Obama Raises Spectre Of War With Russia

Obama Raises Spectre Of War With Russia: When it comes to relations between countries, Winston Churchill famously said, it's better to "jaw jaw than war war".

But tensions have shot up as a result of Barack Obama's jawing.

For the first time in decades an American president has raised the prospect of war with Russia.

"What I have said consistently is that each time Russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilise Ukraine and violate their sovereignty, that there are going to be consequences."

He went on: "Not only have Russians gone into Crimea and annexed it in illegal fashion ... but what they have also done is supported, at minimum, non-state militias in southern and eastern Ukraine."

Mr Obama added: "They are not interested in any kind of military confrontation with us, understanding that our conventional forces are significantly superior to the Russians."

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