President Obama announced last week that he was imposing yet another round of sanctions on Russia, this time targeting financial, arms, and energy sectors. The European Union, as it has done each time, quickly followed suit.
These sanctions will not produce the results Washington demands, but they will hurt the economies of the US and EU, as well as Russia.
These sanctions are, according to the Obama administration, punishment for what it claims is Russia's role in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and for what the president claims is Russia's continued arming of separatists in eastern Ukraine. Neither of these reasons makes much sense because neither case has been proven.
The administration began blaming Russia for the downing of the plane just hours after the crash, before an investigation had even begun. The administration claimed it had evidence of Russia's involvement but refused to show it. Later, the Obama administration arranged a briefing by "senior intelligence officials" who told the media that "we don't know a name, we don't know a rank and we're not even 100 percent sure of a nationality," of who brought down the aircraft.
So Obama then claimed Russian culpability because Russia's "support" for the separatists in east Ukraine "created the conditions" for the shoot-down of the aircraft. That is a dangerous measure of culpability considering US support for separatist groups in Syria and elsewhere.
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If everything Obama does is meant to intentionally hurt the USA, then this makes perfect sense.
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DeleteWhats the old saying? "Keep poking the Bear"? Sadly we will pay the price for a pissing match that Washington DC will start. Putin is Ex KGB bull head that wont be threatened or pushed about by the likes of dumbo ears in DC. Not a fan of Russia but cant see any reason to stick the USA's nose in Ukraine. Keep poking the bear Mr Obama see where that gets You....dumb bass.
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DeleteThat, he is.