Former Governor Rick Perry Issues Statement on Ukraine and Russia

breitbart.com ^ | February 25, 2015 | Mary Chastain

[Tailgunner Joe]

In response to Russia’s increasing military belligerence in Ukraine and threats to expand to other parts of Europe, former Texas Governor Rick Perry has released a video with his take on America’s foreign policy toward Ukraine and what actions the government should take.

“Last week we witnessed the fierce urgency of Western leaders shuttling to Minsk in an attempt to get Vladimir Putin to sign a piece of paper saying he would not continue his aggression against Ukraine,” he said. “But with the latest violence by Russian backed separatists in the eastern Ukraine, President Putin has again demonstrated his insincerity as a negotiating partner and his willingness to use diplomatic engagement as a pretext for extended military conquest.”

This second Minsk agreement went into effect on February 15, but the Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists nearly immediately broke it. Ukrainian officials announced that more Russian soldiers and equipment crossed the border during the week.

“President Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has cost the lives of thousands of Ukrainian citizens and it’s dangerously destabilizing for all of central and eastern Europe,” Perry continued. “Administrations of both parties have badly miscalculated the intentions of Vladimir Putin in the Russian state over the last decade and a half. The latest developments underscore the urgent need for the US and the EU to develop a strategy to deal with the realities of the Russian state under Vladimir Putin.”

Almost 6,000 people are dead due to the war in east Ukraine. Tens of thousands more are displaced and those who stay spend days in bomb shelters. People are left without food, water, and electricity....

“NATO was created to stop Russia and President Reagan showed that with American leadership NATO works,” explained Perry.

[lafroste]

Did I miss something? I thought Perry was still Gov. of Texas after whacking that noxious troll abortion barbie.

[Regulator]

Putin has again demonstrated his insincerity as a negotiating partner and his willingness to use diplomatic engagement as a pretext for extended military conquest

Absolutely true. The fighting has moved on to Mariupol as the drive to have a Novorossiya rump state connecting Russia to Crimea is the ultimate goal.

NATO was created to stop Russia

Actually it was created to stop the Soviet Union. Russia was simply the center of that.

We have tried to engage with the nation state of Russia and for a variety of reasons, not all their fault, it has collapsed into gunfire.

That part IS their fault. There should be only negotiation in Europe and Russia for better or worse is part of Europe.

[Sybeck1]

Abbot is

[ansel12]

Conservatives need to continue speaking out against Putin and Russia.