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timosman
02-03-2017, 01:00 AM
https://qz.com/887274/un-ambassador-samantha-power-goes-out-with-a-blistering-attack-on-russia/



Samantha Power, US president Barack Obama’s ambassador to the UN, put aside the diplomacy for her last major speech in the role to tell the international community it must do everything it can to stop what she described as a Russian assault on the world order.

Outlining Russian actions like the annexation of Crimea, the bombing of civilians in Syria, and a hacking of America’s election, Power drew a picture of a state whose primary aim is to sow chaos and wreak havoc on the “rules-based” world order that is girded by international law and run in bodies like the United Nations.

“Russia’s actions are not standing up a new world order, they are tearing down the one that exists, and this is what we are fighting against,” she said in a speech at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington today (Jan. 17). “Having defeated the forces of fascism and communism, we now confront the forces of authoritarianism and nihilism.”

As countries across the world fret about the warm words US president-elect Donald Trump has had for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Power’s speech amounted to a 40-minute plea to American politicians of all stripes to come together and ensure Trump doesn’t let Putin off for his violations of international law.

Trump has suggested that warming relations with Moscow can only be a good thing. But, addressing the fact that Obama tried to “reset” relations in 2009, Power argued now is a different time: The Russian president then was (nominally) Dmitry Medvedev, Russia had not invaded Ukraine, and had not tried to influence the US elections.

Those who argue, as Trump has, that undoing sanctions against Russia will make the Kremlin more amenable “have it backwards,” Power said. “Easing punitive measures…will only embolden Russia,” encourage North Korea and Iran to follow them and send the message that all they need to do is “wait it out,” Power argued.

“We root wholeheartedly for a different kind of era, but it can’t be one that glosses the past or papers over the fact that you’re talking about dealing with a leader who has his own opponents intimidated and in some cases killed,” she said, making her perhaps the highest-ranking US official to accuse Putin of ordering assassinations.

Positive policy prescriptions were few and far between, however—showing the extent to which the Obama administration hit an impasse with Moscow. “In the place of faith they offer cynicism, in the place of engagement, indifference,” Power said.
The tenor of the speech instead implied that at present there simply is no middle ground between an American belief in liberal democracy and Russian nihilism.

But Trump, as evidenced by the below tweets, sounds prepared to attempt to bridge that divide.
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Jamesiv1
02-03-2017, 04:03 AM
#FakeAmbassadors

timosman
02-03-2017, 04:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FljHvlfLoI

KEEF
02-03-2017, 04:46 AM
This line right here makes me like Putin even more.

“Russia’s actions are not standing up a new world order, they are tearing down the one that exists, and this is what we are fighting against,” she said in a speech at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington today (Jan. 17).

Zippyjuan
02-03-2017, 12:32 PM
New UN Ambassador also critical of Russia. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?507187-U-S-Ambassador-to-U-N-blames-Russia-for-new-violence-in-eastern-Ukraine

timosman
02-03-2017, 12:34 PM
New UN Ambassador also critical of Russia. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?507187-U-S-Ambassador-to-U-N-blames-Russia-for-new-violence-in-eastern-Ukraine

Sure Zippy -
"It was friendly enough, given the circumstances and given the subject we were discussing," the Russian ambassador told reporters.

undergroundrr
02-03-2017, 12:57 PM
Sure Zippy -

Wow. That's all you got out of that article?

juleswin
02-03-2017, 12:58 PM
New UN Ambassador also critical of Russia. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?507187-U-S-Ambassador-to-U-N-blames-Russia-for-new-violence-in-eastern-Ukraine

Lol, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Constance and variable and for people not in the know, the Constance are the policies and the variables are the politicians.

AZJoe
02-03-2017, 01:08 PM
https://i.imgflip.com/1ix2qn.jpg

CPUd
02-03-2017, 01:10 PM
https://i.imgur.com/QWta5Ua.jpg

juleswin
02-03-2017, 01:30 PM
Someone should get that woman some chees e to eat with all that wine. OMG, the lack of self awareness on that woman to accuse someone else of destabilizing a region. They probably don't do irony where ever she came from.

goldenequity
02-03-2017, 01:40 PM
Did she puke green and did her head spin around when she said it??

Zippyjuan
02-03-2017, 01:53 PM
Wow. That's all you got out of that article?

Not the only thing.


"I consider it unfortunate on the occasion of my first appearance here I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia," Haley said, making her first public remarks inside the Security Council since being sworn in as the United States' representative to the United Nations last month.

"It shouldn't happen, or be that way. We do want to better our relations with Russia. However, the dire situation in eastern Ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of Russian actions."



Haley made clear that tensions over the Ukraine would not end soon, including the matter of sanctions slapped on Russia related to the annexation of Crimea three years ago.

"Eastern Ukraine of course is not the only part of the country suffering because of Russia’s aggressive actions. The United States continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea," Haley said.

"Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns control of the peninsula to Ukraine."

That is actually a pretty significant statement.

Obama's presidency also started with a call for a "reset" of relationships with Russia. Trump's Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense said during their confirmation hearings they considered Russia still a threat.

seapilot
02-03-2017, 04:37 PM
https://i.imgur.com/QWta5Ua.jpg

The whole Hitler comparison thing should of died in Germany in 1945. Almost every major political figure has been compared to Hitler, it has become unoriginal.

http://russiacrazy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/russia-crazy-darth-putin-funny-picture.jpg

goldenequity
02-04-2017, 10:38 AM
After being sued, BuzzFeed has apologized to a Russian executive named in the unverified Trump dossier (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/04/after-being-sued-buzzfeed-has-apologized-to-a-russian-executive-named-in-the-unverified-trump-dossier.html?__source=twitter)


BuzzFeed has encountered serious repercussions for publishing a 35-page dossier
of unverified accusations about alleged ties between Donald Trump and Russian intelligence.

Val Gurvits, an attorney with Boston Law Group
who filed the defamation complaint on behalf of Gubarev and his companies,
said said BuzzFeed's apology and redaction wouldn't affect his clients' suit.
"The financial damages my clients have suffered are extensive", he wrote in an e-maill

"As far as BuzzFeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it,
I think they're going to suffer the consequences. They already are," Trump said.

buh bye.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C16kKC0VEAAGiab.jpg

AZJoe
02-04-2017, 12:42 PM
Did she puke green and did her head spin around when she said it??

May the monster crawl back to its lair and we never hear from it ever again.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5b/96/2e/5b962ed338f0a18d0f9ccc12d043a31b.jpg

AZJoe
02-10-2017, 04:10 PM
Fearing the potential risk of an outbreak of peace and trade, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agrees to be hostile to Russia:
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/318745-sen-foreign-policy-hearing-takes-hard-line-on-russia
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/02/09/senate-foreign-relations-committee-agrees-to-be-hostile-toward-russia/

enhanced_deficit
02-10-2017, 05:00 PM
Some of the views here seems bit disrespectful considering her holy connections.

Samantha Powers claims her son is descendant of 18th century holy tribes (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?418340-Samantha-Powers-claims-her-son-is-descendant-of-18th-century-holy-tribes&)






https://i.imgflip.com/1ix2qn.jpg


You guys are being too tough on her, she was not some anti-war libertarian. She did what she was supposed to and served DGPbag's masters well.