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President Obama Warns Ukraine Against "Crossing The Line"

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The US is adding its $0.02 to the international condemnation of the actions under way in Ukraine - desparate to re-write Victoria Nuland's narrative of "f##k the EUR" and political manipulation. President Obama, having not learned his lesson the last time he drew a red line, has come out swinging...

  • OBAMA:`THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES IF PEOPLE STEP OVER THE LINE'
  • OBAMA SAYS U.S. CONDEMNS UKRAINE VIOLENCE IN `STRONGEST TERMS'
  • OBAMA:MILITARY SHOULDN'T ACT WHERE CIVILIANS CAN RESOLVE ISSUES

Of course, it's unclear if open military action against civilians is 'crossing the line' but we await Putin's response.

More from the WSJ:

The Obama administration is considering sanctions against Ukraine, possibly in concert with European allies, saying the threat of penalties may push the government in Kiev to halt the deadly violence there.

 

"All of us are deeply disturbed," Secretary of State John Kerry said during a brief appearance in Paris with his French counterpart. "We are talking about the possibility of sanctions or other steps with our friends in Europe and elsewhere in order to try to create the environment for compromise."

 

Mr. Kerry and other U.S. officials didn't detail what those sanctions might entail, but the administration in the past has held out the threat of individual sanctions, typically steps that freeze assets and limit travel.

 

The threat from the U.S. comes after violent clashes in Kiev this week have claimed the lives of at least 25 people and as the Obama administration and its European counterparts try to get a handle on the situation.

 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has blamed opposition leaders for the violence, while opposition leaders said the government was responsible.

 

Ben Rhodes, a deputy National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama, said the administration hopes the threat of sanctions will quell some of the violence. "We have made it clear we would consider taking action against individuals who are responsible for acts of violence within Ukraine," he said while traveling with Mr. Obama to Mexico. Mr. Obama is headed to Mexico, among other reasons, to discuss trade.

 

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Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:40 | 4454099 harposox
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You nailed this hypocrisy right on the head — we fund dissidents, then threaten retaliation when the Ukrainian government responds to said provocation. Classic Hegelian Dialectic at work. Same goddamned script, over and over and over again.

80% of Russia's nat gas exports are piped through Ukraine, and the EU has become completely dependent on Russian gas — without it most of the union freezes to death. Russia certainly will not tolerate any outward aggression as its nat gas reserves/pipelines are its primary economic and geopolitical asset. Obama can threaten all he wants, but his hands are tied — he'll have to be satisfied with stirring up a civil war b/c that's the only play he has  (unless he intends to start WWIII... which I certainly wouldn't rule out).

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:08 | 4454238 silvermail
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Obama's goal is clear to me. Russian gas flowing through the pipe to Europe through Ukraine. Europe and the euro were created as competitors for USA and the U.S. dollar.
Obama wants to block the development of competition in the face of Europe.
To do this, he needs to put on a gas pipe, of the U.S. military.
Thus, Obama can keep Europe by the throat, via blackmailing stop the gas transit in the EU.

But I do not understand the position of Europe in general and in particular Merkel. Merkel helps Obama to make Germany and all others country of EU,  as a U.S. colony?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:55 | 4454681 harposox
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I don't agree with this analysis. IMO the EU was created for the primary purpose of strip-mining its members' economies in preparation for their integration into global governance. It isn't a competitor to the US or the dollar, it's an ally, created by the same trans-national banking cabal that controls most of Western civilization. The coming conflict pits the US/EU on one side, and Russia/China on the other.

IMO this play in Ukraine is leveled directly at Russia. EU integration of Ukraine gives it direct leverage in nat gas negotiations w/ Russia; it is currently totally powerless, as Putin displayed when he effectively halted their gas deliveries a few years ago. Control of Ukraine also gives the US/EU a convenient staging ground for bases and missiles right on Russia's doorstep, and peels one historical ally from the Motherland's orbit. Ukraine also exports a ton of food to both the EU and Russia... not something to be overlooked as the global climate continues to go haywire.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 20:46 | 4455065 Escapedgoat
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How many bases the US Military have in Europe and Germany especially?.........................................................??

