Obama imposes sanctions on Russian officials, ousted Ukrainian president

Chicago Tribune ^ | March 17, 2014

[freebird5850]

Ahhh, sanctions. Is there anything less effective?

Barry demonstrates his "flexibility"?

[1rudeboy]

Of course! It’s not like Putin has done anything like this in the past, or threatened to do it in the future! Oh, wait . . . .

[dfwgator]

Leader of The Gay States of America lashes out with a vicious slap to Putins backside...ooo it hurts so good.

"You brute, You brute, You vicious brute!"

[therightliveswithus]

I’m sure Putin broke down in tears when he heard the news /s

[TexasCajun]

Obama announces tough sanctions to curtail Russian aggression!

[dforest]

True, but we really didn’t need this right now. Since Obama, there hasn’t been a moment of peace. Leave it to Obama to give our foes the upper hand.

It has become intolerable.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Personal sanctions? Not a BFD.

Obama’s big on symbolism over substance. But, here he reality of the situation is that symbolism won’t do anything, and Russia is going to keep control of the Crimea. Heck, the only reason the Crimea was part of the Ukraine was because of a book-keeping entry made by Khruschev moving it from one administrative pocket SSR to another.

Now, it is true that Putin stacked the deck with some thuggish behavior from his military, but the reality remains the same. The Crimea is more a part of Russia than Europe, and Sevastopol was never going to be part of the EU.

[silverleaf]

so the principle is, the president of the US can unilaterally order sanctions against the citizens and assets of a foreign nation... just not “big” sanctions

[silverleaf]

LOL!

[xzins]

I suppose you were only on the list if your money was already gone. :>)

[Tzimisce]

And Putin can no longer smoke pot with the Choom gang. :)

[Gene Eric]

>> The Russians and the world are laughing at Obamas handling of this.

The only thing he’s “handling” is the mitigation of bad PR in the West.

[tomkat]

Have another line, sissy bØy
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[skams19]

3. On Double Secret Probation.

[ElkGroveDan]

[McGruff]

The mom jeans are off Putin.

[WinMod70]

“Obama is too busy worrying about his next vacation and how best to implement socialism.”

Brackets! He’s got brackets to worry about.

[goldstategop]

The sanctions have no practical effect. None of the named officials has any Western bank accounts and I don’t think they care all that much about not being allowed to travel to the West.

[traumer]

There !
That will gonna teach ‘em.....

[little jeremiah]

Chances are bozo may be doing the correct thing for once.

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0bastard (ie. his handlers) can never do anything right. Not possible. Their mission is to destroy the US.