Op-ed: 

Putin gains by Obama's inactions
By: Diane Sori 

“You can’t send in tanks and at the same time hold talks. The use of force would sabotage the opportunity offered by the four-party negotiations in Geneva.”
- Ukrainian foreign minister Andriy Deshchytsya

Point blank...Ukraine is on the brink of war...and while Vladimir Putin and his Russian forces are the aggressors...Barack HUSSEIN Obama is a willing participant in that aggression by his very inactions.

And as America's allies throughout Eastern and Central Europe worry about their future sovereignty because of Obama's inactions, Putin sends unmarked special forces into Ukraine. And he does so at the same time he accuses the Ukrainian government of pursuing an "anti-constitutional" path by using force against the pro-Russian demonstrators.

Now once again as the memory of our wondrous leader sitting back and doing NOTHING when the Iranian students protested against their dictatorial islamic regime starts to surface, Obama's inactions in regards to Ukraine further denigrates our great nation in the eyes of the world.

And as Obama looks away as pro-Russian separatists raise the Russian flag on Ukrainian army armored vehicles in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian defense ministry issued a statement saying that the troop carriers now in Slovyansk, are guarded by "people in uniforms who have no relation to Ukraine's armed forces."

Simply...WAR has 'unofficially' been declared on Ukraine as Barack HUSSEIN Obama outright ignores this escalating and dangerous situation...ignores it as an international crisis grows for Obama has made it clear that he is NOT willing to take America to war...NOT over Ukraine anyway. The man who will send troops, weapons, and our taxpayer dollars when his muslim brethren are in 'supposed' trouble has turned his back on a nation wanting to become part of the European Union... turned his back on a nation wanting democracy and freedom.

Par for the Obama course I'd say.

And what is Putin doing as Obama looks away...he's pushing the world towards something far more dangerous than just another Cold War...the man who called the break-up of the old Soviet Union the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century"...is starting on his quest to rebuild the old Russian Empire...the whole damn empire...one country at a time. And know that Vladimir Putin will NOT be happy with just Ukraine...he wants all the old Soviet Union satellites in his empire... just ask the 59% of the Polish people who believe Putin's Russia is threatening their national security as they further integrate with Europe.

And all this because of Ukraine's wanting to follow Poland's lead and move towards the European model of economic and political competition and away from Russian-style communism. Putin knew he had to act and act now out of fear that this move by Ukraine would spread to Russia at some point. And so Putin believed Ukraine's baby steps towards freedom had to be “liquidated in its cradle.” Crushing the Ukrainian revolution by discrediting that very revolution in the hearts and minds of the Russian people, Putin is using the justification that what he is doing is bringing Ukraine back to the 'motherland' where he believes they rightfully belong.

But NO matter what thought process Putin uses in his wanting to redraw the Russian borders, it is indeed something that Obama should be concerned about... should be something that he must address if for NO other reason than Putin's expanding nuclear arsenal is on the ready while Obama continues to reduce ours. And with political instability engulfing the entire global front, Obama cannot allow Putin to run unchecked...as in it's time for Barack HUSSEIN Obama to put on his 'big boy' pants... that is if he has any...and be the very catalyst to put a stop to this.

But sadly we know he won't.

And addressing Putin's aggression does NOT mean adding even more useless sanctions into the mix for sanctions have long proven to be NOTHING but actions that encourage defiance. And Obama's freezing the bank accounts of roughly two dozen of Putin's banking and oil buddies just feeds even more into Putin’s ambitions...and with us having little trade with Russia to use as a bargaining chip, Putin in all reality is freely running around unchecked.

Russia also has veto power at the U(seless) N(ations) that allows them to halt any proposed UN military action against them. So while NATO might continue to talk the talk of standing with Ukraine the truth is that they can only act up to a point. And with Obama NOT willing to consider military action and intervention on America's part...with Obama NOT willing to stand strong with our treaty allies...Obama has basically released the U.S. of responding to Russian aggression. Translation: for all intents and purposes, NATO has been rendered impotent as a military alliance... rendered impotent to militarily help Ukraine...or any other country for that matter.

And those very NATO allies are rightfully worried the U.S. won't be there for them if Putin continues his nation grabbing. Even Saudi Arabia worries that Obama's inactions will spread to their part of the world as it seems that Obama is more than willing to allow Iran to become a nuclear power and to control the game in Syria. Also, the Israeli Defense Minister recently stated that Israel can NO longer rely on the U.S. to deal with Iran...to deal with the Palestinians...to deal with anything involving the Jewish state.