Thought so.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:44 | 4453840 ChargingHandle
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Oh great . Another Obama moment where he pretends to know how to handle international affairs. 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:49 | 4453859 Kavklov
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Humm What are you going to do BOBAMA?

Are you going to ask that silly cowl to say, FUCK PUTIN! FUCK RUSSIA/CHINA?

MR Bobama I think you want a Sunburn missile up ur arse!!!!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:48 | 4453862 Blazed
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stfu obangy.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:48 | 4453863 drendebe10
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Ooooooo. Be afrad.  The arrogant narcissistic pathologic illegal alien kenyan self inflated sociopath has made anither decree.  All bow down to the allah azz kissing POS.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:51 | 4453874 PontifexMaximus
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No time for Mts. Knowles? There you can also draw lines....

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:56 | 4453901 dbTX
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Speak boldly and carry a small stick

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:57 | 4453905 Jack Burton
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The EU and USA have started the end game against Russia, this is not about Ukraine in the long run, it is about ending Russia as a major international state. A German member of parliament was interviewed today and she said that Ukraine was going to be absorbed into the EU by force and that this is not the REAL issue, she said that this sort of action is desperatly needed inside Russia. Let's not mince words, she made it clear that a revolution to enfroce a US/NATO take over of Russia is in the works and that the real target is Russia. It is just that in order to weaken Russia before the revolution there, the Ukraine must be taken out of Russia's orbit and used as the NATO military base from which the revolution in Russia is launched.

The Neo-cons have now taken over foreign policy inside the EU, and have for a long time run the USA foreign policy. Anyone interested should investigate this issue from outside the main stream media. We are in an end game, the west has played it's hand and all that we can do now is wait and see how far they are willing to push that hand. Putin has so far done little in public. The west has a strong hand as they are pouring money, intelligence agents, special forces and political experts into Ukraine to strenghten the revolution. The shooting began last night, with many dead from gunshots. Putin's hand has not been played, he is keeping cards close to his vest. What are those cards? Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. These are majority ethnic Russian or pro Russian. I feel certain that these people's leaders are in close cooperation with Russia as to what happens on those territories. Crimean parliament has already said it will not accept any orders from a new revolutionary government in Kiev, the leader of parliament has vowed to defend Crimea from any revolutionary force trying to enter, and has recruited 5,000 men to support police units. I have no information on Eastern Ukraine, they are not saying anything. I suspect Putin and his Ukrainian allies in the east will await developements. They have no reason to become involved. I think Putin is waiting to see how far the west will go to take Ukraine. Be sure of this much, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine will never fall to NATO's West Ukrainian Revolutionary Forces. That will never happen, and if they try to conquer the Russian Ukraine, I suspect they will die in the effort.

I see most likely a partition. West Ukraine becomes a ward of the EU and a NATO military base, and Crimea and Eastern Ukraine petition to join the Russian federation. This will result in the most peaceful outcome.

I have said before that the EU is a fascist corporate whore, and it is. The only difference is on social issues, the EU follows the path of communism in that spere, open borders and destruction of native cultures and national identities. Anyways the EU is Germany, a Germany just like Hitler's. Germany is on the march east again.

The EU and USA crush by police action any protest against EU rule or USA crony capitalism. They will never let their power slip. Bank on that. Only the collapse of the fiat dollar and fake Euro can bring them down. You can bet that Russia and China have plans for the US dollar. China sees this end game against Russia, they know the ultimate goal is to destroy China. When China steps in to defend itself, is as big a question mark as to when Russia defends itself. Be assured, they are looking carefully at the global reserve currency, the fiat dollar, as their best target.

We live in the most interesting times since 1914 when an entire way of life ended in a world war. We may be nearing such an event inside this decade. Only time will tell. As for Obama, he is a slave, a slave to the neo-liberal economists and the neo-liberal military industrial complex. Obama makes no decisions for himself, he is the puppet, just as Mr. Bush was. Just as the next whore, Ms. Cliton who will be the next president. When that bitch holds power, the real end game will be under way. She is the anti christ if not worse.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:10 | 4453957 magpie
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There's no Russia in RISK...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:21 | 4454025 Spastica Rex
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Kamchatka; that's the key to winning.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:41 | 4454103 magpie
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West Australia

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:15 | 4454274 TBT or not TBT
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How many armies per turn for holding just Kamchatka? That's what I thought.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 19:06 | 4454726 Jack Burton
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I always sat on Iceland and built forces. Then like the vikings of old I swept down on the world with a vengance!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:10 | 4453963 NotApplicable
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Cold Wars for everyone!

