Pence: U.S. Will 'Hold Russia Accountable'
Source: The Daily Beast
Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday reassured U.S. allies in Europe that the White House would hold Russia accountable for its aggression in eastern Ukraine. Pences comments at the Munich Security Conference in Germany come amid concerns over President Donald Trumps seemingly soft stance on Russia, and just days after the national security adviser stepped down over his questionable ties to the Kremlin. Pence also sought to assuage concerns over Trumps stance on NATO, saying the U.S. would be unwavering in our commitment to this trans-Atlantic alliance and that Trump will stand with Europe. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis offered similar reassurances to European allies earlier this week, prompting a telling reply from Germanys defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, who singled out the secretary of defenses strong commitment to NATO rather than the presidents. Trump lambasted the alliance as obsolete shortly before taking office, and repeatedly suggested the U.S. could withdraw support of fellow members didnt spend more.
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In Europe, Pence Says U.S. Will Hold Russia Accountable
By KEN THOMAS Published FEBRUARY 18, 2017, 9:20 AM EST
MUNICH (AP) Vice President Mike Pence vowed Saturday that the United States will "hold Russia accountable" even as President Donald Trump searches for new common ground with Moscow at the start of his presidency.
Pence, in an address to the Munich Security Conference, also offered assurances to European allies that the U.S. "strongly supports" NATO. He said the U.S. would be "unwavering" in its commitment to trans-Atlantic institutions like NATO.
In his first overseas trip as vice president, Pence sought to calm nervous European allies who remain concerned about Russian aggression and have been alarmed by Trump's positive statements about Russian President Vladimir Putin. The address to foreign diplomats and security officials also sought to reassure international partners who worry that Trump may pursue isolationist tendencies.
Pence said the U.S. would demand that Russia honor a 2015 peace deal agreed upon in Minsk, Belarus, to end violence in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russia-backed separatists.
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mpcamb
(2,875 posts)EL34x4
(2,003 posts)No more hand-painted Matryoshka nesting dolls.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)"Music to their ears," as Chris Hill (former Bush-era Iraq Ambassador and neocon principal) described it.
egold2604
(369 posts)Drumpf will not like this from his VP. Pence will be asked to resign because he is not loyal to Drumpf. Mitt Romney will be appointed to the VP slot right before Drumpf resigns.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)Meaningless bluster from world leaders who need to appear tough. Russian aircraft buzz a warship in the Black Sea, Pence issues strongly-worded statements to reassure Western Europe. Trump and Putin are probably laughing about it to each other.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)Pence is the only person in this country benedict Donald can't fire. That is why I think Pence is the leak. He is positioning himself as an outsider of the trump misadministration.
That whole shtick about Flynn lying to him was just for show. Now he is pounding his chest and saying I'll make Russia pay.
The question is will Donnie little hands blab like the baby he is on his way down.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,838 posts)It's supposed to make us think Trump isn't in Putin's pocket. The Russians know it's just hot air. Likewise, the Russian ship off the coast of Connecticut and the missile firing were for internal Russian consumption, to remind the Russian people (and other Europeans) that Russia can mess with us and get away with it. Note that SCROTUS hasn't said anything about these incidents. I'm sure he and Putin are still BFFs.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)Pence is the administration's Barney Fyfe.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Republicans are helping him destroy America.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)Sort of like fiscal responsibility and tax cuts for the ultra rich, now security while sleeping with the enemy.
Red Knight
(704 posts)Lie or just muddle the truth so much that no one knows what the heck you're doing.
I do wonder if Trump thought appeasing Russia would be met with such resistance? He's in over his head.
nycbos
(6,038 posts)A strongly worded letter?
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)You remember, the platform your party adopted, at the same convention where they nominated you to be VP? Where the only change your team made to RNC policy was to eliminate help for Ukraine defending itself against Russia?
He's a smooth, oily, unctuous, facile, repuglinazi 'christian' lying weasel.
lark
(23,156 posts)Setting up Europe to be taken down when he removes our support because Latvia didn't make it's full payment, even if they had. He'd just lie and say "well someone told me that, I know I saw it somewhere?"
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)What I'd like to know is, what all those old line nazi types from the Repug Heritage groups, ABN-OUN, etc., are saying to their followers. All those nazi and neo-nazi types that always backed the repugs, from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Byelorussia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Hungary.
Those groups were catered to, under Nixon, Raygun, Poppy. I didn't see any change in that under li'l bush's junta. But this guy, with his copious number of nazi fanboys, seems to be talking to a completely different set of nazis. Young guns, new traditionalists, etc.
Those old-line fascists were obviously special interests the old style repugs felt they needed to cultivate as allies. I can't figure out how this new blatant nazi can get away with obviously betraying all of those nations to Putin's predation. it's as strange a spectacle as watching all those birchers openly back a guy who's a blatant puppet of the most dangerous commie leader in the world.
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)this particular clown.
BumRushDaShow
(129,458 posts)someone else did. He has consistently distanced himself (except at public functions or photo-ops where they have to appear together) as he has his own (and his sponsor's) agenda in mind for the long term.
Botany
(70,582 posts)haele
(12,676 posts)And it's okay to start the Armeggeddon so Jesus can come back and pat him on the ass for a "job well done..."
I suspect that he and all the other righteous GawdAwfulWarriors of the US Prosperity Gospel have already set up their short-timer's calendars to start counting down on January 21, 2020. This upcoming four years of the "End Times" will be a period of harvest and hoarding while the population gets separated into what they consider shepards, sheep, and wild animals. And we're the wild animals to them.
Haele
woundedkarma
(498 posts)Republicans are watching, when they're sure Pence is a solid dirtbag just like themselves, Trump will be gone.
BumRushDaShow
(129,458 posts)mitch96
(13,924 posts)Pence could not win the EC or the popular vote but tRump did..... with russian help.. If this administration does not dance to Putin's tune they have no need for him any more.. Out come the video of the prostitute pissing contest and anything else they have on him and down he goes...
Who's up next at bat??? Pence... Like a bait and switch he will look 1000% better than #45 and he will be in like Flynn... oops wrong saying...
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trof
(54,256 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)Nice, Mikey.
dchill
(38,532 posts)GOP accountable? Not you, I'll wager.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)prez, he knows it and the GOP know it.
dgibby
(9,474 posts)considering the messenger is kept out of the loop in the inner sanctum of the White House.
dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)Trump supporters need to pay attention for once, as nothing will be done about Russia.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 18, 2017, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)
of the cabinet signed on, immediately removing the President of the United State and taking his place. Then what you are saying will matter. Until then, shut the fuck up.
angrychair
(8,733 posts)Like his boss. If an an actual investigation is done he is out the door with republican45 so the "accountable" means the money being counted.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)auditions for the role of President, with a catchy rendition of "You know I would'nt be as bad as trump."
Lanius
(599 posts)Talk about doublespeak.
EarthFirst
(2,904 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)And everybody there knows it.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)But plenty of imported Russian oil.