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There was getting kicked out of the g-8. the u.s. also approved a huge aid package to ukraine, which russia had just invaded including military aid to ukraine. the u.s. also president obama also announced something called the european reassurance initiative, a big new defense program that was approved and funded by the u.s. congress on a bipartisan basis. funding that was designed to basically stop the prospect that there might be another ukraine. that russia might keep going and do that same th...

Positioning, ammunition and fuel supplies and other stuff theyd need to maintain supply lines in case western countries or nato militaries ever needed to get into those countries quickly to push back against a potential russian attack or potential russian invasion. that was an obama administration initiative supported on a huge bipartisan basis in congress to say theres not going to be another ukraine. its funded by the u.s. congress and implemented very quickly after what russia did to ukraine....

Thats their behavior just over the last five years. look at whats changed over the last five years in terms of us, the first one of those things the invasion of crimea, national international response led by the united states. i mean, no other country rolled tanks into ukraine and went to war with russias soldiers there, but short of that you get a strong multi-part american led response and big international response. theyre out of the g-7, the sanctions are rolling out, the aid is approved to ...