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Thanks for the link—I actually saw that excellent article through Twitter yesterday.

I confess I am not straight in my understanding on what is actually going on in the Ukraine.

I know I am viewing it through my post WW2 Cold War American lenses. The history of Europe, and of changing borders and ethnic political groupings goes back centuries in this part of the world.

So, who is right and who is wrong is not always clear.

I also am interested in what folks here think Putin’s endgame is. Is the absorption of parts of the Ukraine part of a bigger overall strategy he has in order to dominate other Slavic and ethnic Russian nations, or all of Europe?

I tend to view the notion that we “won” the Cold War as a ruse, which has acted to allow time for the Soviet Union—Russia—to spin off trouble making and costly Muslim and polluted republics and to concentrate on its knitting.

Putin to me seems to be a Russian nationalist, not happy with seeing his nation’s “defeat” in the Cold War, and wanting to make Russia powerful again. He’s KGB trained, so his methods are ruthless, no doubt.

But he is not different than many others throughout history who have built empires to benefit their homeland at the expense of others.

I also believe that our very own Barack Obama and his key Administration personnel are not just leftist, but hard core Communist radicals, trained and and placed for what they are accomplishing right now—the destruction of American as a global power, with the added bonus of stripping away its wealth in the process.

I am trying to see what is happening from a higher level—strategically, realizing I have my own biases.

That is why I am seeking other opinions on what is actually taking place.