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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:09 AM Mar 2014

TYT: Ukraine, Russia On The Brink Of War - Blame Bush?



*Russian troops took control of vital installations across the Crimean Peninsula on Saturday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin secured authorization to send in more as the Kremlin set the stage for a high-stakes international showdown over the future of Ukraine. On Sunday, Ukraine's leader urged Putin to pull back his military, saying "we are on the brink of disaster," according to the Associated Press. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's new prime minister, spoke after a closed session of his new parliament in Kiev. On Saturday, the interim president of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, said, "We consider the behavior of the Russian Federation to be direct aggression against the sovereignty of Ukraine." Hours later, President Obama, who had warned Putin on Friday against military intervention in Crimea, had an apparently tense 90-minute telephone exchange with the Russian president...* Did George Bush set a terrible precedent with this pre-emptive war with Iraq? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: Ukraine, Russia On The Brink Of War - Blame Bush? (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2014 OP
But...but...Bush got the intel wrong... KansDem Mar 2014 #1
did bush set the modern era heaven05 Mar 2014 #2

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
1. But...but...Bush got the intel wrong...
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:26 AM
Mar 2014

Has anybody stopped to consider if Putin's getting the intel wrong?

Perhaps Kerry should tell Putin he's getting the intel wrong. Then Putin might say but you got the intel wrong too, and you invaded Iraq, so let us get the intel wrong so we can invade Ukraine.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. did bush set the modern era
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 01:01 PM
Mar 2014

precedent for pre-emptive war? HMMMMMM? Let me see? HMMMMM? Yep. Without a doubt. For sure. Without equivocation, HELL YEAH!!!!

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