President Obama speaks as Estonian President Toomas Hendrik listens during a news conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday.
AP
[From article]
Less than 48 hours after President Obama vowed to "defend Estonia," Russian goons kidnapped an Estonian cop to demonstrate just what U.S. red lines are worth.
[. . .]
The abduction of Internal Security Service officer Eston Kohver from Estonia was no ordinary criminal act.
The Russians who took him jammed police radios, tossed a smoke grenade, seized Kohver and marched him into Russia at gunpoint. They then falsely claimed that he was caught spying on Russian soil.
[. . .]
"The defense of Tallinn and Riga and Vilnius is just as important as the defense of Berlin and Paris and London," Obama said. "Article Five is crystal clear. An attack on one is an attack on all.
"So if, in such a moment, you ever ask again, who will come to help, you'll know the answer: the NATO alliance, including the armed forces of the United States of America, right here, present, now."
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/090514-716330-russian-aggression-in-estonia-the-result-of-obama-weakness.htm
Russia's Putin One-Ups Obama In Estonia
IBD Editorial
Posted 09/05/2014 07:04 PM ET
[From article]
Less than 48 hours after President Obama vowed to "defend Estonia," Russian goons kidnapped an Estonian cop to demonstrate just what U.S. red lines are worth.
[. . .]
The abduction of Internal Security Service officer Eston Kohver from Estonia was no ordinary criminal act.
The Russians who took him jammed police radios, tossed a smoke grenade, seized Kohver and marched him into Russia at gunpoint. They then falsely claimed that he was caught spying on Russian soil.
[. . .]
"The defense of Tallinn and Riga and Vilnius is just as important as the defense of Berlin and Paris and London," Obama said. "Article Five is crystal clear. An attack on one is an attack on all.
"So if, in such a moment, you ever ask again, who will come to help, you'll know the answer: the NATO alliance, including the armed forces of the United States of America, right here, present, now."
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/090514-716330-russian-aggression-in-estonia-the-result-of-obama-weakness.htm
Russia's Putin One-Ups Obama In Estonia
IBD Editorial
Posted 09/05/2014 07:04 PM ET
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