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Kerry condemns Russian moves in Crimea while Putin stays defiant
CNN ^ | March 4, 2014 | By Laura Smith-Spark. Diana Magnay and Phil Black

Posted on 03/04/2014 9:27:31 AM PST by Jim Robinson

Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of making up reasons for intervention in Ukraine, saying Tuesday that "not a single piece of credible evidence supports any one of these claims."

"Russia has talked about Russian-speaking citizens being under siege. They're not," he said while on a visit to Kiev.

He condemned what he called Russia's aggression in Crimea and urged the country to withdraw its troops.

"We would like to see this de-escalated. We're not looking for some major confrontation," he said, while still promising sanctions on Russia if it refuses to step back.

Kerry's comments came a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly defended his country's right to intervene in Ukraine.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: cfr; coup; crimea; eu; ghengiscon; kerry; maybealittlebloooo; nwo; obama; putin; radicalcoup; russia; secstatekerry; syria; time2playgolf; ukraine; ukrainecrisis
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To: Graewoulf

$1 billion...with what provisions??


21 posted on 03/04/2014 9:43:23 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Jim Robinson

OH, and BTW, “boy” is not used in the racial meaning -— merely the youngster still wet behind the ears.

He’s a complete dunce, no matter how often, or how many others try to tell us he’s the smartest man in the room, like idiot McCain recently stated.


22 posted on 03/04/2014 9:43:59 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx

He’s our boy wonder.


23 posted on 03/04/2014 9:47:08 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
isolate

Not "time out" and "in the corner" all at once!

24 posted on 03/04/2014 9:47:18 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Jim Robinson

LOL. Yeah, he’s some “boy wonder” for sure.


25 posted on 03/04/2014 9:48:00 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Have you forgotten already that Soetoro-Obama has a pen and a phone?

To Soetoro-Obama, Laws, Regulations and Rules are just guidelines set by “a bunch of folks” who still do not admit that the Cold War ended 20 years ago.

FORWARD!


26 posted on 03/04/2014 9:51:44 AM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I wonder if Kerry threatened Putin with placing him on “double secret probation”?

The current “leaders” of our nation are a laughing stock and have destroyed the confidence our allies once held and destroyed our reputation in the eyes of our enemies.

God bless America.....PLEASE

EODGUY


27 posted on 03/04/2014 9:55:42 AM PST by EODGUY (Hold on to your copies of the Consititution of the United States. It is going to be re-written.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Putin sends tanks...

Obama sends The Ketchup Gigolo.

Now, THAT’S diplomacy, Democrat-style!!!


28 posted on 03/04/2014 9:57:18 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Jim Robinson

“not a single piece of credible evidence supports any one of these claims.”

Oh, really?
I’ve got a batch of videos which supports Putin’s assertions:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=58b_1392877307
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1di9r5_pravy-sektor-les-neonazis-ukrainiens-moteur-de-la-revolte_news?start=81
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1diadq_maidan-kiev-des-manifestants-pacifiques_news?from_related=related.page.int.behavior-meta2.049c50b121800bd05168f00671f97288139359884
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http://rt.com/news/ukraine-radical-attacks-prosecutor-080/


29 posted on 03/04/2014 9:57:23 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Jim Robinson
All options are on the table?

This man should no where near the nuclear football.


30 posted on 03/04/2014 10:01:27 AM PST by McGruff (Every night has it's dawn.)
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To: Jim Robinson

You can’t defy someone who doesn’t have authority over you. You can ignore them, however, especially if they are pansies who are afraid to react to your conduct.


31 posted on 03/04/2014 10:03:18 AM PST by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: ColdOne
Kerry always loved to call the American Military murderers, so why can't he articulate that here with the Russians?
Answer: Kerry and his boss are cowards unless they are picking on those who are defenseless.
32 posted on 03/04/2014 10:05:02 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: NFHale

BOL! I hope my spewed out coffee can be wiped off my computer screen and keyboard.

“Putin sends tanks...

Obama sends The Ketchup Gigolo.

Now, THAT’S diplomacy, Democrat-style!!!”


33 posted on 03/04/2014 10:07:54 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: Graewoulf

Wow! Did you just come up with all that?


34 posted on 03/04/2014 10:09:10 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: First_Salute

“The Crimea will likely become “more” ... “independent,” and the Ukraine will not get it back.”

Finally, a leader who calls a spade a spade, concerning the on Maidan happenings in Kiev.

One doesn’t have to “love “ Putin , in order to recognize that he is right in his boots , he knows what he wants and what he does not and tells the things as they are. He does not try to please, but he never throws insults at other leaders as they are doing to him.

All the so-called “analysts “ pundits (we called them
“ sovietologues “ not long ago ) explain that “Putin
wants to remake the USSR” . What nonsense ! Putin does not need more land , when Russia is the largest country in the world . It needs strategic points, and no one is able to prevent him getting them.
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Let me be clear : Putin does not need to annex Crimea.
It is almost certain that the Russian-speaking population of 88 % will vote Crimea to be attached to Russia in the referendum of self-determination on March 30. Which was valid for Kosovo , Ireland and Scotland, must be true for the people of Crimea. The parenthesis Krustchev ( Crimea attached to the Ukraine from 1954 to 2014 ) , will finally be closed.


35 posted on 03/04/2014 10:09:36 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Grampa Dave

Ya just can’t make this stuff up, ya know?


36 posted on 03/04/2014 10:10:45 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Correct my memory if needed, please, but didn’t we send a carrier group to Israel when Israel said they might take out the Iranian nuke plant? And was not the goal to dissuade Israel? I think this was a month or so before Benghazi.

And for this we send Kerry and a flood of words.

http://www.israpundit.com/archives/42795


37 posted on 03/04/2014 10:11:45 AM PST by DBrow
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To: NFHale

This isn’t quite over yet.

However, a few of us were predicting this probable outcome.

Again, thanks for the BOL.

I don’t know whom I despise the most, Kerry or Obozo.


38 posted on 03/04/2014 10:14:23 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: Graewoulf
Have you forgotten already that Soetoro-Obama has a pen and a phone?




39 posted on 03/04/2014 10:14:31 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: First_Salute

I’m not sure Kerry knows what’s going to come out of Kerry’s mouth 1 second in advance. He’s basically an unintelligent person who a lot of people invested too much into before they realized how unintelligent he is. He was solidified as a power broker for the Rats when he made it onto Nixon’s list.


40 posted on 03/04/2014 10:15:25 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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