Well, except for the locals who get a hot one...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:36 | 4454085 HamRove
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Well said Jack.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:12 | 4454260 TBT or not TBT
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Russia does a fine job of destabilizing itself. Look at the demographics and life expectancies. The Russians are headed underground with the worms, and will be replaced above ground by other peoples with very different ideas. Russian death throes will be dangerous, as they are just as paranoid as they are proud.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 15:59 | 4453911 The_Ungrateful_Yid
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Putin is having a really bad day.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:00 | 4453914 Tracerfan
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So, Putin can start sending aid to Mexican separatists in the U.S., and when they start shooting at the police, warn the U.S. not to take action against them?  Now I get it.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:16 | 4453958 Spastica Rex
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He should send the aid to LGBT separatists. Now that would be funny.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:17 | 4454283 Calmyourself
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MILITARY GRADE STRAP -ON'S, Barack cannot condone that, Reggie would join the terrists..  "Reggie, get back here I need you baby" 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:11 | 4453962 Spastica Rex
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damnit

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:39 | 4454095 Meat Hammer
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...aid to Mexican separatists in the U.S...

When Dan Lungren was our rep, he did a town hall that my wife attended where she asked which country he felt was the greatest risk to our national security.  His answer: Mexico.  

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:02 | 4453918 One And Only
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Go to Hawaii Obama. Please, please, please, don't do anything or say anything. Just go play golf. Go to a movie, take a nap, just avoid making decisions regarding the country.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:02 | 4453925 Smiley
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Quick!  APPOINT A TZAR AND FORM A COMMITTEE! 

Problem solved; go about your business.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:05 | 4453934 denverdolomte
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Sweet story O'Bumbles. 

 

Someone arm this man and send him to the front lines. When is the last time a real man was in charge in D.C.? Any time in my life I put my mouth where my money wasn't, I usually walked away bruised and bloody. But hell, at least I was man enough to stand up for whatever I said. Bunch of fucking rich pansies, with drug problems. 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:09 | 4453949 NoelConfidence
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The pot calling the kettle black again?

 

Please.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:09 | 4453954 q99x2
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That murdering lying sack of shit traitor has no right to talk about anything outside of a prison.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 20:52 | 4455086 Raging Debate
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Q99x2 - That man is so willfully ignorant he doesn't realize he is the extra cast from Star Trek where they send down ensign Benson into danger first on that veeeerry dangerous planet. He likes being a *igger on the plantation. Yeah that willfully ignorant. Kennedy and Reagan were the last to take a bullet for stating a necessary contrarian view, so was Martin Luther King.

"Eightened spirits always face violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Einstein

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:11 | 4453964 Son of Captain Nemo
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Does this mean Israel has total control of our Ballistic Missile Command now?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:11 | 4453967 geotrader
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Uh oh!  You know what that means!

 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:14 | 4453970 PrawnStar
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Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych responds: "Thank you, my dear friend, I needed a laugh!"

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:13 | 4453976 LibertyBear
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Don't you cross Obama's pink line!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:30 | 4454053 The Black Bishop
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I was thinking more along a brown line in Obummers panties. Cause I think Putin makes him a little weak in his rectal muscles.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:24 | 4454318 NuYawkFrankie
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Is that you Reggie?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:15 | 4453982 BeerMe
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As much bite as an EU 'strongly' worded letter.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:22 | 4453992 rsnoble
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I tell you what Mr. Obama.........let's riot in DC to this level of severity and watch what your response is you fucking hypocrit.

Oh wait we tried that in NYC and got our asses kicked before we even got started.

Fuck these worthless puke fucking morons.

Ever takin a good long hard look at Obama?  You can just tell by looking at him he is NOT presidential material.  And I could say the samething about monkey buttfuck Bush.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:21 | 4454021 Inthemix96
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Listen son, (Bamby O).

