I think Putin’s declaration of Crimea as separate from Ukraine is pretty damn decisive.
It echoes Germany’s blitzkrieg into Poland. The Soviet’s annexation of the eastern half of Poland wasn’t contested then by the west either.
Our media’s attempt to shore up The First Black President of the United States is just demonstrating their complete and utter idiocy since they refuse to criticize Obama AS PRESIDENT.
This is a serious situation especially now that China has aligned with Russia. Who didn’t see that coming.
Out of their depth and over their head and any other cliche would apply to this administration and its minions.
You nailed it.. MSM is fully vested in Obama. Til death do they part.
Are you aware that Crimea was part of Russia for over 200 years, until Nikita Khrushchev literally gifted it to Ukraine in 1954 in order to gain the support of their party bosses during his accession after the death of Stalin?
Before Russia, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, now defunct. Before that, it belonged to the city-state of Venice, going back to before Columbus discovered America. But it was NEVER part of Ukraine, until Khrushchev’s “gift.”
Imagine if President Eisenhower, as a dictator on his own, gave Long Island and NYC to Connecticut as part of a in internal United States political deal to secure CT’s support.
In 1954, the political gift was an internal USSR matter, not an international matter. In 1991, the USSR broke apart, and Khrushchev’s gift suddenly mattered. But despite the gift and the fluke that led Crimea to become part of the modern sovereign nation of Ukraine, Crimea has always been 90% ethnic Russian, and it contains Russia’s most vital naval bases and sea ports.
In fact, Crimea is far more Russian than Hawaii is American. It’s foolish and naïve to believe that the Russian’s will risk losing the Crimea during a period of chaos in Ukraine.
'Cause no one could see that an isolated US diplomatic outpost full of weapons in a Muslim country put into chaos by US actions might be attacked by jihadists.
Just like Benghazi, we had months to see what Putin was up to, but prepared nothing.
But it's OK, as long as nothing contradicts the narrative of Obama's great leadership and the khumbaya 'whirled-peas' leftist world view.
Actually, Obama's passivity is so bad even the WaPo editorial board has an extremely critical piece out this am.