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2014-03-26 International-UN-NGOs

Obama Says Russia Behavior Sign of Weakness, Comparing Crimea to Kosovo Makes 'No Sense'

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Russia's loss of the right to host the G8 summit is a moral blow to Putin

How will he survive?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-26 00:42|| 2014-03-26 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone please explain to the man this is not the faculty lounge in academia.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-26 00:51|| 2014-03-26 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 "Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness."

The person who wrote, read and spoke this statement is living in an alternative reality, disconnected from the continuum of contemplative focused people.

Sign of weakness ?

Please look in a mirror at your next opportunity, weakness is who you will see... have you focused upon yourself yet ?

Here take a look

Posted by Au Auric 2014-03-26 00:59|| 2014-03-26 00:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Why is everybody thinks of O as an academic?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-26 01:00|| 2014-03-26 01:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Black is white. Up is down.

Posted by gorb 2014-03-26 02:26|| 2014-03-26 02:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Russia is imposing her will on others, using armed force.

Post 9/11 the US has not imposed her will on any adversary.
Huge concessions were made to the 9/11 attackers' associates and accomplices.
I.e. others imposed their will on the US, using armed force.

Making use of one's power by committing an act of explorative and opportunistic aggression may be immoral. Objectively it is a demonstration of actual capability, not weakness.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-03-26 08:36|| 2014-03-26 08:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Why is everybody thinks of O as an academic?

Well -

Wizard of Oz: Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma.

- though today, the term accreditation more apply describes would academia does (ie paper mill). The 'centers of higher learning' they've long ago left for the pastures of self selection promotion and financial enrichment. Up till now, its been confined enough to the reservation to limit the damage they do.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-26 08:39|| 2014-03-26 08:39|| Front Page Top

#8 It is a sign of weakness, but not on the part of Russia.

Posted by Iblis 2014-03-26 10:04|| 2014-03-26 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Why is everybody thinks of O as an academic?

In fact I find him quite ponderous.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-03-26 11:20|| 2014-03-26 11:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Obama said that while the U.S. also has influence over its neighbors, "we generally don't need to invade them in order to have a strong cooperative relationship with them."

Even better. Obama lets our neighbors invade us!

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-03-26 11:50|| 2014-03-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#11 P2K, I call that the "Scarecrow Principle". You don't need an education any more, all you need is a diploma.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-03-26 12:22|| 2014-03-26 12:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Jerry Pournelle recently added: of course President Obama will reward China and Russia with increased control over the Internet by letting ICANN go to the UN which means fall under the control of Russia and China. ICANN aint broke but President Obama will fix it. See NPR

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-03-26 13:18|| 2014-03-26 13:18|| Front Page Top

#13 EPA does its own land grab. Declares authority over private property that has any form of water on it.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-26 14:19|| 2014-03-26 14:19|| Front Page Top

#14 From the article:

"'If EPA is not careful, this rule could effectively give the federal government control of nearly all of our state -- and prove to be a showstopper for both traditional access and new development,' [Murkowski] said."

That's the idea, honey. >:-(

Posted by Barbara 2014-03-26 15:33|| 2014-03-26 15:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Can someone explain to me where the line is that once crossed demands a response of armed insurrection?

Personally.................

Posted by AlanC 2014-03-26 17:50|| 2014-03-26 17:50|| Front Page Top

#16 So my driveway would be under EPA regulations since it sometimes has a puddle of water on it. The EPA needs to be utterly destroyed and the land where it's offices sits salted so nothing will ever grow there again.

Next: the EPA declares authority over all land which has air in, above, or below it under the Clean Air Act.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-03-26 17:55|| 2014-03-26 17:55|| Front Page Top

#17 ..just a theory:

Mr. Putin has beaucoup information, courtesy of Mr. Snowden, that Mr. Obama does not want made public. Therefore, Mr. Obama reverts to a turbocharged version of shrinking violet in fear that Mr. Putin will drop a dime on him.

Again, just a theory..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-26 18:51|| 2014-03-26 18:51|| Front Page Top

#18 Hat tip to you UP.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-26 19:45|| 2014-03-26 19:45|| Front Page Top

#19 As TV station Rossiya 1 graciously reminded us, Russia is the only power that can wipe out the U.S.

Sute they won't survive to see it but they CAN.

So much for regional power.

Is there ANY part of the world Obama hasn't messed up with his incompetence?

Posted by European Conservative 2014-03-26 20:00|| 2014-03-26 20:00|| Front Page Top

#20 Now that Europe realizes that they can no longer rely on the now leftist dominated United States of America, the EU will have to focus on developing a military that will be the next major force in the world.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-26 21:34|| 2014-03-26 21:34|| Front Page Top

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