[riverdawg]

Putin has made no secret of his desire to reassemble a non-communist Greater Russia that looks geographically a lot like the old Soviet Union.

[Timpanagos1]

“Putin has made no secret of his desire to reassemble a non-communist Greater Russia that looks geographically a lot like the old Soviet Union.”

If Putin wants a non-communist Greater Russia, he should let capitalism exist in Russia.

[Sam Gamgee]

I totally agree. He is no angel. The hypocrisy here is that Russia has been a threat to Lithuania for many years now, and Obama chooses now, 16 days out of his forced retirement, to take action? I think we should stand by the Baltic states and Eastern Europe to the best of our capabilities and within reason years to come, but not provoke hostilities for domestic political reasons.

We are calling wolf when there is no wolf and thereby undermining US credibility in the world.