[SunTzuWu]

Its none of our business. If we don’t have a vital interest, we should not get involved at all, period.

We have an obligation to defend the Ukraine because we signed a treaty with them. In exchange for them giving up their nukes, we and Britain promised them we would hold Russia at bay.

Do we now refuse to honor treaty obligations? (Though I believe we shouldn't have made that agreement in the first place).

[Drago]

We have an obligation to defend the Ukraine because we signed a treaty with them.

I believe we signed a treaty with the government represented by the now deposed government of elected President Viktor Yanukovych not the new rebel militia government. They need a "special election" in Ukraine....pronto!

[Marguerite]

"We have an obligation to ... the ... because we signed a treaty"

Blast from the not so faraway past

In 2006, the U.S. rescinded Libya's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. Gaddafi’s son was invited on a study tour of the US including a VIP tour of the Air Force Academy in Colorado - Libyan National Security Adviser Mutassim Gaddafi with Hillary Clinton in 2009:

When Obama considered Gaddafi a good guy... It was in 2009

"Yes, Gaddafi is a very bad guy. But he quit the terrorism business a decade ago and paid compensation to the families of victims of the Lockerbie bombing. He surrendered his nuclear program in 2003. He co-operates with the EU in stopping illegal migration into Italy. He is a reliable oil supplier and a good customer for Western companies."

Barely two years later in 2011

Obama goes from the UN Security Council resolution of creating a no-fly zone in Libyan sky, but not bombing, to ... this:

Obama is the last guy who would respect his word.