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Ron Paul on Crimea: None of America’s business — RT USA. President Putin's address to Parliament over Crimea — RT Russian politics. Published time: March 19, 2014 11:01 President Vladimir Putin making his statement before the assembly of Duma deputies, Federation Council members, the heads of the Russian regions and representatives of civil society. His speech concerned an appeal by the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to integrate them with the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014 (RIA Novosti / Alexei Nikolsky) Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon.
Dear friends, we have gathered here today in connection with an issue that is of vital, historic significance to all of us. More than 82 percent of the electorate took part in the vote. To understand the reason behind such a choice it is enough to know the history of Crimea and what Russia and Crimea have always meant for each other. Colleagues, Next. What history can tell us about Russia, Crimea and Vladimir Putin. Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses a joint session of Russian parliament on Crimea in Moscow on March 18, 2014. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images) On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement that formally recognized the "reunification" of breakaway Ukrainian region of Crimea with Russia.
"To understand the reason behind such a choice," Putin said in a speech to parliament, "It is enough to know the history of Crimea and what Russia and Crimea have always meant for each other. " History. That was the central point of Putin's speech. And he wasn't just creating history by agreeing to accept Crimea – he was correcting history. Putin didn't stop there. Few Western observers failed to note the historical rhetoric that formed the core of Putin's argument.
Putin believes he has learned history’s lessons. World War II Fall of the Soviet Union Cyprus Northern Cyprus is one interesting example that Putin actually neglected to mention. Czechoslovakia Kosovo. 2 Live Stream | C-SPAN.org. Ruth Marcus: The Duke porn-star student’s degrading plan to pay tuition. Read Belle Knox, the freshman’s nom de porn, on her decision to pay tuition bills by performing in adult films, and you see the vulnerability underlying the faux-feminist, hear-me-roar bravado about rejecting slut-shaming: “My experience in porn has been nothing but supportive, exciting, thrilling, and empowering,” Knox — she chose the last name in a weird homage to Amanda Knox, the college student accused of murdering her roommate in Italy — wrote on the Web site xojane.com.
“For me, shooting pornography brings me unimaginable joy. . . . It is my artistic outlet: my love, my happiness, my home.” Methinks the freshman doth protest too much. This is a young woman so insecure that when she first started receiving Facebook friend requests from random male classmates, she was “a bit flattered to be honest (maybe I actually am pretty and nice and not awkward, I thought).” Sally Field, this girl needs to talk to you. (Mom knows now; Dad, too. These are not your father’s Playboys. Exclusive–Rand Paul: Stop Warping Reagan's Foreign Policy. Reagan clearly believed in a strong national defense and in "Peace through Strength.
" He stood up to the Soviet Union, and he led a world that pushed back against Communism. But Reagan also believed in diplomacy and demonstrated a reasoned approach to our nuclear negotiations with the Soviets. Reagan’s shrewd diplomacy would eventually lessen the nuclear arsenals of both countries. Many forget today that Reagan’s decision to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev was harshly criticized by the Republican hawks of his time, some of whom would even call Reagan an appeaser.
Without a clearly defined mission, exit strategy or acceptable rationale for risking soldiers lives, Reagan possessed the leadership to reassess and readjust. Today, we forget that some of the Republican hawks of his time criticized Reagan harshly for this too, again, calling him an appeaser. I don’t claim to be the next Ronald Reagan nor do I attempt to disparage fellow Republicans as not being sufficiently Reaganesque.
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