Courtesy of Mish.
President Obama came out swinging today and issued a Stern Warning to Russia on Isolation in response to the crash of MH17.
Barack Obama has warned Russia it risks further international isolation if it does not intervene directly with the pro-Russian separatist rebels to “compel them to co-operate” with the investigation into the crash of MH17.
He questioned why the rebels would want to prevent international observers and investigators access to the crash site. “What exactly are they trying to hide?”
He said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had “direct responsibility” for the actions of the armed men on the ground.
“Russia has extraordinary influence over these separatists,” he said. “No one denies that. Russia has urged them on, Russia has trained them, we know that Russia has armed them with military equipment and weapons including anti-aircraft weapons.”
“Compel Rebels to Co-operate”
The US cannot control its own border with Mexico, in peacetime. Yet, Obama expects Russia to not only control its border with Ukraine, but to also control rebels outside Russia. That’s ridiculous.
To top it off, Putin offered to let Ukraine monitor border checkpoints from the Russian side, but Ukraine turned down the chance.
“Russia has extraordinary influence over these separatists. No one denies that,” stated Obama.
That too is ludicrous. Russia denies that claim. And any one with any bit of common sense can detect Obama’s statement as blatant self-serving propaganda.
Email from Ukraine Portfolio Manager
Ilya Porkalov, a Ukraine pottfolio manager writes:
This allegation about the billboard has already been disproved. You just can not see the address on the billboard no matter how hard you try. And that network of car dealers can be found in many cities. How stupid it would be for Ukraine to make stuff up (like this video, or the phone recordings) when all secret services of the world will be watching and checking this, and with a single fake all credibility would be lost?
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