Dont go drawing no redlines anywhere about Putin son.  You son have proved just what you are.  Nothing.  You have nothing to say but promtation.  There is nothing to you son, but skin.  You boy, are out of your depth.  404 that you cunts.  the dark boy is what he is, a waste of a badly fitting suit.

Putin, and Russia, will show you no-necks a thing or two, fucking gobshite pussies.

Bank. On. It.

:-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:21 | 4454298 lotsoffun
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boy.  sorry to other what ever you think you need to call yourselves now, african american, people of color, whatever, i can't keep up.  just be people.   but this boy is a boy.  he is wall streets boy.  and the rest of us pay for it.

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:22 | 4454028 Volaille de Bresse
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When the people of Barhein rebelled and demanded more freedom, Obummer looked the other way cos he didn't want to hurt his Saudi friends... Double standards? 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:24 | 4454033 pashley1411
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Doesn't even rise to the point of being a joke.   ring the gong on this clown, for christsake.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:25 | 4454035 Seize Mars
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Wait, who the fuck, exactly, is he threatening?
And who the fuck put this asshole in charge of the U-Fucking-Kraine?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:25 | 4454036 ZeroFreedom
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Just like Syria, do not cross Obam's red line. Of course he keeps moving it and not sure if it exist but do not cross it or else.

Better foreign policy would threaten the Ukrain but stating" We will do what we did o Iraq and Afghanistan", that should scare anybody straight, both sides of the issue.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:27 | 4454043 Spungo
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Obama and technical traders are similar because they both enjoy drawing lines that don't mean a god damn thing.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:31 | 4454066 robertocarlos
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He got the idea from Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:33 | 4454073 SmallerGovNow2
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"We have made it clear we would consider taking action against individuals who are responsible for acts of violence within Ukraine."

In Obamaspeak, "we have drones muther-fuckers"...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:34 | 4454076 Duke Dog
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Boy, I bet Putin shit his britches when he saw that headline,LMAO.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:37 | 4454088 Gaurden
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pay protesters: check

rile up crowds: check

use western infiltrators to burn buildings wreak havok: check

condem violence and set red line: check

ignore your own hypocracy: check

/yawn.

we dont deserve this planet.

 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:54 | 4454171 insanelysane
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You forgot - Dress up as govt forces, gas attack protesters, take pictures, ...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:40 | 4454091 Randoom Thought
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What is with this dood always doing lines?

So the US and EU (most likely as idiot fronts for the bankers) hire people to go up against the Ukranian government and then when the violence escalates and people get hurt they blame the Ukranian government for the conflict they paid people to create.

... it would be laughable if it was not so sad.

I am sorry, BO, you cannot make the people need you by constantly setting fires in crowded rooms and then yelling fire. That is sooooo old school and uncool.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:40 | 4454097 notadouche
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Why is Obama warning the Ukraine when they are not threatening the US?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:37 | 4454375 Jorgen
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Why is Obama warning the Ukraine when they are not threatening the US?

 

Because it is a duty of the 'World Policeman...'

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:44 | 4454102 Emergency Ward
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Every time you think this bastard Obama is turning his attention to something else, he returns to his expertise that he inherited from his predecessor (the only thing he feels comfortable with, because he can hide behind the CIC secrecy shield): Warmongering.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:42 | 4454104 Son of Captain Nemo
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I know what this "red line" thingy is all about...  Did Putin hamstring the U.S.S. Taylor?

Putin you rascal!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:27 | 4454322 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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Possible they made an unauthorized stop at the Crimean Penisula on the 9th or 10th to drop off some money to pay those protestors to show up at that nationwide strike on the 11th in the Ukraine. Same day the it ran a ground also the same day coincidentially enough articles started being posted about the US paying protestors in the alt media. Those protestors don't take VISA gift cards...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:49 | 4454661 Son of Captain Nemo
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Your explanation DCH is the most plausible one by far!

Trust me.  What I said is too laughable for words as we have way too much hubris to ever admit A) We ran our own ship aground, which I'm certain is what happened or B) allowed another Naval Force to get within the appropriate vicinity to scuttle our ship.  Just remember what happened several years back when that U.S. Navy Admiral allowed a diesel powered Chinese sub to tail his carrier group for days in the Pacific never knowing it until they were "compromised".  Same thing with that missile launch off Catalina island the U.S. Government to this day won't talk about or admit happened in their "own sandbox".

