Posted on 02/13/2022 9:24:52 PM PST by RandFan
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) on Sunday voiced his support for President Biden's refusal to send U.S. troops into Ukraine to evacuate Americans in the country if Russia invades, saying people should use common sense.
Fox News Channel anchor Sandra Smith asked Cassidy if the U.S. should be doing more about the situation while he appeared on "Fox News Sunday," noting Biden's recent remarks.
"I agree with the president 100 percent," Cassidy said. "Use some common sense. We should not be endangering our soldiers or Marines, etc. because somebody decides not to evacuate until after the fact. Get out. If there's a pending invasion, use common sense. Leave."
During an interview last week with NBC News anchor Lester Holt, Biden adamantly stated that the U.S. would not be sending military forces to rescue Americans in Ukraine if Russia invades.
"That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another," he said.
During his interview on Sunday, Cassidy, who sits on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also said the U.S. must ramp up its own energy production to replace what may be lost in the event that Russian-made energy is cut off due to sanctions.
"We must resume using America's resources, ramping them up in order to provide or replace that which Russia would provide," said Cassidy.
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Amen
The fact that Russia invades Ukraine does not mean that Americans present there are in danger
” don’t think Ukraine is the equivalent to Afghanistan even on a bad day. Just go to Lviv. (The western town bordering Poland.)”
Hell, it used to be PART of Poland, but with a slightly different spelling: Lvov; and Lwow. It was one of those unfortunate areas that routinely was passed among different sovereigns.
FDR wanted Lvov to stay in Poland after ww2 but Stalin already had it and said no. Western Ukraine is more like eastern Europe post CCCP while eastern Ukraine and Crimea are more Russian.
This is not the first time the Donetsk region wanted “independence.”
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