前共和党总统 候选人、参议员麦肯恩批评奥巴马总统对乌克兰局势的表现“天真”,对普京们的真正企图(恢复俄罗斯帝国)缺乏认知。麦肯恩的竞选副手佩林当年就指出,面对俄军入侵乔治亚,奥巴马展示的“不能做决定和道德摇摆性”使她相信,这种软弱将会导致俄国入侵乌克兰。她的这番话当时被左媒们视为“笑料”,因为这位女州长说,她在阿拉斯加的自宅里就能“看清俄国”(企图)。可今天不幸被佩林言中。佩林今早在脸书说“I told you so”(我早就说了嘛)。
^Malaysia says it has no information missing plane has crashed. CNBC. 2014-03-08 [2014-03-08] (英文). "Hishamuddin said there was no sign of any plane wreckage and denied Vietnamese state media reports that the plane had crashed south of an island off Vietnam."