So as Vladimir Putin warns Ukraine that it could NOT sustain an armored offensive in its eastern region, talks on defusing the situation are due to start in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday, and the European Union and the U.S. will take part in those talks. Let's just hope that John 'Swiftboat' Kerry does NOT take part in them for we all know how well his intervention in the Israeli/Palestinian affair turned out...and like his boss Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Kerry is NO match for the likes of Vladimir Putin...NO match at all.

Op-ed:

Putin's strength is Obama's weakness
By: Diane Sori

“I consider it to be my sacred duty to unify the people of Russia, to rally citizens around clear aims and tasks, and to remember every day and every minute that we have one Motherland, one people and one future.” 

- Vladimir Putin writing in his official biography

As Barack HUSSEIN Obama says he fears a nuclear attack on New York City more than he fears Vladimir Putin running amok, once again he's calling for Russia to de-escalate the Ukrainian situation...and in Obama's case that means he's using the NEVER will come to fruition threat of isolationism and more useless sanctions to do so.

Putin must be shaking in his boots...NOT.

You have to give Vladimir Putin credit as he waited patiently for many years for a weakling to become the American president... something he knew George W. Bush was NOT...waited for a man who he had NO respect for to assume the leadership of the world's leading superpower or must I sadly say now former leading superpower...before he pulled this Ukrainian stunt.

And he found that man in the guise of Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the man who dared to call Putin "weak" and to say that Russia is but a "regional power" who takes over other countries by "weakness, not power." This man is a joke...a laughing stock, a spineless, wimp whose agenda is, was, and always will be to bring our beloved America down to the level of a Third World country.

Vladimir Putin...the very man who took over a sovereign nation by shear intimidation alone, has been a driving force in Russian politics for more than 12 years, and is now working to create a nation of warriors. Putin is an ultra-nationalist leader hell bent on restoring the glory days of the old Russian Empire let alone the former Soviet Union. Rising from the ranks of the KGB to become the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg then on to the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin respects power and force...hence his contempt for Barack HUSSEIN Obama. And after years of economic crisis and self-perceived international humiliation at the hands of the West, Putin wants to reinstate Russian core values and bring back now faltering Russian historical traditions by flexing the muscle of brute strength...in other words while Putin wants Russia to be part of the modern world he wants to do so on Russian terms...on his terms.

On his terms for sure, but in certain ways Vladimir Putin and Barack HUSSEIN Obama are one and the same in their narcissism and in their embracing of their own self-importance...their own self-worth. Yet narcissism aside the two men are diametrical opposites in their hopes for their countries as Putin wants Russia to be the world's number one superpower...and through calculated opportunity and military strength he has laid the path towards that goal...while Barack HUSSEIN Obama wants to abandon America's superpower status by restraining and reining in America's strength by cutting and emasculating America's military.

And while Vladimir Putin is NOT a true Communist per se but is a Statist, and with Barack HUSSEIN Obama being a socialist with the heart of a communist...both still believe that the principle of concentrating economic, political, and related controls lies with the state at the cost of individual liberty...resulting in a weak position for the individual or community with regards to the government. This belief serves Putin well in his current endeavor of rebuilding the 'motherland'...while Obama takes that belief a step further into building big government alone...the bigger the better for more control...with individual liberties NOT just weak but hopefully for him non-existent...as in 'We the People' be damned.

Remember, for Vladimir Putin Russian nationalism is all important...all encompassing...as it trumps all else for pride in the 'motherland' is the foundation of his government. Remember also that for Barack HUSSEIN Obama American nationalism...as in pride in American values and ideals...is something to be ashamed of... something to be relegated to a corner like a child hanging his head in shame over a minor infraction of his parents house rules. Putin has great respect for all things Russian...for Russia's once glorious past...while Obama hates everything American...is ashamed of America's past...and his actions or lack thereof say it all as his great joys in life are apologizing for America or speaking ill of America as a player on the world stage.

And Putin, whether we believe it to be right or wrong, lives in a culture...in a world...where to him the ends justify the means...as in a return to Russian greatness starting with the takeover of Crimea... bringing Crimea back into the Russian fold. Obama on the other hand lives in a culture...in a self-serving world...where there are NO means just an end...as in the end of America as we know and love her.

Now please do NOT think that I admire Putin in his role as the leader of...for all intents and purposes...Communist Russia. In NO uncertain terms I know full well that he is a bully, a thug, and that his actions regarding Ukraine and Crimea are a breech of international law, but even with that I do somewhat admire Vladimir Putin for his strength of convictions in standing up to and making a mockery of our weak, ineffective, anything but American president and oh so sad excuse of a Commander-in-Chief...a man so full of hot air and proven useless threats that every time he opens his mouth the world's leaders enjoy a good laugh at our beloved America's expense.

And that my friends is the saddest thing of all for America has become a laughing stock because America has a man in sitting in the White House who has NO business being there...NO business at all...period.

