Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to recover from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s stern scolding after Russia moved Tuesday to begin the annexation of Crimea.
Kerry warned Putin the action would place Russian on “the wrong side of history.”
Kerry offered the first high-level response to Putin’s defiant speech laying claim to Crimea as a historic part of Russia and criticizing the U.S. and Europe’s response to the crisis in front of an audience of students at the State Department.“I was really struck and somewhat surprised and disappointed by the interpretations and the facts as they were articulated by the president,” Kerry said. “With all due respect, they really didn’t jibe at all with reality or what’s happening on the ground.”
Kerry said it was clear that Russia had intended to complete its annexation of Crimea, and issued a stern warning against further Russian incursions into Eastern Ukraine by Putin’s government.
“We have made it very clear that that’s a hard line in terms of the level — I mean, that will be a major breach and I hope we don’t get there,” Kerry said of the possibility of a further Russian incursion into Ukraine’s east.
With tough talk like that we can almost hear the snickers from the Kremlin here in America.
Source: ABCNews
WOW John… Harsh language. That will stop Putin in his tracks !
From reading some comments, it’s very clear the American people have lost all faith in our Government. Time for change again, in Nov.
we need to stay out of there affairs and work on ours.
Putin doesn’t give a $#%&!@* what Americans think or say. He has his own agenda and will play it in spite of what the world thinks.
Stern scolding……coming from Kerry that had to scare the farts out of the Strong Man
Putin isent scared of a Coward.
What idiots we have leading us!!
What a farce!
OK Potato Head…Putin is SHAKING…
So one idiot sent this idiot to make a fool out of both of them . Other countries are really laughing , Kerry really should be embarrassed to show himself in public.!!!!