Obama Rules Out Military Force Over Ukraine [View all]
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Wednesday that he had ruled out the use of United States military force in the Ukraine crisis, and that the international response to Russia’s seizure of Crimea will be limited to diplomacy.
“We are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine,” Mr. Obama told Mark Mullen, a news anchor at the NBC affiliate in San Diego. “What we are going to do is mobilize all of our diplomatic resources to make sure that we’ve got a strong international correlation that sends a clear message.”
The comment was Mr. Obama’s most direct rejection to date of the idea of taking military action in response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, a process that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia set in motion in late February.
Mr. Obama said the United States would continue to “ratchet up” pressure on the Russians with sanctions, but said, “I think even the Ukrainians would acknowledge that for us to engage Russia military would not be appropriate, and wouldn’t be good for Ukraine either.”
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We are absolutely 'blessed' to have this man in the White House at this point in time...
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