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Originally Posted by spence
I guess you're right, we should just cut the EU off
 When did I suggest we cut the EU off? Continuing trade with them and selling them oil if Russia refuses and installing anti-ballistic sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, for starters, is hardly cutting them off. But becoming involved in their internecine squabbles, especially when they should be fully capable of solving those themselves, seems more like meddling than helping and making us out to be villains and bullies like those we don't like.
and let Russia strengthen it's economic position in the world.
Heaven forbid we should let someone else strengthen their economic position, especially when we continue, out of fairness no doubt, to weaken our own.
There's not a lot we can do about it anyway with Obama and Kerry running around encouraging this kind of primative behavior. Putin may even put his shirt back on...
Obama and Kerry run around with primitive behavior in their home country with successful results. Primitive is not always bad. Employing some primitive strength would certainly help the EU in its relations with Russia.
Perhaps Russia can use it's strengthened position in Crimea to expand it's navy and start patrolling the Ocean's shipping lanes for us.
Oh, so now the weak little gambit into Crimea has actually strengthened Russia's position?
The savings for the US taxpayer here would be huge and could be returned to the wealthy to increase the supply of goods. Good lord, just imagine if we had another smartphone option to choose from!
-spence |
Uh . . . savings for the US taxpayer??? When has our beloved, benevolent, debt racking Federal Government shown an honest interest in doing that? And haven't the wealthy gained economic ground against the not wealthy under Obama's tax the rich policies?