PressTV:
Obama: We are ‘short of going to war’ with Russia . . . Orwellian ‘speak’ for
sure . . . ~J
US President
Barack Obama
Sat
Aug 2, 2014 4:27AM GMT
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US President
Barack Obama says the United States is “short of going to war” with Russia over
Ukraine, describing his Russian counterpart as an irrational president.
Answering
questions from reporters in the White House’s press room, Obama said on Friday
that Washington has done everything it can to support the government in Kiev
and “to deter Russia from moving further into Ukraine.”
“But
short of going to war, there are going to be some constraints in terms of what
we can do if President Putin and Russia are ignoring what should be their long
term interests,” the US president added.
Obama
made the remarks after a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir
Putin in which the Russian leader warned that the sanctions imposed by the US
and its European allies against Moscow are counterproductive and seriously
damage bilateral cooperation.
“Right
now what we’ve done is impose sufficient costs on Russia that objectively
speaking they should, President Putin should want to resolve this
diplomatically. Get these sanctions lifted. Get their economy growing again and
have good relations with Ukraine,” Obama told the surprise news conference on
Friday.
“But
sometimes people don’t always act rationally and they don’t always act based on
their medium or long term interests. That can’t deter us though. We just have
to stay at it,” he added.
Obama’s
phone call to Putin on Friday marked the first conversation between the two
leaders since July 17, when a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down over
eastern Ukraine.
The
US claims at least part of the blame for the downing of a Malaysian passenger
plane in Ukraine, which left all 298 people onboard dead, lies with Russia.
Washington also accuses Moscow of supporting and arming pro-Russian forces in
eastern Ukraine, a claim which is rejected by the Kremlin.
In a
phone interview with Press TV on Thursday, Eric Draitser, founder of
Stopimperialism.com, said
the “so-called government in Ukraine is a proxy of the United States” which
“was created by the United States with the backing of the United States and it
exists only insofar as the United States and its European allies allow it to.”
Draitser
also said that Ukraine “has become a microcosm” for Washington’s “aggressive
foreign policy that seeks to make war, destabilize countries, and use them as
leverage against the ultimate enemies in the eyes of Washington – Russia and
China.”
5 Responses to PressTV:
Obama: We are ‘short of going to war’ with Russia . . . Orwellian ‘speak’ for
sure . . . ~J
Michael says:
Obarmy.
Seems to think that by not listening to a single word Vladimir Putin says (
wether it’s the CIA ‘s take on the translation ,I wouldn’t put it passed them)
that they can impose their will on any other country even when the evidence is
presented to him that Russia have taken no part in their version of the
propaganda by their bought and paid for presstitutes, remember the old saying ”
lies are half way around the world before truth as tied its boot laces ! Please
view Bawn wild ” bad things knockin on door”
sharen
brewer says:
Obama is making a fool out of
his self almost every day now ( my opinion ) . If anybody makes any sense in
this world it is Putin. And all the lies being told by Obama are all gona
backfire, just like they always do.
Lorne Johnson says:
WOW
Obama speaks with fork tongue go to WAR with the USSR ??who is pay the bill for
that insane idea hey??…. the soap opera is getting a wee bit out of hand in the
White House indeed , over the last week I have been sending love& Light
& the Violet Flame to Gaza and the hole middle east as a mantra Jean , now
if 100 Million or one Billion do this mantra over the next week for say then we
humanity will see a shift come to Light from most high………. The Gig is UP and
all the governments who do nothing about the slaughter of humans going on for
the last two weeks in Gaza then they support the what Israel’s Leader is up
too……..
This month could be the turning point that is why I am doing this mantra dayly at different times of the day Jean; we who are on the same page will see the new evolution unfold anyone who is still feeding the dark Force will not enter this shift into the 7th Golden Age……
That is my take so far and there are millions waking up from there coma is to speak not to Happy in seeing what is happening worldwide…………..
This month could be the turning point that is why I am doing this mantra dayly at different times of the day Jean; we who are on the same page will see the new evolution unfold anyone who is still feeding the dark Force will not enter this shift into the 7th Golden Age……
That is my take so far and there are millions waking up from there coma is to speak not to Happy in seeing what is happening worldwide…………..
Jean says:
:) Hugs, ~Jean
Ken Harris says:
Putin
told Obama exactly what Obama wanted to hear, when in all actuality Putin has
rallied his country to tighten their belts, dig in, and give the bird to the
west. Russia will survive this, just like they have in so many other conflicts
in the past, and the new deals with China and the BRICS alliance will see them
through.
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