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I had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Grenell on Tammy Radio about the crisis in Ukraine and what can, and should be, done. Ric is a Fox News contributor, foreign policy observer, and media critic. Read his columns at Fox News and follow him on Twitter at @RichardGrenell. Enjoy!
With respect to the Ukraine, Obama is his usual self, talking tough while manifesting impotence. Peggy Noonan nailed it:
To be clear, I can’t imagine any American president actually intervening in the Ukraine. It’s in Russia’s backyard, and the Crimea tilts toward Russia. A partition of that nation seems a likely outcome. Maybe that’s not entirely unreasonable.
I’m remembering when Ronald Reagan said, “Tear down this wall!” (or when JFK earlier announced himself to be a jelly doughnut). Nobody interpreted Reagan’s words to mean he was going to attack. He was making a statement, exposing a contrast, shining a light. Rallying the spirit of free people. Reagan’s stance and his words were fruitful in the years to come.
Obama destroys the American brand because he doesn’t believe in the American brand. Thus he forfeits the American spirit which is, at the end of the day, the only weapon anybody really has.
Bottom line is nobody’s going to stop Russia here. But Obama’s making us look like a dork, and the whole world knows it. This sort of weakness invites further aggression, and a less stable world, and a greater likelihood of war.
This morning’s (March 5, 2014) lead banner at the BBC is; Top Diplomats Seek Ukraine Solution.
Would those, Top Diplomats, be the same as at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the Army General tells Indiana Jones that, Top Men, are working on the Ark as it is being stored away in a forgotten corner of an unknown warehouse? Or as the Foggy Bottom types are sometimes called, Dimwitplomats.