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Tierra_y_Libertad

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8. Obama considering arming Ukraine, officials say/MSNBC
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 04:53 PM
Feb 2015

Yay! We've finally found another hairy, scary, bogeyman to provide profits for the MIC!

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/active-discussions-administration-arming-ukraine-officials-say

“Active and comprehensive discussions” are underway in the Obama administration over whether the United States should provide heavy weapons to Ukrainian forces under increasing attack by pro-Russian separatists, senior defense officials told NBC News on Monday.

The most lethal weapons could include anti-armor missiles, armored Humvees, radar and drones to attack Russian rocket launchers and artillery that have been battering Ukrainian forces, the officials said.

They stressed Monday that no decision had been made. The New York Times reported Sunday that administration and military officials are edging toward providing “defensive” arms to Ukrainian forces.

Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said that the administration is “constantly assessing” its options but declined to discuss the details of administration policy debates.

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K&R woo me with science Feb 2015 #1
It's beginning to look a lot like World War III. Octafish Feb 2015 #10
(thread theme song) johnnyreb Feb 2015 #2
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How in the hell? JonLP24 Feb 2015 #16
As long as people accept The 9/11 Show whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #3
I agree. SamKnause Feb 2015 #12
American culture promotes whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #13
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War Is Swell Octafish Feb 2015 #27
It seems to me that the path to the future is adapting that which we detest. Savannahmann Feb 2015 #28
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The sick pageant continues... woo me with science Feb 2015 #17
Yes, they are out there, working hard as ever. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #20
I despise SamKnause Feb 2015 #6
His neocon war mongers are still busy trying to get some more wars going. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #19
Obama considering arming Ukraine, officials say/MSNBC Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #8
I thought real men went to Tehran? Perle and Kristol said nothing about Moscow. Octafish Feb 2015 #9
Napoleon went to Moscow and Hitler tried to. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #11
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What is this thread? YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #18
+1... SidDithers Feb 2015 #21
Followed by hollow apologies for status quo. JEB Feb 2015 #22
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Carlyle Group investment bank owns NSA go-to spyhaus Booz Allen Hamilton. Octafish Feb 2015 #32
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