Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Obama mentioned Ukraine in his State of the Union

President Obama finally found the time to take a stand, sort of, on the situation in Ukraine:
Our alliance with Europe remains the strongest the world has ever known.  From Tunisia to Burma, we’re supporting those who are willing to do the hard work of building democracy.  In Ukraine, we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely and peacefully, and have a say in their country’s future.
 First sentence has never been further from the truth (in other words it's a lie). For example, Poland is so frustrated with this "alliance" that is looking toward EU (France in particular) when it comes to military cooperation and armed forces modernization.

However, more importantly you would expect that Nobel Peace Prize winner in-advance would take stronger stand against tyrannical government and it's sponsor, Putin. It's a shame. He either doesn't really care, doesn't have guts to stand up to Putin, or both.

BTW neither Tunisia nor Burma are in Europe.