The Crimean referendum came and went today, with the peninsula’s voters calling overwhelmingly for accession into the Russian Federation. The vote and results sparked angry condemnation from the US.
The White House insisted the referendum was “contrary to Ukraine’s constitution,” and said the international community would never recognize the results.
That’s somewhat beside the point in this case, since Crimea isn’t intended to stay independent, and whether or not the US recognizes it as part of Russia’s federation likely won’t amount to much.
US officials went on shaking their fists about the result and threatening imminent sanctions against Russia, saying they would make Russia “pay an increasing price” for allowing the vote to take place. The sanctions, assuming they happen at all, are likely to center around Europe, since the US doesn’t have much trade with Russia to begin with.
Am I the only one getting tired of Washington's endless threats?
empty, ill-conceived threats, btw…
we should mind our own business, and fix the our countries problems before telling others what to do
Democracy is restored to Ukraine, at least in Crimea, and the born again neocon in the White House throws a temper tantrum.
not even close to the tantrum thrown by McCrazy though.
Threats – Threats and yet more threats.
But what actually can the US do?
They hardly trade with Russia so are they going to threaten the countries who DO trade with the Russians with sanctions . Who will that hurt?
At some stage the whole world will get fed up with the ILLEGAL sanctions being imposed by the US whenever it suits them. Then ALL these sanctions will be thrown out – THE SOONER THE BETTER – THEY ARE ILLEGAL ANYWAY.
These pronouncements and threats, coming from a man who has shredded the American constitution and is , for all intents and purpose, an absolute tyrant.
Why was it permissible for Kosovo to have their referendum when the west stole it from Serbia (after NATO and America bombed them for some 78 days) and those in Serbia did not have a chance to vote? How come South Sudan voted for independence by breaking up Sudan without the people in the north being able to vote in the referendum? How come the people in the Malvena's (Falkland Islands) voted in a referendum to stay with Britain, without allowing the people of Argentina to also vote? The beat goes on. I suppose if the west does it, its legal, if anyone else does it, its illegal. Hypocrisy reigns supreme.
Do they realize they are reading King George III's lines?
Nudelman, Kagan and Pyatt came, saw and lost
Threats never worked on Russia and mighty Vlad because he always call their bluff. Russia did it in Georgia, in Syria and now in Ukraine. The hapless clown in the White House and his white masters wasn´t going to start WW3 over Ukraine either but they kept huffing and puffing and by doing so they will now end up with a "Finlandization" of Ukraine that will create a neutral buffer zone between Moscow and €USSR, Crimea back to Russia for an eternity and the very possibility, should Washington´s fascist junta in Kiev remain and persist with anti-Russian hostilities, that Russia immediately send in her troops to make the rest of Ukraine south of Kiev, secede as well.
For Russia (and the rest of the free world), not bad for doing absolutely nothing (officially) at all.
Congratulations Crimea!!! Well deserved!
Funny i didn't know(according to constitutional lawyer obama)that violently overthrowing a democratically elected government was legal..
What i see is a country (the USA) ruled by psychopathic morons who have no connection to reality. Unfortunately they have atomic weapons.
The real point here is the Baltic republics, NATO members. All the hostile rhetoric is designed to warn Putin away from the three Baltic republics. If NATO abandons three of its members, then it goes the way of the League of Nations. Since the whole point of post-cold war NATO is to protect Israel, that is hardly what neocons like Victoria Nuland wanted!
The Crimean people voted for what they wanted. No one forced them to vote.
They want protection from someone they trust and that sure isn´t or will be the USA .
I am no longer proud to be an American , the America I grew up with has long ago ceased to exist.
Stop starting and trying to start more wars , the people are tired of it all.
Bring back the guillotine and let´s have a Marie Antoinette moment , no more cake!
When the people of the Gaza Strip exercise their freedom of choice and voted for Hamas, the outcome was the same in Washington…..everyone had their underwear in a bunch.
Enough with “changes and Hope” already, what you have changed haven’t given anything nor has contribiute to mankind progress toward a functioning democracy, your empty words is what is in your hoping agendas and even that hasn’t given anything but hoping for the last hope to materialize.
By threatening peoples right, or a nation is what you mean when you use the word HOPE, by war against nations is what you mean when you use the word CHANGE, otherwise nothing changed nor a hope of the people for a functioning democracy is materialized for last 60 years, so you are no different then previous who wanted to change and hoped for nothing but war.
petulant president panics