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In reply to the discussion: What Obama ACTUALLY said about Iraq [View all]Gothmog
(145,129 posts)39. Russia has 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the eastern border of Ukraine
The purpose of this speech was not to make people who hate the Iraq war happy but to refute Putin's arguments concerning the annexation of Crimea and to hopefully build support among our European allies to deter Putin from invading and taking the eastern portion of Ukraine.
President Obama refuted Putin's arguments and our European allies seem to be united. Hopefully, Putin will not use his 50,000 to 100,000 troops to take the eastern portion of Ukraine.
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Give it a rest. Your "reality" isn't backed up by facts. No matter what you one Iraqi source tells
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#3
Thanks--it occurred to me, but I didn't want to add to the proliferation of meta threads!
beerandjesus
Mar 2014
#33
Then why did he say we worked within international law and did not grab its resources for our own.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2014
#15