If ever Obama’s comment about JV Team was more pertinent, I can’t think of it. Obama is a 3rd stringer on the JV team and Putin is the star quarterback of the varsity team. I hope this embarrassment doesn’t throw off his golf game today. Only three more weeks of this worthless piece of shit. Good riddance.
Vladimir the merciful?
Following this morning’s reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would recommend to Russian President Vladimir Putin a retaliation in kind, and expel 35 American diplomats, saying that “we cannot leave such acts unanswered. Reciprocity is part of diplomatic law” with Putin spokesman Peskov adding that “there is no doubt that Russia’s adequate and mirror response will make Washington officials feel very uncomfortable as well”, it was ultimately up to Putin to decide how to respond to the US.
Which he did on Friday morning, when in a stunning reversal, the Russian leader took the high road, rejected the Lavrov proposal, and in a statement posted by the Kremlin said that Russia won’t expel any Americans in retaliation to US moves, in a brutal demonstration of just how irrelevant Obama’s 11th hour decision is for US-Russian relations.
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The reversal comes as Russian officials portrayed U.S. sanctions as a last act of a lame-duck president and suggested that Trump could reverse them when he takes over the White House in January.
Russian Embassy, UK Verified account
President Obama expels 35 
diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, incl 
people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Adm.
Earlier Russian Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev said the Obama administration was ending its term in “anti-Russia death throes.”
“It is regrettable that the Obama administration, which started out by restoring our ties, is ending its term in an anti-Russia death throes. RIP,” Medvedev, who served as president in 2009 when Obama tried to improve Russia-U.S. relations, wrote on his official Facebook page.
In the just released statement, Putin laughed off Obama’s 11th hour temper tantrum, and said that Russia won’t cause problems to U.S. diplomats or deport anyone, adding that Russia has the right to respond in tit-for-tat manner, but it will not engage in irresponsible diplomacy.
The punchline, however, was saved for what may be Russia’s final slam of the debacle that is Obama’s administration saying that “It’s a pity that the current U.S. administration is finishing their work in such a manner” saying that Russia refuses “to sink to the level of this irresponsible “kitchen” diplomacy.”
Putin ended the statement by congratulating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and the American people on the New Year and invited the hildren of US diplomats to a holiday celebration at the Kremlin.
From the full statement posted on the Kremlin website:
Although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy but will plan our further steps to restore Russian-US relations based on the policies of the Trump Administration.
And with that one statement, Obama lost the diplomatic war with Russia.
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Full Putin statement below:
We regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing US administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the Russia-US relationship. This runs contrary to the fundamental interests of both the Russian and American people. Considering the global security responsibilities of Russia and the United States, this is also damaging to international relations as a whole.
As it proceeds from international practice, Russia has reasons to respond in kind. Although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy but will plan our further steps to restore Russian-US relations based on the policies of the Trump Administration.
The diplomats who are returning to Russia will spend the New Year’s holidays with their families and friends. We will not create any problems for US diplomats. We will not expel anyone. We will not prevent their families and children from using their traditional leisure sites during the New Year’s holidays. Moreover, I invite all children of US diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas children’s parties in the Kremlin.
It is regrettable that the Obama Administration is ending its term in this manner. Nevertheless, I offer my New Year greetings to President Obama and his family.
My season’s greetings also to President-elect Donald Trump and the American people.
I wish all of you happiness and prosperity.
Oh, how I wish Putin was on our side.
Or at least an ally instead of the enemy Obama is trying to force him to be.
Half of America thinks the same way.
@ Anon – It appears that he is.
Oh damn. That is a massive slap in the face.
I fucking love it.
Good. I was kinda hoping the attempt to start a nuclear war on O’s way out the door wasn’t gonna work.
Racist, you said ” guess Russia should just be given a ‘pass’ on spying and interfering. ”
Duh… is the US spy network’s overreach into our emails, phone conversations and private data storage, not to mention other potentially hideous use of data on pedophiles for blackmail purposes… is all that something that is eligible for one of those passes?
Obama goes low, Putin goes high.
Well, that will really make President O’Stompy Feet lose his mind and beat his tiny fists. He’s trying so hard to blow up the country publicly on the way out the door and Russia refuses to cooperate. Hilarious. So much for Obama’s “legacy”. It will be as petty as he is.
Paul “Rat” Ryan supported Obama’s petulant move because Rat Ryan is helping push the fake news story of “Russia hacked the election”. I literally can’t think of anyone I hate more than Rat Ryan. Maybe Lindsay Graham.
McCain gets my top spot
Expelling of diplomats is seen as a prelude to war oft times, thank god the Russians don’t seem to want one. A thinking person might be considering who the real war mongers are at this point.
Priceless.
Obama get a kick in the nuts for his cherished legacy.
While not a Putin fan I have to admit that this was absolutely brilliant.
And classy.
Well done Mr. Putin.
Litvinenko was a muslim
Putin: “When Obama goes down for his nap, the adults can get together and sort out this mess, OK?”
Between his decision to expel Russian diplomats (for something that he has no proof of), his decision to back stab Israel at the U.N., his decision to make over 1 million acres in Utah off limits to drilling for oil or natural gas ,his last minute escalation of Muslim immigration, or his inane statement that he would have defeated Trump had he run, Obama is showing what a petulant little pussy he is.
While trying to make in the President-elect’s first few months difficult and continuing to exalt himself and his legacy of charlatanism and the destruction of America, he has proved his worthlessness to people across the world. Hopefully, this Marxist, Muslim-loving scum will get his just dessert.
