"Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine, not because of
some grand strategy, but essentially because he was caught off balance
by the protests in the Maidan, and Yanukovych then fleeing after we'd brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine."
"Washington under the Democrats or Republicans wants war, not peace, he
said. 'In the post-9/11 era alone, not a single day of peace has
followed. Multiple US direct and proxy wars rage. US Special Forces
(trained killers) operate covertly and overtly in over 130 countries
disruptively.'"
"In the president’s view, the reality of those threats has
compelled the US to have "the strongest military in the
world." Obama further says that "we occasionally have to
twist the arms of countries that wouldn't do what we need them to
do if it weren't for the various economic or diplomatic or, in
some cases, military leverage that we had — if we didn't have
that dose of realism, we wouldn't get anything done,
either."
"Reality check. Ethnic Russians are being killed in their homes, basements,
schools and streets, by the Western-backed Kiev regime, which launched a
gratuitous war on eastern Ukraine ten months ago, resulting in over
5,500 dead and more than a million people displaced."
"'However, if Russia
continues its aggressive actions in Ukraine, including by sending troops,
weapons, and financing to support the separatists, the costs for Russia will
rise,' the White House said in a statement."
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