going to steal money from Russian businessmen who aren't even involved in this dispute?

He either has more guts than I gave him credit for, or he has some sort of death wish.

27 posted on 03/02/2014 8:40:09 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Mariner

Obama plays tiddly-winks while Putin plays 3-dimensional chess.


28 posted on 03/02/2014 8:41:07 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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To: Mariner

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.


29 posted on 03/02/2014 8:41:29 PM PST by Clay Moore ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Mariner
...while also preparing a multi-billion dollar economic aid package for the new leaders in Kiev.

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?

30 posted on 03/02/2014 8:41:29 PM PST by BusterBear
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To: Mariner

Teddy Roosevelt said “Walk softly and carry a big stick”. Obama screams shrilly and swings a big purse.


31 posted on 03/02/2014 8:42:00 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
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To: Cementjungle

Yeah, take money from the Russian Mafia. That some smart move there, Barky.


32 posted on 03/02/2014 8:42:24 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Cheerio

Wow, she shamed the boy president. That’s for sure.


33 posted on 03/02/2014 8:43:14 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“there’s only one thing Obama is qualified to squeeze”

Yeah, and it’s probably the same thing that he steps on repeatedly.


34 posted on 03/02/2014 8:44:34 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Mariner

Obama is far from being a/the competitor that Putin is. Obama is no Reagan by a long shot. The USA needs another Reagan.


35 posted on 03/02/2014 8:45:17 PM PST by noinfringers2 ( /*)
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To: Slyfox

I expect Obama to ban the importation ofcaviar, vodka, and borscht.


36 posted on 03/02/2014 8:46:28 PM PST by ken5050 (I fear a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies just for participating)
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To: Red White and Blue patriot

***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.***

It is impossible for US suppliers to deliver energy resources to Europe at th same price point as Russia. We can’t even deliver nat gas to Arkansas for what Russia can deliver it to Poland today.

For the US to “punish” Russia will require American taxpayers to underwrite cheap fuel to the EU.

We are broke, that just will not happen.


37 posted on 03/02/2014 8:46:42 PM PST by wrench
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To: Mariner
"...these financial attacks: everyone from high-ranking Russian military officials to government leaders to top businessmen to Russian-speaking separatists in Ukraine. It’s all part of the work to prepare an executive order now under consideration at the Obama administration’s highest levels."

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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".............

38 posted on 03/02/2014 8:46:44 PM PST by hummingbird (Mark Levin and Article 5. Period.)
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To: Mariner

Good luck - Obama’s spent five years giving our power and prestige away - after all, we’re not exceptional, just equal to everybody else, and we certainly don’t like to push people around with our power and economic influence - he might as well just stay under his desk and give more speeches - and hope people don’t laugh too loudly at him for threatening “costs” over what the Russians have done......


39 posted on 03/02/2014 8:48:17 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: hinckley buzzard

The Coming great battle to the South....Armageddon.


40 posted on 03/02/2014 8:49:19 PM PST by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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