If It’s Sunday, This Must Be Simferopol
The Pentagon has sent a destroyer—yes, we still have one left—to conduct drills in the Black Sea, in the wake of Crimean election referendum this weekend.
Sofia (AFP) – A US Navy guided-missile destroyer will remain in the Black Sea to conduct more exercises with allied ships, its commander said on Saturday, the eve of a breakaway vote in Crimea.
The USS Truxtun this week conducted joint exercises with Romanian and Bulgarian naval forces just a few hundred kilometres (miles) away from the disputed Crimea peninsula.
“I cannot comment on our future operations but we will take the opportunity to do some routine exercises with our allies in the region,” said Commander Andrew Biehn. [more]
In other words, the U.S. is not going to do anything, but the destroyer was just painted and it will look better than the Russian destroyers in the area that are actually doing something.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s national security team discussed the Ukraine crisis in a session at the White House on Saturday after a last-ditch bid to find a diplomatic solution to the Cold War-style standoff with Russia floundered.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who just returned from talks with his Russian counterpart in London, was at the White House meeting along with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
Obama did not attend the meeting but was being briefed about it and other developments involving Ukraine, said Laura Lucas Magnuson, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council. [more]
President Obama has more important things to do on a Sunday morning, than attend a national security meeting. Anyway, he has drawn his red line. so. that’s. final.
Be forewarned, Vladimir Putin, you are dealing with Greatest President Ever Barack H. Obama.
Be. Fore. Warned. Vladimir. Putin.
Meantime, National Security advisor Susan Rice will be making the news rounds later in the day to explain that, what has been erroneously described as a Russian troop build-up on the Crimean border, is actually spontaneous mob violence.
HT/ Drudge, Mildred Natwick
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Speaking of Obama…did you know that Texas A&M rated Obama as the fifth best president in our history?
Yep, Reagan and Lincoln tied for first, 23 other presidents tied for second, 17 tied for third, Jimmah Carter was fourth and Obama came in fifth. 😉
Sounds about right!
OMG! Confusion. Reagan first, Obama fifth? How does this compute? ROTFL
Our freshly painted destroyer is probably not going to intimidate the Russian Navy since obama had it painted “pink”!
Dude. Just paint the classic ‘Hope’ decal on the side, and we’ll all be holding hands and singing kumbaya in no time!
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