And his parliament gave him carte blanche unanimously. Why not? They know by now that both the EU and the US are utter and complete paper Tigers and he has free reign to do what he pleases.
Admin officials tell CNN's Barbara Starr this is an "uncontested arrival" not necessarily "an invasion" and that this distinction is "key."
*Sigh*
So let me get this straight - the White House is saying there is a foreign element to the new troop presence — but it’s all good so far because Crimea isn’t resisting.
In other words, to save face over the fact that there’s nothing much we can do to stop this, the official U.S. line is that this can’t be an invasion if the Russians are being … greeted as liberators.
“Uncontested arrival” is the best Orwellian euphemism for war since "kinetic military action." Laying aside the fact that we’re now lending rhetorical support to aggressive irredentism (the Tatars in Crimea are going to "contest" this "arrival," I’m pretty sure), explain to me why he went out there and blathered about his "deep concern" for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty if we’re adopting the position that maybe Ukraine’s not the rightful sovereign in Crimea after all.
By the way, while Moscow digested the green light it got from the U.S. to consolidate its gains last night, Obama was at the DNC headquarters kicking off happy hour for Democrats. I’m not kidding.
Only Obama could make Jimmy Carter look like a Foreign Policy genius by comparison. What a joke.
Admin officials tell CNN's Barbara Starr this is an "uncontested arrival" not necessarily "an invasion" and that this distinction is "key."
*Sigh*
So let me get this straight - the White House is saying there is a foreign element to the new troop presence — but it’s all good so far because Crimea isn’t resisting.
In other words, to save face over the fact that there’s nothing much we can do to stop this, the official U.S. line is that this can’t be an invasion if the Russians are being … greeted as liberators.
“Uncontested arrival” is the best Orwellian euphemism for war since "kinetic military action." Laying aside the fact that we’re now lending rhetorical support to aggressive irredentism (the Tatars in Crimea are going to "contest" this "arrival," I’m pretty sure), explain to me why he went out there and blathered about his "deep concern" for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty if we’re adopting the position that maybe Ukraine’s not the rightful sovereign in Crimea after all.
By the way, while Moscow digested the green light it got from the U.S. to consolidate its gains last night, Obama was at the DNC headquarters kicking off happy hour for Democrats. I’m not kidding.
Only Obama could make Jimmy Carter look like a Foreign Policy genius by comparison. What a joke.