under our "decider" president..

Or, perhaps, ask McCain and the rest of them whether they can really have troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Ukraine without instituting the draft and how would he pay for it.

more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024646679

a lot of strong words to express disapproval, and then effectively did nothing about it, figuring it wasn't in our interest.

by Jon Perr
March 3, 2014

Proving once again that politics no longer ends at the water's edge, Republican leaders and many in the media have been lambasting President Obama's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the Washington Post editorial board charged that Obama's foreign policy is "based on fantasy," Senator John McCain and his Mini-Me Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called President Obama "feckless" and "weak and indecisive," an approach which "invites aggression."

Predictably, the memories of the administration's critics are short. After all, President Bush didn't roll back the Russian occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia after Vladimir Putin's battering of Georgia in August 2008. Bush didn't lead an alliance of the willing to isolate Russia, undermine its economy, mine the Black Sea, provide defense guarantees and rush American military supplies to Tblisi. Instead, Dubya simply denounced Moscow's reaction using much the same language President Obama is deploying now.

read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/03/1281857/-Media-GOP-forget-Bush-s-feeble-response-to-Russia-Georgia-conflict

They're attacking Obama over Putin's actions because they'll attack Obama at any excuse, or none.

I'm not really sure how they'd expect a president McCain or Romney to act differently. particularly when you factor in how hot these guys (and their "anyone can go to Baghdad, real men go to Tehran!" neocon foreign policy advisers) were to mix it up with Iran.

Just how "tough" would either guy be with Putin when our forces would be tied up in fighting and/or occupation in Persia?

However US post 1992 foreign policy of "pushing eastward" was going to result in an eventual Russian "push westward".

That is how I see it anyhow. And no, of course I don't buy their bullcrap about Putin taking action in Crimea based on him thinking Obama is "weak".

To them, of course its O's fault, since hes been unwilling to attack Iran and Invade Syria.

Personally, I believe its a bit of a conspiracy between our neo-con military complex and the russian arms industry backing russian traditional ist, which is Putins support. Both really benefit from the fear inculcated by the other, as it strengthens their domestic situation.

more at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024646679

Typhoon in the Philippines? Obama's fault. Weather too cold here in the USA? Obama's fault. Fell down the stairs this morning? Obama's fault. Kid sick? Obama's fault. Your team didn't get an NCAA bid or got lower seeding than you wanted? Obama's fault. Get it? EVERYTHING is Obama's fault.
Except the increased job numbers, the prosperity of Wall Street, the success of the Affordable Health Care act, Osama Bin Laden gone and so on. That can't possibly be Obama's doing.
Quite frankly, I'm just completely fed up with the whole "Blame Obama for everything" bullshit. Putin was going to try and get Crimea back no matter who the PotUS was. He's just a bad guy.

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Thanks folks

All this crap started under the Bush/Cheney rule to ruin. This mess is has been simmering since last spring. All one needs is to examine what usually happens when the IMF a neo-con run Bankster operation gets it's grip on a countries finances. Bring in the Mineral Extraction thieves,and walla,crises management takes over.

Watch and see if this happens,Russian Ruble blows up,Putin's buds start defecting,Oil prices crash,they will anyway it usually does this time of year and there is such a glut. The EU and Nato allowed the Crimea annexation to Ukraine with the understanding that Russia could keep 50k troops in the area.

This is a Wall Street Bankster and Brussels Oil Barons created incident to transfer more wealth and power to 1%ers.Nothing more and nothing less. This is one of the biggest fall out of Citizens United and the Krotch Brothers and other Billionaires. If you have been following the Hill Rag,you would have seen this coming. Our Senators and Congressmen spend more time meeting with money people and to hell with their constituents.

It morphed into the thousands of fascist sock puppets operating all over the internet.

With their arrogance fully intact.

Especially internet comments sections. They are the most uneducated people out there.

BANK ON IT. Some are probably getting paid too!

Walker did have his secretaries etc. plus hired people to troll comment sections. A few went to prison for doing it during working hours at the Capital. So yeah, I'll bet the rest of them do too.

ESPECIALLY on stories involving Russia, China, and other foreign policy/military matters.