[Mariner]

Pat's got it right here.

EVERYONE in DC needs to step back and twice consider every word before speaking.

I saw a quote from Condelezza Rice concerning the WH deliberations in 2008 over the Georgian affair.

Essentially, and this is not a quote, she said nobody was willing to put boots on the ground or shoot at the Russians. So, Bush ordered everyone to STFU.

Problem is, Obama was POTUS in a few months and he took no action to begin to pressure the Russians.

Energy Independence at home...with a surplus which drives down prices...is the BEST weapon against Russia. And, it's a program that should have started 5 years ago, at least.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

The world becomes a lot safer with every drop of domestic and North American oil. The tree huggers who are trying to block the pipeline are the unwitting agents of the Saudis and the god of war.

[varmintman]

Question is, did anybody actually believe that Vladimir Putin was going to just sit there and watch George Soros, Monsanto, and the US state department just walk off with the Ukraine? Has five years of Bork Obunga really dumbed anybody down that much???

The official title of the tsars was 'Tsar of all the Russias', meaning 'Great Russia' (Russia), 'White Russia' (Belorus), and 'Little Russia' (Ukraine). You're talking about something like letting some Russian company just walk off with Guam or Puerto Rico.