Our best days are behind us as once formidable well organized military force, and the actions we are taking with Russia and the Ukraine only serve to jeopardize our Armed Forces risking their lives among the NATO Countries that share those border(s).

 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:47 | 4454133 dormantb
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Crossing the line must the be point after which we give the bad guys some aid and a big hug.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:50 | 4454150 Bagbalm
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So would he apply that same standard here if the US civilians get fed up with their government? Yeah....thought so.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:52 | 4454157 Levadiakos
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Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:52 | 4454158 Levadiakos
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Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:54 | 4454176 Peter Pan
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Obama can draw lines but can he connect the dots?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:54 | 4454177 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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Language people.

OBAMA:`THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES IF PEOPLE STEP OVER THE LINE'

 

But if the Ukrainian military and government are citizens (by default they are) they shouldn't be referred to as people but as?

So where have we heard this type of language before referring to people who are clearly citizens?

 

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nsa-refuses-to-deny-spying-on-congress-in...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sent a letter to NSA Director General Keith Alexander last week asking directly whether the agency has or is currently “spying on members of Congress or other American elected officials?” This weekend, he got his answer… sort of.

...

NSA’s authorities to collect signals intelligence data include procedures that protect the privacy of US persons. Such protections are built into and cut across the entire process. Members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all US persons.

...

Then he goes on to say

OBAMA:MILITARY SHOULDN'T ACT WHERE CIVILIANS CAN RESOLVE ISSUES

So now it is the military (no mention of the government except in the form of persons) or whose military for that matter and civilians like it is some lawless state with no sovereign rights.

 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:50 | 4454665 tip e. canoe
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don't taze my person bro

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:57 | 4454187 Peter Pan
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President Obama can draw lines but can he connect the dots.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:49 | 4454422 Bastiat
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Right: his teleprompter is not touch screen.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:57 | 4454188 insanelysane
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Meanwhile, the Swedish Curling team is absolutely throwing this match against Great Britain.  Follow the money.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 16:59 | 4454195 Max Damage
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Says the weak arsed twat who started this with other peoples lives. Obama you're a cunt

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:03 | 4454213 Peter Pan
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Perhaps the big man might also draw the line on how much suffering the North Korean people should be subjected to. Or does the big man have a problem doing that?

Or perhaps the big man can't solve big problems and looks for smaller ones to make himself look bigger than he is?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:11 | 4454258 Toolshed
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"Or perhaps the big man can't solve big problems and looks for smaller ones to make himself look bigger than he is?"

He has a special mirror in his bathroom for that.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 19:44 | 4454868 Baldrick
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"big man" is african colonial term for dictator.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:10 | 4454251 general ambivalent
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How many print-runs was it to rebuild Rome?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:18 | 4454281 dexter_morgan
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Maybe we are misinterpreting events.

Kruschev said he would destroy us from within without firing a bullet and as history has shown he was wildly accurate. I call bullshit on Obama and Putin - kabuki theater for the masses. Whip up some nationalism here and there and all that crap. In the end, there will be a Russian puppet and a Western puppet(s) to oversee TPTB's one world order/gubmit.

Maybe that's where we are headed - just need some real wars to depopulate a bit and what not. In the end, they, or their successors, will just be absorbed in to the OWG as overseers of their specific territories.

And, we'll all live happily ever after in a OWO paradise.

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:20 | 4454296 foodstampbarry
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LOL. Like anyone takes Barry seriously... What a turd.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:27 | 4454301 OpTwoMistic
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More distraction. Where did he come from?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:24 | 4454316 poldark
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Will this be another Obama Syria moment.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:24 | 4454319 rustymason
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Obanana says, "George Soros told me to tell you Ukranians that unless you do as we direct you, we will kill another ten million of you."

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:26 | 4454323 Joebloinvestor
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HAHAHAHAHA

 

What a fucking turd.

