Trenton McGuire
As the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold rapidly, Republicans
aren’t waiting for the dust to settle before declaring that they
saw it coming.
Predictions from the likes of President Obama’s 2008
presidential opponents Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sarah
Palin, and Obama’s 2012 Republican presidential challenger Mitt
Romney are making 2014 seem like a hangover of presidential
election’s past.
Remember that hot mic moment in the heat of the 2012 elections
when President Obama was caught promising Vladimir Putin
more “flexibility” after he was re-elected? Well McCain does.
“By the way, a couple of my favorites: ‘Tell Vladimir that I’ll be
more flexible when I’m re-elected.’ Tell Vladimir I’ll be more
flexible when I’m re-elected?” said McCain at the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington today,
his voice dripping with sarcasm.
“This is the ultimate result of a reckless foreign policy
where nobody believes in America’s strength anymore,” he
added.
Indeed, it seems that those who have been beating the
drum about Putin’s cold war aspirations are feeling
somewhat vindicated.
Supporters of Romney, who has so far been absent from
the recent fray on Russia’s bold move to essentially occupy
Crimea, are quick to argue that his 2012 declaration of
Russia as the U.S. “number one geopolitical foe” was
anything but a gaffe.
At the time, Democrats mocked him, and even President
Obama used the comments to attack Romney in a debate.
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Responsibility
Entitlement of ones actions
Absurdity of our government
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In light of the republicans outburst to president
Obama announcing that they saw the
Ukrainian situation coming. Write a well
developed essay in which you defend, refute or
qualify that the United States gov. should have
taken precautionary steps for this situation.
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Ukraine: ‘We Told You So’.”ABC.COM.ABC
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/
03/republicans-to-obama-on-ukraine-i-toldyou-so/
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