So the Russians approved sending troops to the Ukraine. Considering Obama is President...I say Russia has already won. We know Europe won't step up and we know the UK won't join the US in enforcing the treaty they already signed. Putin has one upped the US with Snowden, Syria, and Georgia...Im afraid the US has lost all respect and power...the only thing to fear militarily are drones...and they aren't gonna work against Russia.
Russian upper house approves use of military force in Ukraine - CNN.com
The Ukraine is like Texas, always seceding, rejoining, seceding, at least in their minds. It's big, rowdy and always thinking of itself as independent when really it couldn't stand on its own two legs for 6 months if it ever really actually had all governance and support withdrawn from it. It's neighbor to the north would always have a bigger military and it's "sovereignty" would be merely on paper, an idea instead of a factual reality. That's true with any small rowdy country. Everyone knows the Ukraine is part of Russia. I was shocked recently to learn it was thinking of itself as independent of Russia. In a way, the Ukrainians should be thanking the Russians because if left on their own, "you know who" would swoop in and install a puppet government. Then in no time they would have laws on their books requiring their kids to celebrate a pedophile and gay marriage. And they'd have no viable healthcare to speak of, massive unsustainable debt...you know...all the goodies that go along with a "free society" that is amoral, without check and worshipping at the altar of greed and self at the expense even of their fellow countryman. It's a fine line between patriotism and socialism. Should we discard them?
The problem with y'all is that you think that "Mr. Gorbechev tear down that wall!" was something other than stage fluff, a ruse, a lure to believe that the USSR is anything but what it is. It is now and always has been since the cold war, an idiological opponent to the US. Actually, it's more like we are just old playground enemies where there's always egotistical simmering going on.
Of course Russia is invading the Ukraine. If nothing else, it is a stage performance also. One grand stage performance. The only thing we should be worried about for Ukrainians after Russia reminds them they are still Russian, is if they have a nice warm place to live with a roof over their heads, enough food to eat, a little past time to enjoy and healthcare...
...hey..wait a minute... Can Russia come over here next?...lol.. [just kidding..]
