Lee Fang
After forging peace with Iran, Obama's second & far less recognized foreign policy accomplishment was refusing to turn Ukraine into Syria
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Most of the big media outlets, right wingers on Capitol Hill, much of the military establishment, pressured Obama to flood Ukraine w/weapons
Obama steadfastly refused to provide lethal aid to Ukraine, knowing it would lead to endless escalation and bloodshed.
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Given that many of Hillary's top advisers opposed Obama on Ukraine, & given current anti/Russia politics, why isn't this more of a topic?
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Hillary has largely remained mum on the subject, refusing to endorse Obama's position explicitly.
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Also worth noting all of this follows the long-running campaign by weapons makers to coerce NATO countries to increase military budgets.
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@lhfang are you desperate to make Obama look batter than he is, a war criminal, but at least he didn't fuck up Ukraine? -
@lhfang@RealTrevinShu but when Israel asks it's "shut up and take our money". -
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@lhfang No. He did it knowing it would distract Russia from Syria leaving him both liable & stuck telling Israel "No, you can't bomb them". -
@lhfang Have you even considered that if Israel joined in on Syria what Iran's rhetoric would then be? The undermining of the nuke deal? -
@lhfang What would that lead to? Israel bombing Iran as Russia & NATO went head-to-head and Obama sat with his fingers on the nuke buttons. -
@lhfang Israel wants Russia distracted badly so they can make a mess on its southern borders. Don't buy in with the halfwits, Lee.
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@lhfang Is this satire or what? -
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@lhfang Or other way around. Obama should have respected Budapest Memorandum after Russian occupation of Crimea. Then no bloodshed in Donbas -
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@lhfang brilliant@BarackObama refuses interest grp pressures to avoid ForPol quicksands,maturely rebuilds US prestige@stephenWalt@pmarca -
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@lhfang but he provided aims to Syrian rebels thinking (unwittingly) different stuff would happen? -
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@lhfang I'm confused. I thought the US State Dept instigated Ukraine's coup. That's not true? -
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@quantalooped@lhfang Thank you. But if Obama's state dpt fomented coup, y didn't they want to back it with arms?
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@lhfang just not Libya.
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