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Saturday, March 01, 2014

The 1980s Called. Putin Wants His Ukraine Back

During the 2012 election campaign, Romney was mocked by President Obama and various Democrats/journalists for Cold War thinking. Romney committed a "gaffe," they said.

As it turns out, the real failure was that after four years in office, the Obama adminstration failed to see that Russia is the one guilty of Cold War thinking:

"Gov. Romney, I'm glad you recognize al-Qaeda is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical group facing America, you said Russia — not al-Qaeda. And the 1980's are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back — because the Cold War has been over for 20 years.

Romney just had the guts to point out that the reset was a farce. But our voters chose to reelect Barack Obama.

Is Ukraine where Putin is going to collect that post-election "flexibility" that President Obama promised the Russians?