Apples and oranges. The Crimean peoples WANT to align with Russia. So many here talk about State secession. This is what it looks like. I don't give one sh*t about Crimea wanting to be a Russian territory and definitely don't want the USA get involved in that mess, militarily or politically.
After Viet Nam, Iraq with it's growing insurgency, and Aftganiscrap that will never join civilization and other USA involvements, I'm done with watching too many of our youth come back in boxes or missing limbs or disfigured or families ruined because of our need to be the police force in the World. Let the EU deal with this.
Yes, I know, some say this is just the beginning of Putin's re-constitution of the Soviet Empire. I don't think so. MAD still works for the Russians. May not work for the Islamists, but does works for the Russians who care about their wives and children. Think Trident submarines all around the world, even with Bambi's downsizing. Even the "community organizer" would be forced by his generals and admirals to protect our nation if things got dicey.
Leave us out of this. Let Europe deal with it. They wanted their Union, so let them deal with Putin's ambitions. If we get directly involved, the next war will make WWII look like a turkey shoot. Is this what you want?
As for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), let all those Europeon countries take the lead. I think we should just kick back and let them fight out for a change. Simplistic? Maybe, but we can support them without getting our best deaded once again for a place that has little national security interests.
Last thought: Russia is not ALL powerful and while Putin and others may want to re-build the Soviet empire, those days are long gone. They may scoop up a country or two, but World economics dictate that not much more will happen if we just stay out of the mix, IMHO. Let them all kill each other. No one, I repeat, no one would dare attack us. We still have enough nukes to kill the World 3 times over.
Hold a vote of latino-majority areas of Southern California and it’s very likely that they would support joining Mexico, as they would be supported by a large number of white liberal voters who believe that America illegally annexed areas of Mexico more than 100 years ago. Add to that a rigged ballot and military intimidation of loyal American voters and Azatland becomes a reality.
As for MAD, do you really think that a Democrat controlled America is going to lift a finger if Russia chooses to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States - all in the name of protection “Russian speaking peoples”? Putin doesn’t intend to occupy Western Europe, he simply wants it to be militarily neutered. America sticking its head in the sand will come back to haunt it.
“Apples and oranges. The Crimean peoples WANT to align with Russia.”
So do East Los Angeles and many communities throughout Texas and California.
“Leave us out of this. Let Europe deal with it.”
Nobody is advocating war with Russia, that’s a straw man fallacy.
The same clarion call that got us bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and into war with Japan and Germany...as well as bombed in NY City by the Islamo fascists.