The only way to respond now is the expensive way: move a couple of BCT's, air defense units, and air wings to Poland, not the miserable 12 planes Obozo sent already.
Since Putin is easily digesting Crimea, he will next try for the eastern Ukraine. What happens then is anyone's guess.
The way to respond is to start drilling yesterday and ween Europe off of dependence on Russian oil.
Yep, and if I were POTUS, I’d be willing to move a little more than that. I’m talking nukes.
If I were POTUS, I’d be more than willing to kick this up to Cuban Missile Crisis levels, to show the Russians they’re simply not going to get away with rebuilding the USSR, or the Russian Empire, or whatever revanchist fantasies they may have.
Crimea is their freebie. And that’s it.