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| The Louder They Come, the Harder ... |
| 2014-04-18 |
| A surprise deal has been reached at the Four Party talks in Geneva, which the president touted as his diplomatic option. Nothing had been expected to come of the talks and the standoff had been predicted to continue. The Daily Telegraph reports that a decisive movement occurred instead. "Vladimir Putin has secured key concessions from Ukraine and its Western supporters as the Kremlin was offered a central role in determining the future of its neighbour and former client state." In return the West gets to send observers who can watch as Russian agents relinquish their hold on public buildings. The price: Russian say-so over the future of Ukraine. ...Obama was trying to manage expectations, probably to inoculate the public against harder and heavier tidings to follow. The Washington Post quoted the president as having misgivings about the deal, even as his emissaries embraced it. ...This doesn't sound very victorious. But the president's style is to bluff his way to victory. Recently he claimed that the Obamacare debate was over even though he's ordered the census bureau to revise its metrics so nothing can be measured. He's even reserved the right to make changes to the program, claiming the Republicans have no right to input until they change their attitude. Too bad that doesn't work with Putin. But he's always winning -- or so you would think if you listened to his hagiographers. The low information voters think he's the baddest and smartest puncher on the planet, who doesn't even have to fight, just point out that it is pointless to fight him, to emerge triumphant. Why, only two days ago he said that it was not in Russia's interest to carve up the Ukraine, a process for which he has just provided the carving-knife. Perhaps the only conclusion to draw is that anyone who hands Obama the slicer is subconsciously a turkey. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 Hard to take the ONE seriously when the line in the sand keeps moving and the consequences for actions are faux. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-04-18 08:39 |