Op-ed: 

Ukraine vs. Russia...Putin vs. Obama...one and the same

By: Diane Sori

“We’re imposing sanctions on more senior officials of the Russian government.”
- Barack HUSSEIN Obama 3/20/14

Useless...totally useless for in order for economic sanctions to work one needs to sanction an entire country NOT just target specific individuals, but when one does NOT understand basic economic premises, let alone how they work or don't work, what can you expect.

And while some suspect that Crimea is all about Vladmir Putin wanting to restore the former Soviet Union as the world's number one superpower, the fact is he wants even more...as in Vladimir Putin wants to restore the glory days of the Russian Empire complete with Czar Putin the First.

Also wanting to be the political foot hovering over the backs of the economies of Europe without actually crushing them, Putin knows what 'red lines' he can and cannot cross. Starting WWIII is NOT in Putin's plans for at heart he wants wealth...personal wealth and power.

Territorial acquisition by force is indeed Putin's goal as he strives to rebuild the 'motherland' and his personal fortune with Crimea being rung one on his ladder to implied success on all fronts. And knowing that what Putin wants Putin usually gets, our 'fearless' leader does NOTHING but slap useless sanctions on a few rich Russians who could care less.

Thinking he's putting pressure on Russia with sanctions that include denying visas, freezing assets, and barring those sanctioned from doing business in the U.S. along with being unable to conduct transactions in American dollars anywhere in the world...he's putting them on a very small group of wealthy individuals. Sanctioning wealthy individuals including Putin’s chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, lifelong friends Arkady Rotenberg and Russian oil billionaire Gennady Timchenko, whose companies have amassed billions of dollars in government contracts, along with 17 others individuals as well as freezing the assets of Bank Rossiya, Putin's private bank owned by personal friend Yuri Kovalchuk, is Obama's idea of standing up to Putin.

And what does Putin do in response as the European Union joins Obama in expanding the number of people they're targeting (including pro-Russian Crimean secessionist leaders, 10 leading Russian lawmakers who have endorsed the annexation of Crimea, and three top Russian military commanders) along with threatening to cancel an EU-Russia summit...Putin counter-sanctions Obama's and the EU's sanctions by imposing entry bans on American lawmakers like Harry Reid and John Boehner, and on senior White House officials like Obama's senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer and his deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes. And playing tit-for-tat Obama signed an executive order that would enable him to penalize key sectors of the Russian economy, including their energy businesses. An executive order that Obama could act on if Russian forces move into other areas of Ukraine...like any of Obama's executive orders would ever stand in Putin's way.

But until this happens...and there is NO guarantee it will ever happen as we all know how Obama loves to hear himself bloviate but NEVER acts on his bloviations...the 'Russian Bear' has again checkmated Obama as he marches forward with even more force and determination. So while Obama continues to declare Russia's incursion into Crimea a violation of international law, and while Ukrainian officials vow NEVER to accept Crimea's annexation by Russia, Putin signed a decree that recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Crimea at the same time the Russian parliament starts the legislative process of annexing Crimea back into the 'motherland.'

And know that NO matter how loud Obama squawks Putin will NOT give up Crimea, and will manipulate his way into other areas of Ukraine with pro-Russia populations as well. But this time he may do it with political upheavals and financial sabotage instead of with troops and tanks...as in do it by encouraging ethnic Russians into committing acts of public protests...do it by waging a well-crafted cyberwar...do it with visa restrictions...do it by financially crippling Ukraine by raising natural gas prices...and do it by demanding immediate repayment of billions of dollars in debts and loans.

"We offer peace, and Russia offers war" said Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the turmoil that is engulfing his country all while acknowledging that there was "a strong possibility" of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

So while Crimean lawmakers have approved legislation to make the Russian ruble the official currency in Crimea along with the Ukrainian hryvnia, and while on March 30th, Crimea will move to Moscow Standard Time, a partial mobilization of Ukraine's armed forces has started...armed forces that really are NO match for Putin's forces. But no one...NOT Obama or Ukrainian officials...can overlook the fact that that most of Crimea's population, with the exception of the Tatar minority and some ethnic Ukrainians, are more than happy to return to what they have always regarded as their ancestral home...'mother' Russia.

And this serves Vladimir Putin well for the man who wants to return Russia to her long ago imperial glory works his will and his wants...as all bullies do...through intimidation and strength...while Barack HUSSEIN Obama shows weaknesses and ineptitude on the world stage. And Obama's weakness will indeed be the cause of Ukraine's ultimate downfall as a community organizer is NO match for a 'Russian Bear' with a heart of steel whose NOT afraid to get blood on his hands.

