I think the leftist media is eating this up and is tryint to magnify it -- Europes is screaming as well, in the hopes of creating a rift between the US and Russia, because they know that as long as the US and Russia are allies, the rest of Europe and the leftists screamings are irrelevant.
So they try to blow this out of proportion -- and Powell is helping them. I can't wait for him to leave.
The White House issued a carefully worded statement, that they hope the issues will be resolved peacefully, then Powell goes and makes this radical pronouncement, echoing Schroeder. Thank God, he is on his way out.
We can't let Ukraine slip in to PUTINs arms, remember Cuba missiles?
To avoid that in the future we need to support poeple who are sick and tired of old commy pricks rigging thier elections like it's 1979 again..