Putin Declares War

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 2, 2014 | Editorial

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Vladimir Putin's Russia seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula by force on the weekend and now has his sights on the rest of his Slavic neighbor. The brazen aggression brings the threat of war to the heart of Europe for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The question now is what President Obama and free Europe are going to do about it. --SNIP--

In the brutal world of global power politics, Ukraine is in particular a casualty of the Mr. Obama's failure to enforce his "red line" on Syria. When the leader of the world's only superpower issues a military ultimatum and then blinks, others notice. Adversaries and allies in Asia and the Middle East will be watching President Obama's response now. China has its eyes on Japanese islands. Iran is counting on U.S. weakness in nuclear talks.

The Ukrainians can't be left alone to face Russia, and the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea can't be allowed to stand. Ukraine must remain an independent state with its current borders intact, free to follow its democratic will to join the European Union and NATO if it desires. The world is full of revisionist powers and bad actors looking to exploit the opening created by Mr. Obama's retreat from global leadership, and Mr. Putin is the leading edge of what will quickly become a new world disorder.

[Borges]

Ideally, Putin would be an ally in fighting the Muslim Diaspora but it doesn’t seem to work out that way does it?

[wideawake]

Not when Russia is the best friend that Iran has.

[Sioux-san]

I agree with everyone on FR who says “It’s not our business”- I am sick & tired of losing our troops and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ over the Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend BS.

I am much more worried about the Usurper in Chief of America and what he is doing right before our eyes without any resistance at all. We should all be ashamed.