 

Part some oceans while your at it Barry.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:26 | 4454325 Ghostdog
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In other news, Charlie Brown said, "Good Grief"

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:12 | 4454512 ncdirtdigger
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Is Obama Charlie Brown, or Lucy?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:27 | 4454331 shankster
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This time he means it!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:28 | 4454333 shankster
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Beer Summit time!!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:29 | 4454340 shankster
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When it hits the fan in the USA... they will call out the troops faster than you can say police-state.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:40 | 4454628 rwe2late
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 actually, already even BEFORE it hits any fan.

Boston anybody?

US already has the world's biggest prison system, most prisoners, and arguably the most militarized police force.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:45 | 4454651 tip e. canoe
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SHELTER IN PLACE

(who in the fuck was the PR genius that came up with that slogan?)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:32 | 4454353 irie1029
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before long SOS horse head will come along with his "we know - we know   we know and we know"  

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:36 | 4454371 Noob1011
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Uh oh, Omullah is all wee weed up.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:36 | 4454376 Golden Showers
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WHO? Red Line?

Across this line... you will not cross.

Like, This will not stand, man. A young country, goes out owing money all over town. She kidnapped herself, man.

Does it look like I'm fucking married? The toilet seat's down.

Obviously, you're not a golfer.

This aggression will not stand.

Phone's ringin', Dude.

And they peed on my rug?

OVER THE LINE!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:40 | 4454389 22winmag
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Barry needs a steaming hot cup of STFU!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:48 | 4454398 buzzsaw99
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putin better watch out or owebomba will send in horse face and the wookie

Don't you love a farce? My fault, I fear. I thought that you'd want what I want, sorry my dear. But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. Don't bother they're here...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:51 | 4454423 americanspirit
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Russian tanks are going to roll (already gassed up and ready to go), and Russian Special Forces (already in country) are going to start killing everyone on their long, long list - soon. Right after the Olympics. Probably right after a false flag incident like an attack on the Russian naval base. And the US will do nothing except threaten and piss in its pants. Our military is powerless to do anything less than launch a nuclear attack - and run its ships aground when trying to dock in a Turkish port. Our "forces' in Europe are a joke, as are the 'forces' of EU nations. Russia is re-establishing the empire and there is nothing anyone can do to stop them.

And BTW this isn't all on Obama - Bush and Clinton have to be given credit for pissing away American interests in the world as well. Hell, let's not stop there. I think we can go back at least to Kennedy to trace the decline and fall of the US.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:51 | 4454434 marcusfenix
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bagging on the teleprompter in chief aside (is it just me or is the teleprompter shedding IQ points, I mean who writes this shit?) it's the substance of the message that is both surreal, absurd and potentially dangerous.

sanctions? sanction who? what? how? the Ukrainian president, members of his party? freeze their assets, restrict their travel?

devastating, I'm sure calm will return momentarily...

pretty sure they don't really give a shit, big brother bear has got their back, front and bank accounts covered, and if they play ball they know they will come out of this nice. otherwise this "crackdown" wouldn't be happening, they got the green light from Moscow and all the political, financial and I'm quite sure if necessary, material support that comes with it.

the sanctions threat has no teeth, O'debt bro and the horse face man have nothing, nothing to threaten these guys with and the more inane babble they spew the more apparent that becomes. they can't even threaten direct, humanitarian military intervention regardless of made up, you tube chemical weapons use, unless of course they want to get us all killed and half the planet turned into an irradiated wasteland. 

then again I wouldn't past these psychopaths...

and how about Obama "getting tough" on the radicalized protesters, warning them against violence as well?

"there will be consequences", really Mr. Obama? quite a contradictory position you got there, considering it's you're state department that's running these guys.

the three ring circus freak show that is Washington DC just keeps rolling along doesn't it?

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 17:52 | 4454437 Golden Showers
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Warriors, Come out and PLAYYaYY.

Can you DIG IT?

Is Michelle going?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:18 | 4454536 dexter_morgan
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Why, to scare the beejesus out of them?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:00 | 4454457 kchrisc
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"OBAMA:MILITARY SHOULDN'T ACT WHERE CIVILIANS CAN RESOLVE ISSUES"

Considering NDAA, this is just funny coming from him and the rest of the DC US.

I guess the military shouldn't get involved unless they have their own NDAA in place.

 

"Save a rope, use a guillotine."

