Conservatives have always been upfront about the threat Russia poses to America. It has always been the Democrats that excused and downplayed the Russian threat. In the 80's they criticized Reagan for calling them an evil empire. They ridiculed Reagan for supporting missile defense, saying that it is impossible and a pipe dream. Under Obama's foreign policy America capitulated to Russia's demand that America drop missile defense in Eastern Europe. Obama was caught having the Russian president relay a message to Putin that he only has one more election, and after the election he'll have more flexibility to further neuter America's military efforts in Eastern Europe.
When Romney and Republicans criticized Obama for making deals with the Russians that he is keeping secret from Americans, the Democrats ridiculed him. Democrats all collectively said Russia is a trusted ally and Romney was trying to relive the Cold War.
It is Obama's foreign policy that emboldened Russia to invade Crimea and openly defy America is Syria. It is Obama's foreign policy that led to the rise of ISIS.
Furthermore, if I opened a suspicious email and caused my company's computer system to be hacked, do you think I would be held accountable? The Russians, according to the CIA and Obama, unsuccessfully attempted to hack the RNC. The Democrats, just like Clinton did with State Department emails, put the country in risk and allowed Russia to gain access to and embarrass Clinton.
To sit there and try and assign some political motive to Russia attempting to disrupt the American election is based solely on subjective politically motivated opinions. The left are sore losers and just want a scapegoat other than the complete ineptitude, arrogance and stupidity of the Clinton campaign for their failures. They showed themselves to be completely untrustworthy with America's security.
Russia did NOT invade Crimea.
After a Plebiscite Crimeans chose to be part of Russia.
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To be clear you are unequivocally absolutely incorrect. I will provide the multiple videos of Obama contradicting your, to be frank, stunningly stupid statement that Russia did not invade Crimea and/or Crimea's annexation was done legally and willfully by the Ukrainian government. State Department press conferences, White House press secretary--we went to the UN to enact economic sanctions against Russia and the justification we provided to the international community was Russia's military annexation of Crimea. And the UN approved the sanctions.
In fact is the only government, besides China, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan to vote against the sanctions and insist Russia had nothing to do with the military annexation of Crimea is RUSSIA.
Again, a special kind of stupid.
In 2014,
Russia made several military incursions into
Ukrainian territory. After
Euromaidan protests and the fall of Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych,
Russian soldiers without insignias took control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Russia then
annexed Crimea after a
disputed referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation.
[7][62][63][64][65] Subsequently, demonstrations by pro-Russian groups in the
Donbass area of Ukraine escalated into an
armed conflict between the Ukrainian government and separatist forces of the self-declared
Donetsk and
Lugansk People's Republics. In August, Russian military vehicles crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast
[31][66][67][68][69][70] The incursion by the Russian military was seen as responsible for the defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September.
[71][72]
In November 2014, the Ukrainian military reported intensive movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.
[73] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.
[74] An
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.
[75] OSCE monitors further stated they observed vehicles transporting ammunition and soldiers'
dead bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border under the guise of
humanitarian aid convoys.
[76] As of early August 2015, OSCE observed over 21 such vehicles marked with the Russian military code for soldiers killed in action.
[77]According to
The Moscow Times, Russia has tried to intimidate and silence human rights workers discussing Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.
[78] OSCE repeatedly reported that its observers were denied access to the areas controlled by "combined Russian-separatist forces".
[79]
The majority of members of the international community and organizations such as
Amnesty International have condemned Russia for its actions in post-revolutionary Ukraine, accusing it of breaking international law and violating Ukrainian sovereignty. Many countries implemented
economic sanctions against Russia, Russian individuals or companies – to which Russia responded in kind.
In 2014,
Russia made several military incursions into
Ukrainian territory. After
Euromaidan protests and the fall of Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych,
Russian soldiers without insignias took control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Russia then
annexed Crimea after a
disputed referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation.
[7][62][63][64][65] Subsequently, demonstrations by pro-Russian groups in the
Donbass area of Ukraine escalated into an
armed conflict between the Ukrainian government and separatist forces of the self-declared
Donetsk and
Lugansk People's Republics. In August, Russian military vehicles crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast
[31][66][67][68][69][70] The incursion by the Russian military was seen as responsible for the defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September.
[71][72]
In November 2014, the Ukrainian military reported intensive movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.
[73] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.
[74] An
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.
[75] OSCE monitors further stated they observed vehicles transporting ammunition and soldiers'
dead bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border under the guise of
humanitarian aid convoys.
[76] As of early August 2015, OSCE observed over 21 such vehicles marked with the Russian military code for soldiers killed in action.
[77]According to
The Moscow Times, Russia has tried to intimidate and silence human rights workers discussing Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.
[78] OSCE repeatedly reported that its observers were denied access to the areas controlled by "combined Russian-separatist forces".
[79]
The majority of members of the international community and organizations such as
Amnesty International have condemned Russia for its actions in post-revolutionary Ukraine, accusing it of breaking international law and violating Ukrainian sovereignty. Many countries implemented
economic sanctions against Russia, Russian individuals or companies – to which Russia responded in kind.
