Secretary of State John Kerry warned of serious repercussions for Russia on Monday if last-ditch talks over the weekend to resolve the crisis in Ukraine failed to persuade Moscow to soften its stance.
Sign Up for the Politics Today newsletter! Kerry will travel to London for a Friday meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ahead of a Sunday referendum vote in the Crimea region to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation
U.S. and European officials argue that Moscow is orchestrating the referendum and waging an intimidation campaign with thousands of Russian troops controlling the region. If Russian-backed lawmakers in Crimea go through with the Sunday referendum, Kerry said the U.S. and its European allies will not recognize it as legitimate under international law.
The U.S. and Europe on Monday would then unite to impose sanctions on Russia, Kerry told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Thursday during a hearing on the State Department's budget.
“There will be a response of some kind to the referendum itself,” Kerry said. “If there is no sign [from Russia] of any capacity to respond to this issue ... there will be a very serious series of steps on Monday.”
Paint a red line. Issue a warning even. Go ahead JFK paint that friggin line.
Does anyone really know what the USA does after Russia boldly crosses our red line?
I mean all of the recent military headlines are on how we're cutting our military response capabilities drastically, creating the impression of such bold weakness, certainly not strength.
USA will soon respond with the harshest wording of our objection possible.
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it." John Adams
I recommend we send in Conservgramma's 100% all female amazon warrior type brigade during the height of the unit's synchronized PMS. Putin and Co will fold like as if they were origami.
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #4I recommend we send in Conservgramma's 100% all female amazon warrior type brigade during the height of the unit's synchronized PMS. Putin and Co will fold like as if they were origami.
If Kerry's diversity culled, bisexual unit is composed of gays, lesbos, trannies and both kinds of straights, [a clown show] then by all means send in CG's 100% All American Amazon Ladies Brigade.
Let them mop things up and restore America's honor !!! I kid you not!
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it." John Adams