[Diogenesis]

"By validating Putin as a constructive force in Ukraine
Obama is enabling the Russian president’s impending intervention
and will make himself and the United States look utterly foolish
when that happens. Just like in Syria."

[bigheadfred]

The west should pull the economic levers of its own.

our leaders are pulling the lever

[Cicero]

The EU has some interest. But if I understand correctly, they offered Ukraine a crappy deal during negotiations, which was why the fleeing President turned to Russia, instead.

The EU has some interest. We have ZERO interest, at this point. Pour more money into distant countries to support stupid revolutionaries? I don’t think so.

[familyop]

The EU has more money than any other economic force on the planet. Russia relies on Ukraine for food and for allowing that gas to be exported through Ukraine for revenues from other European countries to Russia. Yanukovich is finished and gone, and with him, any Russian hope of conquering Ukraine. Ukrainians just won over the world by allowing those huge numbers of captured police to live, refusing to vandalize Yanukovich’s palace, etc.

[Dalberg-Acton]

"the EU and the US-and international organizations-notably the IMF-can prevent. It’s only a matter of money"

Pony up stupid American tax payers. I don't like this "professor".

[Mariner]

Silly Professor! The West has no money!

Putin will have his way, if not in the short run, then later.

Ukraine will remain in the Russian orbit or there will be world war.

[Nuc 1.1]

Zero will sell them down the river. As he will the anti communists in Venezuela