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Old 02-07-2015, 05:31 PM
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While everyone seems to be posting about respecting our President, giving vote results from a few years ago, etc. nobody seems to be talking about any real issues.

Is this what "politics" is today ? Do we ignore what is happening and simply wait to be told what to think by our party ? Do we all feel that if Democrat, they have ALL the answers, and if Republicans they have ALL the answers ? Do we all get offended if someone does not agree with whatever your party says you are for ?

Let me tell you....2016 and 2020 and on will be decided on WHO the candidates are, what the issues are at that time and how the world is being handled.


Now, I just read this and thought it interesting relative to Ukraine.....

"It was a day of bluster and speeches but also paralysis over how to bring the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine to an end.
On one side, hawks in Washington favour supplying “advanced weapons” to Ukraine’s government in Kiev. On the other, cautious European leaders warned it is easier to provoke Vladimir Putin than to scare him.
“I am firmly convinced this conflict cannot be solved with military means,” said Angela Merkel, the German chancellor at the Munich Security Conference.
Mrs Merkel, who is the only major Western leader to have a working relationship with Mr Putin, said a flow of American arms to Ukraine would not intimidate the Russian leader.
“I cannot imagine any situation in which improved equipment for the Ukrainian army leads to President Putin being so impressed that he believes he will lose militarily,” she said. “I have to put it that bluntly.”


Ukraine crisis: Do not try to scare Putin, warns Merkel - Telegraph