Reuters parrots republican bullshit: 'Obama's caution on Ukraine may loom over midterm election'

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'President Barack Obama is at risk of suffering a blow to his credibility'

(Reuters) - With Russia's incursion into Ukraine reviving Cold War-style tensions, President Barack Obama is at risk of suffering a blow to his credibility at a time when he can least afford it: as he tries to convince voters to stick with his fellow Democrats in congressional elections that will help shape his legacy.

For five years, Obama has practiced a cautious approach to foreign policy crises, prizing sober diplomacy and the search for consensus over brinkmanship, in prolonged conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But the deliberative style that Obama's team sees as a statesmanlike attitude in tune with Americans' war-weariness, was described as dithering in the crisis over Syria, where the United States long discussed military action without committing.

Facing his toughest test yet in Ukraine, Obama is once again finding himself portrayed as a weak leader, outmaneuvered by a wily, opportunistic Russian President Vladimir Putin intent on reviving the United States' nemesis.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/us-ukraine-crisis-obama-analysis-idUSBREA2306O20140304

[TwilightGardener]

1. "Some say..." What crap.

[bigdarryl]

2. Most American could care less about Ukraine they want JOBS!!!

Only the pundits and Washington insiders care about this

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3. It's the most serious international development since the fall of the iron curtain.

It happen on Friday and warmonger repugs have been calling for war since what, the Sunday talk shows?

How about giving their Commander-in-Chief more than two days to figure out what to do about, as I've already mentioned, the
most serious international development since the fall of the iron curtain in '89/'90 for God's sake.

We're lucky we don't have W/Cheney still in office or we'd already have call-ups and stop-loss orders going out to our already over-deployed, over-used, exhausted military families.

They need to give this war-lust thing a rest. I don't see it being worth sending American troops to die for. The repugs are only trying to make political points, as they certainly won't be telling their sons, and now daughters, to enlist.