A people who don’t maintain a military sufficient for self-defense have voted to be invaded. It is immoral for them to expect or demand that someone come and repel an enemy. It’s the ultimate bailout.
We should do nothing.
Good thing the French goverment didn't take such a foolish attitude in 1781.
Very well stated! In its current form, this is a European problem at this point, and we have NO interest there. The danger here is if Putin takes all of Ukraine without a credible response from Europe. He may be tempted to go after a few more. Why wouldn’t he?
These types of treaties to ensure the “protection” of some nation are NEVER a good idea.
Britain had one with Belgium in 1914. The lost hundreds of thousands of men for that.
Britain and France had one with Poland in 1939. Even more were lost and Poland wasn’t free until 1989.
We made this stupid promise when Russia was in chaos, broke, and not much of a threat. We made it to a nation that wasn’t remotely unified enough.
Sorry to say but the U.S. should not go to war for this. We are just going to have to prop up what’s left of that country with aid, and settle in for Cold War 2.
In the Budapest Memorandum The US, and UK guaranteed Ukraine’s safety.
Nice to see some people on Freerepublic have some sense instead of wasting money we don’t have on a war we have no business with.
What? We go to war with Russia? I know... who am I? However, I must admit I am not to thrilled with the possibility of such a prospect. Are the Ukranians with their antisemitism such great guys?
Sarah Palin warned that if America voted for Obama, then Putin would invade Ukraine. It is kind of funny that people complain about something that they voted for in 2008 and 2012.
What? We go to war with Russia? I know... who am I? However, I must admit I am not to thrilled with the possibility of such a prospect. Are the Ukranians with their antisemitism such great guys?
Sarah Palin warned that if America voted for Obama, then Putin would invade Ukraine. It is kind of funny that people complain about something that they voted for in 2008 and 2012.
Then we should be honest and say we will do nothing.
I see you have been critisized for this view but I agree with you.
Putin should be acting in the best interests of Russia, not the best interests of ours or other countries.
Putin should grab the Crimea as a part of Russia, or help the Russian speaking Crimea become a puppet state for Russia if the Crimeans ae capable of running their own state.
We are out of the loop and talk and posturing is about all we got to put into this situation. - Tom
Are you referring to the US or the Ukraine ? Hate to be the one to break this to you, but the US is already toast. The Southwest is overrun, the military is decimated, what few troops we have are bogged down and we have the most corrupt group of politicians in our history currently running the government. When WWIII ends, the US will be lucky to still hold DC.