Friday, July 18, 2014

WSJ: "Russia Faces Harsh Criticism Over Malaysia Airlines Crash"

Mr. Putin said Russia would do everything it could to "ensure that an objective understanding of what happened becomes available to the Russian public," but reiterated his stance that Ukraine was at fault.

"This tragedy wouldn't have occurred if there were peace in that country, or in any case, if hostilities had not resumed in southeast Ukraine," he said at a Cabinet meeting on the economy, according to a Kremlin statement. "And certainly, the government over whose territory it occurred is responsible for this terrible tragedy." (read more)
A pro-Russian separatist at the site of a Malaysia Airlines crash

10 comments:

Michael Haz said...

Harsh criticism? Is that all? That means nothing to Putin, he holds all the cards.

Obama won't do a thing other than read a few paragraphs from his TelePrompTer. European leaders won't do anything because Putin has his hands on the pipeline that brings natural gas to Europe and will turn it off if he feels peevish. The UN won't do anything.

In fact, Putin will benefit from this. Even though it looks like his brown shirts shot down the plane, Putin will blame Ukraine and use this event as a reason why Russia should send even more forces into that region.

Putin wins, "harsh criticism" notwithstanding.

Leland said...

Obama won't do a thing other than read a few paragraphs from his TelePrompTer.

I think you are giving Obama too much credit. Teleprompter means the bear isn't loose and enjoying a burger between rounds of golf.

The Dude said...

I guess the plane crashed, but only after it was hit by a missile. Calling it a "crash" rather than a "shoot down" strikes me as odd.

KCFleming said...

This tragedy wouldn't have occurred if there were peace in that country."

SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO???!!!

Unknown said...

The gift of communist era stupidity, ineptitude and lies keeps on giving.

edutcher said...

Harsh criticism?

At least in "Team America", Hans Brix threatened to write a nasty letter.

rcocean said...

So a plane is shot down in the Ukraine by Ukrainian citizens but its Putin's fault.

Got it.

I love how people keep acting like Putin is "THE NEXT HITLER!!" Last time I looked, he was elected to office and presides over an elected parliament. He also seems uninterested in invading countries that don't have large numbers of Russians in them.

BTW, whatever happened to Syria and Libya? I thought those were two the greatest foreign crises ever, that required us to send troops? Now, all I hear is crickets.

rcocean said...

Oh forgot to add:

Shut up Johnny McCain.

Just. Shut. Up.

john said...

I thought I remembered that a while back the British government wanted to give the occasionally-awarded "Reginald Dyer Memorial Let's Show-Em Who's Boss in the Subcontinent" medal to William Rogers. None of that showed up on any Google searches, so it must have been my imagination.

Chip Ahoy said...

Typical. Create a disruption then point to the inevitable outcomes of the disruption and tsk tsk tut tut. Just like American politics.

Obama cannot do anything. Valerie Jarrett and her office and his other handlers have him off doing something harmless like vacationing, campaigning, playing, and eating junk food.

Eating, and eating, and eating his way across America.

Google images: [Obama eating] Don't look. DON'T LOOK I SAID!

I'll tell you instead. Ice cream, hot dogs, hamburger, ice cream, frosty, ice cream, pizza, fair food, french fries, hamburger, ice cream, pizza, funnel cake, hotdog, french fries, pizza, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, shake, ice cream, ice cream, hot dog, fast food, fast food, fast food, fast food, convenience food, fast food, fast food, convenience food fast, fast fast fast fast fast fast fast fast paper cup paper cup paper cup paper cup paper cup paper cup.

Now. Have your Klingon wife and her furrowed brow institute a one-size-fits-all nationwide lunch regimen to compensate, shoved through state schools Madam Mao style, after all, not a single person in the US elected her fat ugly ass, so it's only natural by Democrat reasoning to go right along and bow.