Every day Obama just keeps shrinking. He was a midget when he was elected by a coalition of hate-filled blacks, dubious “minorities”, liberal pantywaists, and the foolish, feckless, naïve, guilt-ridden portion of the white people of the Northern states and California. Now he has assumed microscopic proportions. I now know exactly how the people of the Southern states felt in Reconstruction as they watched in horror as clod-hopping field hands took over their state governments – today we have Elijah Cummings, Maxine Waters, Obama and that ignorant mug who thought the island of Guam would capsize if we put another military base on it. I am surprised these simians aren’t twerking in the aisles of Congress. The smirking Canadian-born, Indonesian-bred chimp has made us the laughingstock of the world. I have dealt with Russian officials quite a bit. They surely have their faults but in general they are well-educated, well-informed, tough, single-minded in pursuit of their interests and, above all, realists. There is no room for horseshit in their universe – they have had to put up with too much of it for centuries. As for Putin, a lawyer I know worked with him when he was in the St. Petersburg city government. He said he was a polite, dignified, friendly person, and the only one who did not have his hand out for a bribe. Putin is laughing his ass off right now and, I suspect, has sent Trump a message that Obama’s childish flailing about will have zero effect on our relations. Trump will reverse every action taken by Obama. Trump tried to be gracious, fair and “inclusive”. I suspect that phase of his presidency is already over in view of the antics of Obama and the Democrats. War to the knife and the knife to the hilt. They wanted it. They will get it.
Obama has never been much more than a ‘fake’ president . No purpose at all save to hold the office and be the first negro to do so. He was lazy, self indulgent and not at all interested in understanding the economy, technology or anything else. He had his cliches and slogans from his youth and didn’t need to know anymore. It had been enough.
Now as his presidency runs down we learn that he is not only ignorant but also immature. “Let’s you and him fight’ might be his attitude to Russia. He’ll start the quarrel but leave it to Trump to resolve it. For the life of me I don’t even get what he is mad about. Of course Russia ‘hacked’ Pizzagate Podesta’s computers. Nixon’s operatives broke into the DNC offices at the Watergate. Its how the game is played in the ‘big leagues’. Obama himself used electronic surveillance to ‘drone’ his enemies. How in the hell can he say ‘Russia’ did it if our intelligence agencies aren’t surveilling Russians?
Not content with a final foreign policy blunder as he exits he also want’s to leave a domestic mess behind too with his pardons, land grabs and bringing in as many unassimilable savages as he can in the final days of his wasted presidency. To him its not about giving these ‘people’ a better life its about ruining the lives of the American people whose towns they will show up in announced. He’s wrecking things for the sheer delight of it knowing that adults will have to clean up after him.
Trump should hire a dozen Somali refugees as Obama’s Secret Service detail and tell him to ‘live with it’!
Just when you think obozo can’t get any more pathetic, he drops us a new zinger.
Putin is brilliant on every war front. He is today’s Sun Tzu. Better not mess with him.
I was a Putin fan before. Now I’m an even greater fan. Man, oh man, Putin has more class in the tip of his pinky than Oreo has in his entire being.
Good on Mr. Putin for bitch slapping Oworthless. Only a few more days until we are shed of this traitorous moron. Good riddance. I never thought I would see the day when I liked the Russian president better than my own.
There’s more:
‘Russia’s UK embassy trolled President Obama on Twitter, referring to Obama’s lame duck status, calling him “hapless” and referring to “Cold War deja vu.” ‘
see Russian Tweet can be seen here: http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/29/russia-mocks-obama-with-lame-duck-tweet-following-u-s-sanctions/
But it gets better,
‘Vladimir Putin invites children of US diplomats in Russia to the Kremlin for New Year parties’
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-us-35-diplomats-expelled-9536358
among other sources.
and now the coups de grâce :
‘“Russian authorities ordered the closure of the Anglo-American School of Moscow, a US official briefed on the matter said. The order from the Russian government closes the school, which serves children of US, British and Canadian embassy personnel, to US and foreign nationals,” reported CNN.’
Notice their source is from some unnamed “US official”.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/12/30/wrong-again-russias-anglo-american-school-not-closing-to-spite-obama/#5c82130e7637
CNN is fake news
PS Sorry for all the C&P and links, I didn’t know a better or more clear way to make this comment.
Remember Saudis wanted to cut deal with Russia over Syria and gas pipeline The COVETED SYRIAN GAS PIPELINE.What this is all about.So Saudis,AND I’m sure Soros and Clintons are in for the $$$$$$$$$ use limp dick Obama/red line and MSM to antagonize Russians.Plain as day
It is important not to focus only on the Obummer since he is little more than a puppet/agent put in as President by the powerful Deep State that pulls string from behind the curtain. There is no shortage of scumbags, criminals, thieves and degenerates, think Clintons, Bushes and most members of Congress not to mention the Supreme Court, who are prepared to sell their souls – assuming they have one – for a few shekels and the opportunity to call themselves President of The United States. I just can’t wait until the oligarchs of the Deep State who are sucking the life blood out of America and other western Nations are ultimately exposed and brought to justice for high treason and crimes against humanity.
Bravo Mr. Putin!
This would have been even funnier if Vlad had thrown in a, “Niggah Please!”
I think he’s on his annual Hawaiian vacation right now. That usually runs a couple of weeks, what can he do in the time that’s left?
Fuck old blow shit. He is a turd that will be soon flushed. Trump will change these stupid exec orders in the first 100 days.
NBC nightly news reported this afternoon on the (falsely accused) Russian “spies” and showed their “compounds” (where the non-existent intrigues never took place).
“Spies” & “compounds” were the actual words used. It was downright Twilight Zone-esque.
However, nothing was mentioned regarding Obama’s Russophobia or Anti-Slavism (both real terms. Google ’em if you want.)