With friends like the USA, who needs enemies? ======= By MATTHEW KAMINSKI CONNECT Updated April 14, 2014 5:39 a.m. ET Kiev, Ukraine ‘We’re the chosen generation,” says Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s interim prime minister. He’s referring to all those who made this winter’s European revolution. For the first time since 1654, when Ukrainian Cossacks formed a fateful alliance with Moscow against Polish rulers, Ukrainians are heading... Read more
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Matthew Kaminski: The West Leaves Ukraine to Putin – WSJ.com
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Russia, UkrainePutin Acts, Obama Assesses
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Obama, Russia, UkraineAren’t you glad we have such a reflective President? ====== The White House on Monday said there was “overwhelming evidence” that Russia is stirring the unrest in eastern Ukraine, but President Obama hasn’t yet decided if further sanctions are warranted. That’s how the Associated Press put its dispatch from Washington on the crisis in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition is a perfect summary... Read more
Coalition of the Disappointed
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Obama, The LeftAh… ====== You can tell it’s an election year because so many noncrises are suddenly urgent priorities. Real median household income is still lower than it was in 2007, the smallest share of Americans is working since 1978, and the Russians are marching west, but Democrats are training fire on race, gender and the grievances of identity politics. “We have this congenital disease,... Read more
Cold War 2.0, the Videogame
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Obama, Ukraine“..we let it go…” -======= We are close to the Putin endgame in Ukraine. On Wednesday troop-filled trucks flying Russian flags were seen in eastern Ukraine’s cities. The politically fractured and under-trained Ukrainian military sent toward Donetsk and other cities this week is no match for the camouflaged special-ops forces Russia has there, or the 50,000 Russian troops and fighter jets near... Read more
“..persons with no particular expertise..”
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Politically correctAt least one body of the US Govt is paying attention… ===== A big story of President Obama’s second term is how federal courts are overturning executive abuses. But sometimes the prosecution is so outrageous, and the legal smackdown so sublime, that the episode deserves special recognition. Such is the case with last week’s hilariously caustic rebuke of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... Read more
The Dissing of the President
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaMr Stephens only provides a small number of examples… ===== I’ve never liked the word diss—not as a verb, much less as a noun. But watching the Obama administration get the diss treatment the world over, week-in, week-out, I’m beginning to see its uses. Diss: On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that Hasan Rouhani named Hamid Aboutalebi to serve as the ambassador to the United... Read more
