[VeniVidiVici]

But I can count on Russia - it can be counted to be there when a call was put out for its help and its acceded to the request to allow Crimea to join it.

Oh brother. You needed a barf alert for your own post.

So the only choice for the Ukraine is to remain a vassal state of Russian? Unbelievable.

Hopefully they were smart and saved a few tactical nukes just for this occurrence. If course you would still blame the Ukrainians for wanting freedom rather than to bend over to their Russian overlords.

[goldstategop]

I’m pointing out that we don’t want to be the world’s policeman.

And just because we no longer want it, doesn’t mean the vacuum remains empty. Others - like Russia will be more than happy to fill it.

Which is exactly what is now happening. And there is nothing we can do about it.

[ncalburt]

These Paulbots and DU posters are useful idiots.
Putin is a murderous monster who worked as a KGB agent in east Germany with Stasi to kill and torture defectors to the west.