Sergei!
John!
Walk?
Now? We haven't even disagreed yet.
Okay. Sergei, pull your troops out of Crimea.
Okay. And you lift the sanctions.
You have to give Crimea back to Ukraine first.
Now we can walk.
Obama has said the U.S. will never recognize the referendum giving Russia control over Crimea. Putin has said Crimea is Russian, the Russian legislature has approved Crimea's "application" to join the Russian Federation. It's a done deal. Could Kerry get around that?
Hold another referendum, one with choices other than Russia and Russia, with international monitors, yada-yada. If the Crimeans vote da she's yours, if the Crimeans vote nyet, give it back.
I don't think so. Version I would end one of two ways:
Nyet.
-OR-
Let me call Vladimir.
(pause)
Nyet.
John!
Walk?
Now? We haven't even disagreed yet.
Okay. Sergei, pull your troops out of Crimea.
Okay. And you lift the sanctions.
You have to give Crimea back to Ukraine first.
Now we can walk.
Obama has said the U.S. will never recognize the referendum giving Russia control over Crimea. Putin has said Crimea is Russian, the Russian legislature has approved Crimea's "application" to join the Russian Federation. It's a done deal. Could Kerry get around that?
Hold another referendum, one with choices other than Russia and Russia, with international monitors, yada-yada. If the Crimeans vote da she's yours, if the Crimeans vote nyet, give it back.
I don't think so. Version I would end one of two ways:
Nyet.
-OR-
Let me call Vladimir.
(pause)
Nyet.
