Coopering

The reason I upvoted the AMA was to show the lack of participation on his part. He essentially put on a name tag that says, "Hi! My name is...libertarian" and then wandered around without engaging in anything that indicated support for his self-title.

He's clearly a one-trick pony.

How would you react if you knew journalists were out to write a story painting you as wasting all this money?

I would probably spend some (very little needed) to properly account for what I did spend (including any graft I felt obligated to pay) so that I could properly answer those journalists' questions (or properly refute them if I felt they ignored my data).

That was equivalent to saying you know what the 'other' American party wants, in general terms.

Granted Russia is not a person, but their national interests can be determined by recent and historical actions. If OP says one of the two specific cities are within the Russian sphere of interest, and until your (forthcoming?) source to the contrary, it can be accepted as plausible.

What story is this? Link would be helpful.

Edit: thanks for the quick replies!

What word has been broken? Military response was not mentioned in the Belgrade Memo and we have diplomatically protested and are threatening economic sanctions. Military threats are the last action to take before military action, not the first.

But, I will grant you that you probably meant that as a question of pro-EU Ukrainian perspective and not a slam on any actual failure on the part of US diplomacy.