NP - Germany Won't Budge on Austerity: Economic Suicide is Character Building

[Thomas Eckhardt]

"Throughout we’ve given Putin a simple choice:  Respect Ukraine’s 
sovereignty or face increasing consequences.  That has allowed us to 
rally the world’s major developed countries to impose real cost on Russia.

It is true they did not want to do that.  But again, it was America’s 
leadership and the President of the United States insisting, oft times 
almost having to embarrass Europe to stand up and take economic hits to 
impose costs."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/10/03/remarks-vice-president-john-f-kennedy-forum

Thomas

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