“The Soviet Government cannot regard with indifference the fact that the kindred Ukrainian and White Russian people, who live on Polish territory and who are at the mercy of fate, are now left defenseless,” read the note from the Soviet Foreign Ministry to the Polish Ambassador to Moscow on the day Stalin invaded.
“Putin may actually light a fire that he loses control over,” he said. “There’s a rising tide of nationalism in Europe right now that has been created in many ways by these Russian activities.”
"....new evidence that the Russians intend to deliver heavier and more powerful, multiple rocket launchers to the separatist forces in Ukraine, and have evidence that Russia is firing artillery from within Russia to attack Ukrainian military positions,” ....
...... Longer article worth reading at link.
Whoopsie. Now they’ll have to compare our response.
Lets all jump on board with The daily beast and the Obama flunkie Dempsey.
Stalin invaded Poland almost three weeks after the Germans did. He wanted to make sure most of the heavy lifting had been done. If anything this situation more resembles the Russo/Finnish War of 1939/40.
A major difference between Poland and The Ukraine mess is that the West has known since the nineteen fifties that any move by the West that would result in Russia losing political control over Crimea would have to overcome all of the Military power Russia could muster, and that this would not be in any way negotiable.
There was no surprise here.
Men who fought the cold war (myself included) pointed out during the EU/Ukrainian trade pact negotiations that Russia was going to counter that militarily. It didn’t take a rocket scientist or a prophet to see this coming. It also does not take one to understand that the Russians will not back down and that diplomacy in this case is mere embarrassing public masturbation.
The EU only has two choices. Give it up, or war. Even if they try to pull the US into this, diplomacy will not even slow the military response down.
Just like the US would have the right (if we chose to do so) to make northern Mexico safe so the invaders into the US could return there. (Instead, Obama wants to get involved in eastern Ukraine.) Anyone who had the guts could make eastern Syria safe for Syrian refugees to return. The Iraqi Kurds are helping outside their borders, aren't they? etc
Isn't Israel going into Palestine pretty much the same situation?
Really, the DC crowd and the military analysts should SHUT UP about anything except how to secure OUR southern border.
Actually, I think we've done this a few times, too.
This officer didn’t study history too well. I would liken it more to Hitler entering Austria, where he already had a large population of sympathizers.
Really?
What does he compare the pathetic occupant of the Oval Office to—Neville Chamberlain’s acquiescence to fascism, or Marshal Philippe Pétain who headed up Vichy France for the enemy?
Well, when Russia invaded Poland in 1939 neither France nor England declared war on Russia so I guess we’re off the hook...
NATO has been ripping apart countries left and right for the last 20 years. There’s no surprise Putin is wary and taking precautions.