Kathleen Sebelius OUT as Health Secretary - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following from Washington D.C., " Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius quits after botched Obamacare rollout ".

Lets Get Real: 

This might be a short term victory for the White House, Secretary Sebelius has been the public face of ObamaCare, thus the Republican attacks have been centred on her and her Department, with the White House spin on those that have signed up for ObamaCare the actual problems could came later, how many of those signed up have paid the first month's insurance, how many had insurance before ObamaCare, does the new law get the millions who had no cover some health cover at last, sooner or later the Obama Administration will have to answer those questions, then if the news is negative the Republican Party will move its critical comment to Obama, while Sebelius was Secretary she took the majority of the political hits, now its the turn of the Oval Office.   The question was the Secretary pushed or did she decide to go after some good news, the memoirs of those that took part IN ObamaCare will be very interesting to historians. 

Putin Threatens Gas supplies to the Ukraine and the West - Ukraine Crisis Latest

Telegraph: Reports the following, " Ukraine: Vladimir Putin threatens to turn off the gas...In threat to switch off Ukraine's gas, Russian president acknowledges gas deliveries to the European Union would also be jeopardised ".

Lets Get Real: 

Let Putin try this, it will be Russia in the long term that gets hurt, this is not the days of the old, not missed USSR, the modern Russia State is part of the international system, if it faces heavy sanctions then the Russian in the street will start to feel the pain, then how long will THE Russian main street support the Kremlin, also the rich friends of the Kremlin will get hurt, how long before they start to place pressure on KGB Putin to back off, unlike Chess, economics is a funny old game, short term win and then long term loss, are you man enough Vlad to take the risk, this blog dares you!.

President Carter CRITICAL OF Hillary Clinton & POTUS - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports the following, "  Former President Jimmy Carter took a jab at President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over their handling of Middle East peace negotiations in an interview published Thursday. ".

Lets Get Real:

This is not NEW, Carter has been a pain in the backside for his successors, what ever he might say he has never gotten over losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980, he did NOT have a high view of Reagan, the feeling was mutual, Bill Clinton had to put with Carter still thinking he was President, thus the BAD deal with North Korea in the early 1990s.  Jimmy Carter is NOT seen as a friend of Israel, if your Democrat or Republican Candidate for President the last President you want to be compared to IS Carter, its almost an insult, at lest Obama has gone after American's enemies with drone strikes, something you can not see Carter EVER doing.  Obama might be weak in a lot of areas, but give me Obama over Carter any day, just and that is JUST is very small, Carter was a failed President and not much better former President, no matter what the Nobel Prize Committee say or do with the prize. 

Invasion Force for Ukraine - Ukraine Crisis

Guardian: Reports the following from NATO, " Satellite images reveal Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border...Nato images show fighter planes, helicopters and troops which officials say could be ready to move in 12 hours ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus it can be argued that Russia is READY, the question is why the delay, are they looking for a diplomatic victory, hoping the military threat will get them what they want, a Ukraine under their influence, if they do not get that they could take over the entire Ukraine, thus forcing the West to place heavy economic sanctions on Moscow.    The Kremlin could threaten gas supplies to the Western Europe, but then they would lose in the long term, as the Russian economy is to linked to the West to take long term harsh sanctions, the question does Putin care, one can say NOT, his rich friends will care, thus who is better at chess, Russia or the West. 

Kerry and the Ukraine Part 2 - Ukraine Latest

Telegraph: Reports the following from the Ukraine, " US accuses Russia of sending spies into eastern Ukraine to 'create chaos'..Russia sending spies to eastern Ukraine to provide a pretext for a possible Crimea style military intervention, John Kerry claims ".

Lets Get Real:

If Secretary Kerry wants to be taken seriously on the International Stage he needs a very frank talk with President Obama, the kind of talk that gets you fired, and the kind of talk that makes you a great Secretary of State.   Secretary Kerry needs to tell President Obama to man up and fast, the Russians are playing 19th Century game and are winning, Obama might talk about the 21st Century as something special, well HERE is news for POTUS, its not, the problem with POTUS is that he thinks rhetoric is REAL, rhetoric without a steel fist is just empty air, hot air, the Russians only interest is what is good for Mother Russia, they will do what ever it takes, one can understand that, that is REAL, talking about legal norms of the 21st Century shows no understanding of history, it shows that President Obama has not grown in office, oh for Obama to have his own Leo ( West Wing ), someone who can take the bark off, its Obama's and the West's loss that he does not have REAL close friends in D.C. 

Kerry and the Russian THREAT - Ukraine Latest 2

Guardian: Reports the following from Washington D.C, " Moscow may be planning intervention in eastern Ukraine, US warns...John Kerry fears potential Crimea-style action after pro-Russian forces cement control of government building in Donetsk  "

Lets Get Real:

Secretary Kerry is a busted flush as they say in poker, what ever threats he makes to Moscow the Kremlin knows that he will not be backed up by President Obama, over Syria, Kerry at State took the troops up the HILL but his legs were cut off by the Oval Office, in basic terms President Obama does not have the balls to take on President Putin, a former KGB Officer can smell that kind of weakness a mile off.   Thus one can postulate that Putin might chance his arm in the Ukraine, if the West is going to place tougher sanctions on Russia then Putin might as well go for gold, he could take the entire Ukraine, it will not be easy, it will be bloody, one can expect that the West of the Ukraine will fight, the West will dither, Poland and other Eastern allies will wonder if Obama's and the US's word to come to their defence is still valid if they are attacked, one can only assume that Putin wants to return Russia to its former glory of the USSR or at least the former Tsarist Empire. 

NATO warns Russia over Ukraine - Ukraine Latest

BBC News: Reports the following, " Nato has warned Russia that further intervention in Ukraine would be a "historic mistake" with grave consequences. "

Lets Get Real:

The problem of with ALL this tough talk from the West is that at the end of the day the US and NATO will not do a dam thing should Russia take over the whole of the Ukraine, the former KGB Officer in the Kremlin has got Obama's number, and that is weakness, the Oval does not have the spine to take Putin on, thus if your in Ukraine YOU should be worried, the West will only ACT if it has too, if Poland comes under THREAT or the BALTIC STATES that would change the game, even President Obama would have to ACT, the question is would Putin go that far, is he so NUTS that he is starting to trust Russian TV.    The Russians do not have ALL the Aces, the West can bring Russia to his knees in economic terms, the question will Germany follow through with any threats, it gets the majority of its gas from Russia, that also goes for former Warsaw Countries.    The FSB is playing games in the East of the Ukraine, but the East is different, its not majority Russian, thus the Eastern game might take longer and might not work, time will tell who wins, the loser will be the Ukraine.