if you think taht America bombing a foreign country half a world away, in the name of another foreign country where no Americans lived, is comparable to Russia asking for a popular vote, in a Russian-majority province, adjacent to Russia herself, then I have nothing else to argue
Count how many bombs Russia used in the last 90 days and what happened to Belgrade alone in 1999.
Last but not the least, thank God the Democrats won in 2008 and 2012. A warmonger like Romney, or worse still, a deranged warmonger like McCain, would have the world in flames right now.
As I look at the map. Russia has no land connection to Crimea. They have only air and sea connections. I believe they will establish such a connection. The southeast of Ukraine will be occupied by Russia within a short time to establish this connection. Also most of that area needed to establish that connection is Russian both ethnically and linguistically. Europe and the US can be expected to put up a lot of protests and perhaps some meaningless sanctions. Not much else. Americans would soundly reject any use of our military to counter the Russians. Any US politicians voting for such measures would be handed their heads by the electorate this November. And as for Europe, they are almost as terrified about any use of force against Russia as they would be losing the oil and gas furnished by Russia to Europe.