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:03 | 4454474 dexter_morgan
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That's all campaignspeak. To be ignored once in orifice.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:05 | 4454491 Cynthia
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The U.S. does not care if its igniting a civil war in Ukraine. The more damage to Russia the better. The EU would like regime change in Ukraine, but not civil war. But the danger of some civil war, then Russian intervention and then global conflict is quite real and by pushing for regime change the EU is as much guilty as the U.S. is.

The systematic anti-Russian campaign in the U.S. and elsewhere is much a payback for the lost U.S. position in the Syria case. It is childish, but that is how the Obama administration generally behaves.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:10 | 4454507 Racer
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The Nobel peace Prick winner wants to start another war

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:14 | 4454524 magpie
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Next week, military coup d'etat in Hellas...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:16 | 4454531 Berspankme
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Obama- such a fuckface cunt

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:21 | 4454548 ejhickey
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One toke over the line sweet Jesus One toke over the line.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:23 | 4454558 Westcoastliberal
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While I agree with Kerry's line about being "very disturbed" (seems they are) are these people jokingly referred to as "leaders" really so insulated from we peons that they think we can't see what they're doing?  Stir up trouble in a foreign country because you don't like their elected leaders, then condemn those same leaders for trying to push back against the insurgents.  And what about using military against "the people"?  Isn't that what the Northern Command is all about?  And what about the recently constructed fake city in VA the military is using in order to practice exactly the same thing Obama is condemning Ukraine for?

Bright red line my ass!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:30 | 4454575 Nico Bellik
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can't wait to watch opompous is publically bitch slapped by putin again - this shit never gets old

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:32 | 4454582 Stinko da Munk
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delete

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:30 | 4454578 Stinko da Munk
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The rest of the world is going like "Hey that Vladimir guy is at the Olympics, supporting his athletes and putin on a good show and that Barry guy is so pissy he sent Napolitano and pretends there are no Olympics." Maybe Vlad got bigger stones. Maybe we better not count too much on that "red line" guy who keeps drawing more and more lines. You know, like that whole Syria thing or the Iran reactor thing or the other things. Maybe the US lacks stones.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:41 | 4454632 Golden Showers
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You know, Like if shit gets real, they'll send all the first spouces and they're going to do some kind of chicken-head shit you won't believe. And send the Oprah and Tom Cruise and The Vue and, and, what the fuck happened to Arse enio? Where's he been? Send him, send Grimmace, Barney, the Hamburgler, the Fry Guys, Micky Mouse, and GI Joe.

Horseface and wookies! Hahaa ha ah ahhha aaaaaa!

And they should send that dumb bitch from the phone call. OOOh, like, Miss Gubment can talk all that jargon and sound all "West Wing" like the cocksucker on the other end, but I'll bet she would get that smirk smacked the fuck off her sit and spin real quick by any Ukranian Man, Woman, or Child.

This whole thing is a farce. It sucks worse than any episode of "Saved By the Bell." The old fucks writing this script are so syphilitic and demented they think anyone will buy this?

I ,for one, and so tired of this stupid shit. Centuries of Bravo Sierra, murder and genocide.

Foghorn Leghorn might say, Look, son, I say LOOK at the clown show.

All you have to do is buy a new car and all this will go away. Please, at least until baseball season. Please. Buy a goddamn car!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:43 | 4454640 SharkBit
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Mind your own fucking business!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:55 | 4454684 Uncle Remus
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Well, if there's anybody who would recognize "stepping over the line", it'd be crotch-pimple-in-chief.

Jeebus.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 18:59 | 4454698 walküre
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Why? What difference does it make? Other than to appease the group that put him into power of course. He's gotta keep up some semblance of importance. If he doesn't do and say as he's told, he will be the next JFK.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 19:11 | 4454746 SharkBit
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This could be interesting.  The Russian FSB and CIA duking it out in the alleys of Kiev.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 19:26 | 4454802 JailBanksters
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Bang a gong, we are on

By hell or high water we are going to have a War with somebody this year.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:15 | 4455181 Clowns on Acid
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Barry the white negro is talking like he did to that Cambridge city cop after the cop arrested Barry's affirmative action professor from Harvard.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:04 | 4455669 Kelley
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Obama has jumped the shark - again. 

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