Kerry: US Set To Levy More Sanctions On Russia
[Ynet] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
said Thursday that the United States and Europe hope Russia will play a constructive role in the May 25 presidential election in Ukraine, but if Moscow or its proxies disrupt it, the US and European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
will move to impose more economic sanctions.
No doubt The Second Smartest Man In The Room thinks this a brilliant diplomatic move. | "I'm not going to get into announcing today what the sanctions are," Kerry said following a meeting with his counterparts in Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and Italia. "We have completed our work. We know what they are. ... If they have to go into effect, they will have an impact."
A senior State Department official said the US shared its strategy to use a "scalpel rather than a hammer" to target vulnerabilities in Russia's business, banking, mining, energy, defense or other sectors.
Posted by: trailing wife 2014-05-16 |