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***AUTHORS: Steven Pifer is a senior fellow at the Brookings Insitution and a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution. He served as deputy U.S. Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001.
1 posted on 01/30/2015 12:35:40 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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Until we take care of our own back yard of elected leaders...we can’t offer any real aid to anyone else...the US is not in a position to offer help...economy or military - both have been devastated by this present administration...


2 posted on 01/30/2015 12:38:11 PM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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** AMERICA NEEDS AMERICA’S HELP **


3 posted on 01/30/2015 12:38:19 PM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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How about we leave the illegal government of Ukraine alone.

It is not worth WWIII.


4 posted on 01/30/2015 12:38:48 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground witprinted h terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Ukraine army has little have no money. They have fewer supplies. Russia had infiltrated their government & military hierarchy during this 10 year planned invasion by Russia.

Ukraine is fighting The Russian military giant with guts and prayer begging help from their allies.

On September 18, 2014, during a joint meeting of both chambers of Congress, President Poroshenko received multiple standing ovations from lawmakers.

Poroshenko called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory, the closure of the Russian border to other troops and ammunition, and the release of Ukrainian “hostages.” He warned that Russian-backed proxy wars and extremist movements first seen in Crimea must be confined.

Poroshenko added, “If they are not stopped now, they will cross European borders and spread throughout the globe.” He said, “”Blankets and night-vision goggles are important, But one cannot win a war with blankets.”

Obama did condemn Russian aggression, first in Crimea and most recently in eastern Ukraine. But his administration will not respond to calls from Congress to send arms to bolster Ukraine’s armed forces saying “that would not alter the dynamics of power between Kiev and Moscow.”

Obama also told Poroshenko “that he is the right man for the job.” During a meeting in the Oval Office, Obama said “the mere image of him sitting side-by side with Poroshenko would “be worth at least a thousand words, both in English and in Russian.”


5 posted on 01/30/2015 12:39:54 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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Hussein only helps our enemies.

Ukraine is trying to join the West. So it will be snubbed by BHO.


7 posted on 01/30/2015 12:41:51 PM PST by MrNJ
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Obama will speed up the delivery of the promised MREs and maybe throw in some condoms.


8 posted on 01/30/2015 12:42:06 PM PST by AU72
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I think America needs Ukraine’s help.


10 posted on 01/30/2015 12:45:30 PM PST by Savage Beast (LET'S ROLL!)
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Call John McCain tells Ukraine protesters: 'We are here to support your just cause'. He started this.
16 posted on 01/30/2015 12:53:36 PM PST by McGruff (We have met the enemy and they are our own party.)
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We need to side with the moose against Russia?


18 posted on 01/30/2015 12:55:56 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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21 posted on 01/30/2015 1:08:03 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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Putler’s on the march, yes, I am sure we can help and will.


22 posted on 01/30/2015 1:13:50 PM PST by BeadCounter
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“First, White House and Congress must commit serious money to Ukraine’s defense:”

It’s always about the money.


24 posted on 01/30/2015 1:21:01 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Obama won’t life a finger to help Ukraine.


33 posted on 01/30/2015 1:56:37 PM PST by GeronL
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Not our concern. If Europe is concerned, it can spend its blood and treasure on it.


48 posted on 01/30/2015 3:29:25 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (The uniparty: celebrating over 150 years of oligarchy and political control!)
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Arm Ukraine, Israel, Nigeria, wherever it is for a good cause. Islamic nations? Democracy doesn’t work.


50 posted on 01/30/2015 3:31:07 PM PST by BeadCounter
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Mmmm. No. If Ukraine wants weapons they can pay cash.


90 posted on 01/30/2015 9:01:31 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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America can do nothing to meaningfully help Ukraine

If ukraine wants to help its self, she should bomb Moscow, the Kremlin


108 posted on 01/31/2015 5:14:52 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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http://empr.media/opinion/analytics/four-paths-to-the-hague-for-lpr-and-dpr-terrorists
127 posted on 01/31/2015 12:11:03 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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This war is because a minority of Ukies want to align themselves with the E.U. and have the latte-drinking socialist life of your everyday unemployed Greek or Frenchman on the dole.

Keep us the F out of it... and out of WWIII. We have our own civil war to wage.

132 posted on 01/31/2015 1:49:07 PM PST by Rodamala
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We’ve got our OWN communist insurgency to deal with first, before we worry about Ukraine.

Half the reason we are where we are right now is because we spend too much time and attention on everyone else, while we’re being internally subverted.

If Ukraine wants to be free, let her fight for her own independence, like we had - and have - to.


136 posted on 01/31/2015 8:53:43 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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