UPDATED: Obama to make statement on Ukraine

[DonViejo]

Last edited Thu Aug 28, 2014, 09:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Washington Post

President Obama is expected to make a statement soon from the White House about the situation in Ukraine. Watch it at the link below.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/c/live/Obama_to_make_statement_on_Ukraine/53ff868ce4b0b19c172c8fd1

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UPDATE:

Obama rules out US military action in Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ruling out the possibility that the U.S. will take military action to address growing violence in Ukraine.

Obama says the U.S. will stand firm with its allies to address the conflict in Ukraine, where the U.S. says Russia is backing pro-Russian separatists. But Obama says a military confrontation between the U.S. and Russia in the region, quote, “is not in the cards.”

But Obama is pointing to the NATO alliance as a deterrent for Russia. He says although Ukraine isn’t part of NATO, other nearby nations are. He says the U.S. takes its commitment to defend NATO allies “very seriously.” Obama will attend a NATO summit in Wales next week.

Obama spoke amid an escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine and fresh signs of Russia’s involvement.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/08/28/obama_rules_out_us_military_action_in_ukraine/

[Elmergantry]

1. No doubt he will make a stongly worded statement

Causing Putin to quiver in fear.

[JackRiddler]

3. Would you prefer a nuclear war?

Actually, Obama does have options that can de-escalate the situation, and these are in his leverage over the U.S.-backed regime in Kiev. Perhaps he actually made use of this. I don't know what message was intended or received, but his words seem to make it clear that Poroshenko and Co. are not going to rope the U.S. government into waging World War III now that Kiev is losing its war on the Russian population of the Ukraine.

[freshwest]

2. I'll see if I can find a video.