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Rice says Russian move on Ukraine would be mistake
Associated Press ^ | Feb 23, 2014 12:33 PM EST

Posted on 02/23/2014 10:04:03 AM PST by Olog-hai

President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said Sunday it would be a “grave mistake” for Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine.

Susan Rice said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that in Obama’s phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday the two agreed that a political settlement in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, should ensure the unity of the country and the right of Ukrainians to express their free will. She was asked whether the White House fears Putin will send Russian troops into Ukraine.

“That would be a grave mistake,” she said. “It’s not in the interest of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see the country split.” …

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Right. And what is she or her boss going to do about it if they do? (This is the same WH that just called for a technocratic, i.e. totalitarian government to replace Yanukovych. What a joke.)
1 posted on 02/23/2014 10:04:03 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

It’s not her business to say.


2 posted on 02/23/2014 10:04:57 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai
So empty.

What is Obama going to do? Declare war on Russia?

Putin laughs at this clown.

3 posted on 02/23/2014 10:06:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Sacajaweau

Hmm, another line in the sand that will keep moving?


4 posted on 02/23/2014 10:06:59 AM PST by firebasecody (Orthodoxy, proclaiming the Truth since AD 33)
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To: Olog-hai

Translation: “We will write them a letter, telling them how angry we are.”


5 posted on 02/23/2014 10:07:41 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai
Again with the red lines?

Look, Susan, if President Jarrett wasn't willing to use military force to save Americans, why should Putin be worried she'd use it to save Ukrainians?

If anything, Putin knows that Jarrett's mouthpiece will do the exact opposite of whatever he says.

Barry may have just given Vlad the "go" signal.

6 posted on 02/23/2014 10:09:01 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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But everyone knows, that Obama speaks big words but carries a little stick... a very little stick. So Susan, just what are you prepared to do about it?


7 posted on 02/23/2014 10:09:13 AM PST by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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Yes, the words of Susan Rice and Barack 0bama display the moral strength and diplomatic resolve to make rapacious dictators pause.

Pause to laugh, that is.

8 posted on 02/23/2014 10:10:01 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: Olog-hai

The United States has been rendered irrelevant.


9 posted on 02/23/2014 10:15:37 AM PST by onedoug
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To: dps.inspect
But everyone knows, that Obama speaks big words but carries a little stick... a very little stick.

Is this really the best venue to be discussing his manhood..................

10 posted on 02/23/2014 10:17:03 AM PST by varon (Para bellum)
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To: Olog-hai

Rice to Putin-Dear Sir-f*** you-strong letter follows...

The whole world knows this Rice is no Condi, and her boss is a spineless wimp when confronted by just about anyone on the world stage...


11 posted on 02/23/2014 10:19:24 AM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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I’m surprised the chronic liar rice didn’t blame a utube video for causing the problems in Ukraine. She is an ultimate affirmative-action loser.


12 posted on 02/23/2014 10:19:49 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Olog-hai

Just like it would have been a mistake for the US to move again the terrorists attacking and murdering American embassy officials.


13 posted on 02/23/2014 10:20:41 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Sacajaweau

I disagree. She’s National Security Adviser. However, it seems she’s being deliberately provocative in her choice of words.


14 posted on 02/23/2014 10:22:34 AM PST by REDWOOD99 ("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: Olog-hai

Whoo! I’ll bet Putin is shaking in his boots over this bit of news.....


15 posted on 02/23/2014 10:24:17 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Olog-hai

I’d be more interested to hear what Condoleezza Rice has to say about this. Nobody cares what Susan Rice has to say about this, least of all the man she works for.


16 posted on 02/23/2014 10:30:14 AM PST by joseph20 (...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
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...and then there’s that Gay rights issue. We truly are laughing stocks of the world.


17 posted on 02/23/2014 10:39:12 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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Rice said. “It’s not in the interest of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see the country split.”

LOL, It’s not in the interest of Fascist Western Europe or the United States to see the country split, but very much in the interest of Russia who will gain absolute control of an important naval base, and absolute control of the petro and nat gas pipelines through Ukraine.

18 posted on 02/23/2014 10:40:40 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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That would be grave mistake

One has to wonder whether barky actually believes Putin will take his threat seriously, or if barky's threat is meant entirely for domestic consumption.

I'm thinking the latter.

19 posted on 02/23/2014 10:45:09 AM PST by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're shouting "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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We will write them a letter, telling them how angry we are.

A STERNly-worded letter, no doubt:

20 posted on 02/23/2014 10:49:23 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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