Midknight Review -- new and revised: sanctions

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At the very beginning of his statement, Obama tells us "we don't know" if the sanctions are working and, then, before the end of that very sentence, tells us "they are working as they should." Apparently, this is how this fellow thinks.

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If sanctions are about preventing rebellious, militant action within the enemy community, they are not working at all - not in Syria, or Iran, nor, with Russia. But Obama wants you to think they are working, because they, the sanctions, do increase the cost for noncompliance. Meanwhile, Iran is nearing completion of its nuclear bomb project, Obama has surrendered Iraq, the Taliban has won Obama's war in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda has reconstituted itself in a number of terrorist orgnaizaqtions, Syria has seen nearly 200,000 of its own people killed by their own government, ISIS is raising hell with no fear of the United States, and Russia has just placed 20,000 to 40,000 soldiers on the border of Ukraine.

I want to personally thank the Washington Free Beacon for posting their video library with embedded codes, making sharing an easy process. The Daily Caller, the Blaze, Breitbart and others, hide these codes, pretending that they have an exclusive, when, in fact, most video's at these sites are youtube, and do not belong to any specific news media outlet.

Obama sanctions hurting Russian economy in less than a week. . . . . remarkable.

Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

Obama aide: US sanctions effectively weakening Russia — White House deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken argued Sunday the United States' sanctions are effectively hurting Russia's economy even though they haven't deterred Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Liberaland

Editor's notes: What an incredible lie. A week ago, Obama levied financial sanctions against seven Russian businessmen. Seven. And Saturday, he announced further sanctions. Yesterday.

There are more than 440,000 registered businesses in 22 cities in Russia, and thousands more in the smaller communities (Source: http://mxkr.ru/en/ ). The notion that after a single week, sanctions against no more than 20 individuals is causing Russian pain, is laughable.

Russia supplies oil to 25% of Europe, on average, with several European nations getting 40 to 60 percent of their energy supply from Russia. China just agreed to purchase it's fuel from Russia and is putting financial pressure on Ukraine, during this crisis.

Understand that sanctions cannot be said to have worked, if the goal driving sanctions is never realized. Iran is a case in point. The Marxist Media is constantly pointing out that "sanctions in Iran have worked," while, at the same time, admitting that Iran continues to pursue its goal of nuclear independence. In other words, sanctions have not worked.

Expect the same outcome with regard to Russia. Currently, the last people in this world aware of American sanctions, are the Russian people. Because of the internal Russian propaganda machine (yes, America is not the only country with an in-house, government run propaganda machine), few in Russia are even aware of American sanctions, much less are feeling the pain of the Obama sanctions . . . . even after an entire 7 days of American punishment against Mother Russia.

Let's return the favor, shall we?

CLINTON: You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. That’s why I believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength. And you heard how the Republican members led by Mitch McConnell, the president really demeaned the confirmation process.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."