And know that when this is all said and done there will be blood on Putin's hands...blood on Obama's hands...and it will be innocent Ukrainian blood and that is the saddest thing of all.

Op-ed: 

Cutting our military...cutting benefits...cutting moral as Putin laughs on
By: Diane Sori

A crime unlike any other as Barack HUSSEIN Obama, in his continued efforts to render our military impotent, leads our beloved America down the road to Third World status, has now NOT only cut our military's pensions and benefits but does it by exempting ObamaCare subsidies for both public employees and the 'sponges' of our society in the process of doing so.

To cut the retirement benefits of the military is the most grievous of acts any Commander-in-Chief can do to those who lay their lives on the line every day to keep us safe and free and home. And by turning his back on our military Barack HUSSEIN Obama has, with NO guilty conscious whatsoever, been able to reduce military pensions by 10% (done so by converting part of their retirement to 401(k)-like defined-contribution plans from defined-benefit plans) as well as imposing cuts that slash subsidies for base commissaries, imposing a 5% increase in the cost of military housing, and placing a 1% cap on annual active-duty pay increases resulting in losses up to $5,000 in annual benefits for those whose basic pay is $18,194, which, by the way, is well below the federal poverty line.

Well below what the 'sponges' get in freebies and handouts.

And when you add in the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans being 7.9%...as opposed to the national civilian average of around 7%...and with 340,000 veterans receiving public money for housing in addition to 900,000 veterans living on food stamps with almost 5,000 active duty troops receiving food stamps as well, and now add in this little bit of happiness into the mix as the Pentagon's proposed budget cuts will result in up to 90,000 servicemen and women needing to look for civilian jobs....and you have one major slap in the face to all our brave warriors...both past and present.

Nothing as low as sticking it to those fighting for our freedoms, but this president is so low that he has to look up to look down as the soldiers he sent to Afghanistan and Iraq that were severely wounded got stabbed in the back again once they got home by first denying them NOT only benefits due relating to their injuries, but then making them jump through red-tape hoops to get the very treatment they desperately need and are entitled to.

Claiming all this is to save money, the fact is that an honorable man...an honorable leader...would NEVER take anything away from those who are America's first line of defense, especially when all these cuts target the military but do NOT apply to Obama-loving political groups and programs.

And with all these cuts...cuts that NOT only hurt financially but are intended to break our troop's spirit...to damage their very souls...and doing it at a time when they just might be needed yet again for if the Ukraine situation spreads beyond its borders a confrontation with 'mother' Russia herself could be in the making.

Imagine this scenario ...Vladimir Putin is NOT happy with just the Crimea so he sets his sights on the Ukraine itself, and then decides he wants more. Not so far-fetched actually as right now there are 20,000 Russian troops and armored vehicles amassing in at least three regions along Ukraine’s eastern border, and you know it cannot be for anything good. Posturing for war while phony balloting is going on, as yesterday a referendum was held to determine whether Crimea will join the Russian Federation or declare its independence from Ukraine...a referendum where remaining part of the Ukraine is NOT even an option on the ballot.

Score one for Putin as he just moved into checkmate position.

And don't think Ukraine will just sit back and allow this for agreements signed back in 1994 that made Crimea part of the Ukraine were signed by the Russians even though now they have been rendered null and void by a man hell bent on reassembling the old Soviet empire thus making the agreements signed NOT even worth the paper they were printed on as Putin tries to shape Ukraine's future...tries to shape Russia's future...by simply threatening war.

So as Vladimir Putin flexes his military muscle...as he rebuilds Russia's armed forces...a priority for Putin as the attitude of the Russian people favors and supports the ongoing militarization of Russia... rebuilds to a tune of US-$78.7 billion in 2014, US-$96.4 billion in 2015, and US-$105.2 billion in 2016 respectively...Barack HUSSEIN Obama cuts our military funding by over $41 billion which is indeed a gift to our enemies...and cuts our manpower to levels NOT only to those of pre-WWII but to levels that might NOT even be able to stand up against the 'Russian Bear's' forces...if Putin decides to go beyond the Ukraine's borders into Europe itself...perhaps.

And as the U.S. has a total volunteer army, who in their right mind would sign on for a job were one is NOT only NOT appreciated for what they do, but a job where your Commander-in-Chief has NO respect or interest in the uniform you wear nor does he care for your welfare once you come home...a job where your Commander-in-Chief simply does NOT have your back covered but instead chooses to protect the lives of those who are actually trying to kill you.

And by cutting all from the military both budget wise and benefit wise, Barack HUSSEIN Obama has actually surrendered to those who are America's enemy...to those out to kill us all.

And this man is still sitting in the White House, and I can't help but question as to why our military leaders allow this to go on, especially with the 'Russian Bear' knocking at our door.