Obama’s pathetic response to Putin’s invasion of Crimea

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Author(s) Charles Krauthammer
Source The Washington Post
Date March 20, 2014
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-obamas-pathetic-response-to-putin/2014/03/20/6ef35b9c-b065-11e3-95e8-39bef8e9a48b_story.html
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Quotes-start.png Why did we deny Ukraine weapons? Because in the Barack Obama-John Kerry worldview, arming the victim might be taken as a provocation. This kind of mind-bending illogic has marked the administration’s response to the whole Crimea affair. Quotes-end.png


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