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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Putin to U.S.: Stop the Blackmail"
Putin to U.S.: Stop the Blackmailhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/10/15/putin-to-u-s-stop-the-blackmail.html
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Remember this guy? On the night before talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out against the U.S. and its sanctions, saying, "We hope that our partners will realise the recklessness of attempts to blackmail Russia, will remember the risks that a spat between major nuclear powers incurs for strategic stability. Putin, speaking to a Serbian paper, said the sanctions were hurting the ability to forge a new peace.
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"Putin to U.S.: Stop the Blackmail" (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2014
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)1. Go'bama, Go'bama, Go'bama!! Trade between two countries
depends on how well they get along. That's not blackmail. That's a historical reality.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)2. I agree. I think Obama's foreign policy changed.
It seemed to flip 180 degrees last year. It became more like neocon rhetoric. I preferred campaign Obama and first term Obama.
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)3. One Wonders What The Reaction Would Be, Ma'am
Should President Obama be quoted as saying 'We hope our partners will realize the recklessness of trying to change the map of Europe by force majeure, will remember the risks that a spat between major nuclear powers incurs for strategic stability.'