Ted Poe: “In the sky above eastern Ukraine, a surface-to-air missile was launched, and it destroyed a Malaysian civilian airliner.…”

“In the sky above eastern Ukraine, a surface-to-air missile was launched, and it destroyed a Malaysian civilian airliner. The dastardly deed killed--rather, murdered--298 people. It appears the missile and launcher were Russian. The individuals shooting down the plane were so-called ``Russian-backed separatists'' in Ukraine. Apparently, the crash, which is a crime scene on the ground, is controlled by pro-Russian sympathizers, and it has been compromised by unknown malcontents. It seems to me the Russian emperor, Putin--the Napoleon of Siberia-- has his pitiful, complicit fingerprints all over this Lusitania-type incident. This is the latest in a series of aggressive acts by the Russian bear. In 2008, the Russians invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia. The bear gobbled up one-third of the nation. The world leaders protested loudly, but they were glad it wasn't their homelands. Then the world moved on. Madam Speaker, the Russian tanks are still in Georgia. I have seen them. Then the bear hibernated and woke up hungry in 2013 and invaded Crimea--a part of the country of Ukraine--to satisfy its appetite for more aggression. Now the Russians unlawfully occupy Crimea. The world leaders, once again, voiced opposition but went back to their policy of appeasement. But Crimea did not fill the belly of the bear. So, still hungry, the bear of the north moved into eastern Ukraine and looked for more prey.…”