Friday, March 28, 2014

Putin Invades .. U.S. and Allies Blink

Oh yeah .. This should make Putin take notice ..
The U.S. and its allies announced Monday that they would, for now, exclude Russia from the G8 and boycott a planned summit in Sochi in retaliation over its Crimea takeover -- though Russia's government shrugged off the latest efforts to isolate the country. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit at The Hague, reportedly said it would not be a "big problem" if the G8 does not convene.
"If our western partners believe the format has exhausted itself, we don't cling to this format," he said, according to Reuters. He spoke as all members of the G8 group except for Russia -- known as the G7 -- met at The Hague on Monday to strategize over Moscow's aggression against Ukraine, amid concerns about a Russian troop buildup.
In a joint statement following that meeting, the leaders of the G7 nations warned that Russia's actions "will have significant consequences" and that they "remain ready to intensify actions ... that will have an increasingly significant impact on the Russian economy, if Russia continues to escalate this situation." 
The statement announced that the G7 nations would not go to Sochi in June, and said they would "suspend" participation in the G8 "until Russia changes course and the environment comes back to where the G-8 is able to have a meaningful discussion." They said the June meeting would be held in Brussels instead of Sochi.
Though Russia so far has absorbed targeted sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union over Crimea, western leaders are urging Moscow not to make any further advances. President Obama, who began a tour of European cities on Monday with his meetings at The Hague, last week threatened to impose broad economic sanctions on Russia if the country does not stand down. 
Secretary of State John Kerry met for a little over an hour with Lavrov in The Netherlands, and once again urged Russia to "de-escalate the situation." 
According to State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, Kerry voiced concern about the "massing of a large number of Russian forces on the border and of the treatment of Ukrainian military forces, including many Ukrainian servicemembers who are missing." 
She also reiterated that the U.S. is "not going to Sochi" for the previously scheduled summit.
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If the U.S. and the allies want to get Putin's ATTENTION, They should:

1. Arrange military exercises with the countries in the region including Ukraine.

2. Build those missile defense shields in Poland and Czech.

3. INSIST that Nato send troops into the Ukraine IN THE AREAS that there are reports of Russian troops north of Crimea.

A personal message needs to get to Vlad that your troops WILL NOT ADVANCE into Ukraine. THEY WILL BE STOPPED. DON'T TRY, you will be embarrassed. REMIND HIM any messes left in the area will be on HIS TURF.

VLAD isn't about to start a war on HIS OWN TURF that is unwinnable. What's Vlad going to do? Use a nuclear missile? Don't be silly.

BTW .. The Russian Army and how easily they marched into the Ukraine .. It's not that they're that good .. It's that the Ukraine's Army is that bad.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

..yawn... since we got the Real Ukraine now on the US side. Sorry, Puty (and the Putin cheerleaders on Fox News). You lose, Obama wins.