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| U.S. says Russia has 'outright lied' about Ukraine |
| 2014-08-29 |
| [USATODAY] The U.S. told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Thursday that Russia has "outright lied" over its military activity inside Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian armed forces. "Russian soldiers, tanks and air defense have supported and fight alongside separatists as they open a new front in a crisis manufactured and fueled by Russia," Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. told the council. She noted that it was not the first time that Russia has been called to account by the council for its activities inside Ukraine. "At every step, Russia has become before this council to say everything but the truth," Power said. "It has manipulated, obfuscated and outright lied." The Security Council convened the emergency meeting only hours after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared that "Russian forces have entered Ukraine" in support of separatist rebels. The meeting, called by Lithuania, also followed charges Thursday by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... officials of a significant increase of Russian military activity -- including evidence of combat soldiers -- in eastern Ukraine. Russia has strongly denied No, no! Certainly not! such allegations. "Russia has to stop lying and has to stop fueling this conflict," the U.S. ambassador said. "The mask is coming off. In these recent acts, we see Russia's actions for what they are -- a deliberate effort to support and now fight alongside illegal separatists in another sovereign country." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 My problem with US protestations of direct Russian involvement is that Russia has yet to mobilize its military. We would have seen indications of full scale mobilization a month or two before any invasion. The Russians are directly involved in a limited war effort, just as we are directly involved in Iraq via USAF and USN air attacks. It's just not total war and nowhere near the scale of the Afghan-Soviet War, mainly because the Ukrainians haven't really put up much of a fight. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2014-08-29 20:08 |
| #13 Vlad is now warning the west not to "mess with nuclear Russia." That didn't take long now did it ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-29 16:03 |
| #12 Is anyone suprised? The Russian-backed Milita's seemed to have been members of the Red Army on loan. Nobody did anything (nobody could) and now everyone is distracted. Putin figues why bother with the tailers when he can just send folks in directly. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-08-29 14:43 |
| #11 Good job the US has got the moral high ground by not lying about anything* recently... *Apart from a few "small" things. /sarc just in case. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-08-29 13:02 |
| #10 You sound as though you believe that Lyndon Johnson was an honorable man. I disagree. He was cut from the same dishonest cloth as Baraq Hussein. Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 The similarities are absolutely undeniable, even the reach-back to paternal alcoholism and family dysfunction. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-29 13:00 |
| #9 I haven't said anything about LBJ. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-29 12:53 |
| #8 I'm begging to understand why 60es radicals (whose ideas now rule) sincerely believed that their government lies and exaggerates threats to justify aggression---that's what they'd do in its place. You sound as though you believe that Lyndon Johnson was an honorable man. I disagree. He was cut from the same dishonest cloth as Baraq Hussein. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-08-29 12:16 |
| #7 What you never heard of a Russian Pinocchio ? |
| Posted by: Thusoling Lumplump8632 2014-08-29 09:17 |
| #6 The guard dogs bark at night, growl at people, and poop all over the place. So the youngin's ignore the warnings of their elders and lock the dogs up. Now that which the dogs kept at bay are starting to make their appearance. This is the real world, not the fantasy world of academia. The dogs weren't the problem in the world. They were just a messy consequence of dealing with the world and its real history. |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2014-08-29 09:00 |
| #5 Russia has "outright lied" Well stone the crows, mate. Mr. & Ms. Pot, please meet Mr. Kettle. Please note all that you have in common. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-29 08:13 |
| #4 Besoeker: ROFLMAO! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-08-29 06:04 |
| #3 Considering the source, this is rich. I'm begging to understand why 60es radicals (whose ideas now rule) sincerely believed that their government lies and exaggerates threats to justify aggression---that's what they'd do in its place. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-29 03:14 |
| #2 "The mask is coming off. In these recent acts, we see Russia's actions for what they are I thought the "mask fell off" with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August, 1939. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-29 02:37 |
| #1 My problem with US protestations of direct Russian involvement is that Russia has yet to mobilize its military. We would have seen indications of full scale mobilization a month or two before any invasion. |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-08-29 01:35 |