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Bob Dole: America should send weapons to Ukraine to fight Russians
4/23/2014 9:03:53 PM
Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole said Monday that the US should send weapons, including tanks, to Ukraine to help it resist Russia's moves on its territory and to send Russian illegal president Vladimir Putin a strong message.
The 90-year-old Republican Party icon and former US Senate majority leader said Putin "has sort of sized up" Democratic president Barack Obama and "concluded that he's not a strong leader."
"There are a lot of things we could do. We could give the poor Ukrainians some weapons," Dole said. "Putin, I think, senses that Obama will not do anything, so he's got a pretty free hand."
Dole said he'd also put a missile defense system in Poland. In 2009, Obama scrapped the final phase of a defense system Poland sought, though his administration is now pursuing a smaller, phased in system that would have missile interceptors deployed in Poland in 2018.
"I think I would first of all send some tanks and some weapons to help the Ukrainian people," Dole said. "Putin would understand then that we're serious. Those would be consequences."
He added: "Our foreign policy is pretty weak."
Discussing Ukraine, he said he believes Putin would like to expand Russia to regain territory once controlled by the Soviet Union, including Estonia and other Baltic states. He also said he believes the European Union has too many economic ties to Russia to provide much support for tough sanctions.
"We need to demonstrate to Putin, without sending troops over there, that we're serious about the Ukraine and we want to help them maintain their liberty, and so far all we have are speeches saying there will be consequences," Dole said.
Source: Agencies
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