My bet is “No.” I am not aware of any “Western ‘leaders'” who are up to the task. ============== An important test for the United Nations begins Monday when a major report on human-rights abuses in North Korea lands in Geneva. The report, which was released last month and will be formally handed over to the Human Rights Council, is a compelling... Read more
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Obama’s Unserious Sanctions
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, ObamaThe Left will never call Obama out on this… ======= President Obama and the European Union announced their sanctions response to Vladimir Putin’s rolling conquest of Crimea on Monday, and the most accurate assessment came from financial markets. Moscow’s stock exchange, which has been battered for two weeks in fear of Western sanctions, rose 3.7%. Congratulations, Mr. President. You gave the Kremlin... Read more
The Price of Failed Leadership
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, ObamaIs even the Right paying attention? ====== Why are there no good choices? From Crimea to North Korea, from Syria to Egypt, and from Iraq to Afghanistan, America apparently has no good options. If possession is nine-tenths of the law, Russia owns Crimea and all we can do is sanction and disinvite—and wring our hands. Iran is following North Korea’s nuclear path, but... Read more
Lessons in Democracy for Ukraine’s Neighbors
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, RussiaLessons that we should all be “aware of”, I might add. =================== The world justifiably feels for Ukraine and finds itself scrambling to come up with an appropriate response to the Russian incursion. Yet even as a whole host of new democracies race to forget their pasts, one could see this Ukraine mess coming. If you are running any of the new... Read more
Noonan: Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Noonan, Obama, The LeftI continue to wait for my friends on the left who tell me “Oh, you shouldn’t take this that seriously,” to provide some level of rationale assurance about their position. ================ What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. There’s a sense that in some new way we are... Read more
Putin Acts, the West Talks
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, RussiaWe shall see just how much damage the likes of Obama and Merkel are willing to let Putin inflict. Much more than most of us would allow, I presume. ======== President Obama and European leaders are ratcheting up their rhetoric against Russia. Too bad Vladimir Putin is a man of action who hasn’t seen anything worth stopping his assault on Ukraine. In the... Read more
