{"id":16961,"date":"2014-04-24T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=16961"},"modified":"2014-04-24T12:29:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:29:41","slug":"hillary-clinton-calls-for-more-sanctions-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2014\/04\/24\/hillary-clinton-calls-for-more-sanctions-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Calls For More Sanctions On Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huffington Post<\/em> has the article Hillary Clinton Calls For More Sanctions On Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a University of Connecticut issues forum, the former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state said she believes the sanctions against the Russian government must be “tightened and widened” to prevent the crisis from escalating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this statement does not disqualify Hillary Clinton from being President of The United States, then I don’t know how much more evidence you would need.\u00a0 This is tantamount to saying “We must escalate to prevent the crisis from escalating.”<\/p>\n

The behavior of Russia and the United States is like the teenage game of chicken.\u00a0 Two cars drive at high speed toward each other that would ultimately lead to a fatal head-on collision.\u00a0 If one side doesn’t veer away, then they both win the game of not being a chicken.\u00a0 They are also both dead.\u00a0 Here we have Hillary Clinton saying, let’s step on the gas, surely the other side will flinch first, if only we can frighten them enough.\u00a0 Does Vladimir Putin look like the kind of person who could be intimidated?\u00a0 Russia is no Grenada, despite what President Obama seems to think.<\/p>\n

In my previous post\u00a0Foreign policy and the definition of \u2018manhood\u2019<\/a>, I think I just about predicted Hillary Clinton would take this position.<\/p>\n

Also refer to my previous post \u201cWe Are Not Beginning a New Cold War, We are Well into It\u201d: Stephen Cohen on Russia-Ukraine Crisis<\/a>. I had the following quote from Stephen Cohen:<\/p>\n

As a contemporary observer, it certainly began in November 2013 when the European Union issued an ultimatum, really, to the then-president, elected president, of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, that \u201cSign an agreement with us, but you can\u2019t have one with Russia, too.\u201d In my mind, that precipitated this crisis, because why give a country that has been profoundly divided for centuries, and certainly in recent decades, an ultimatum\u2014an elected president: \u201cChoose, and divide your country further\u201d? So when we say today Putin initiated this chaos, this danger of war, this confrontation, the answer is, no, that narrative is wrong from the beginning. It was triggered by the European Union\u2019s unwise ultimatum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do certian people in Sturbridge actually read anything I post?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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