U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference on the second day of the NATO Summit in Chicago (Jim Young/Courtesy Reuters).
From Syria To Ukraine, Crises Fill The Obama-NATO Agenda -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heads to Europe next week, looking to assure nervous allies of the United States’ commitment to the region, as NATO prepares to beef up forces amid fears that Russia will step up its provocations beyond Ukraine.
Obama arrives in Estonia late Tuesday, where he’ll meet with the presidents of the three Baltic states, along with U.S. and Estonian troops. He’ll also travel to Wales to meet with world leaders at a NATO summit, as the group that was created in 1949 to bolster security against the Soviet Union finds itself gearing up to respond to a new type of Russian aggression.
“The two stops are essentially part of the same effort to send a message to the Russians that their behavior is unacceptable,” said Charles Kupchan, senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council.
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My Comment: ISIS, Ukraine, Russia .... it is going to be a busy week. But will he be offering concrete policies and a plan of action separate from what has already been discussed .... I guess we will know in the next few days.
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A quick summary of the article:
The West does not have the:
1) Troops
2) Money
3) Votes
to do anything about this.
“The world has always been messy”; it is just more apparent because of social media. And, he added, today’s geopolitical threats are far less perilous than those of the Cold War"
- Obama
It is always messiest when Obama is involved.
He is forever doing opposite of what we used to do.
A good summary James. Could not have said it any better.
And yes Aizino .... in comparison to the Cold War and today .... President Obama has it easy.
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