If any other country wants to go ahead and start fighting everyone else's battles, please do. I for one am tired of hearing about dead US soldiers and seeing our country go bankrupt as we funnel funds from government services we need into more military funding. Yeah, we have to cut funds for veterans but increase funds for war mongers.
NightCruiser 10 years ago
Really ticks me off that Putin thinks he can interfere with what most Ukrainians want. Looks like Russia has already invaded part of Ukraine on a small scale. Remember when Georgia rebelled and Putin sent tanks in? I think there should be severe UN sanctions against Russia if they don't withdraw from the Airport. Let the Ukrainians decide their future. Least make them pay an economic price they won't soon forget
NightCruiser 10 years ago
The UN did pretty good with Iran. Iran is pretty much economically destitute now. That is why they have agreed to Nuke deals ie inspections etc They want their foreign bank accounts unfrozen. They want to get the oil sales back up. Russia is very dependent on exports to other countries. The Russian economy is not all that hot as it is with the US increased Natural gas and Oil capacity. Putin thinks and wishes he could go back to the old Soviet days--which failed back then and will fail today IMO The former KGB macho man is stuck in a by-gone era
Maybe but I really don't see the UN doing something as hard as what they did with less powerful countries (like Iran) to Russia. It would be nice, but I'm not getting much hope there.
We should do nothing. Yell, scream, jump up & down, but do nothing.
NightCruiser 10 years ago
Yea and Putin bashed GW for interfering in Iraq and Libya and told us to stay away from Syria. But Putin has invaded Georgia and now the Ukraine. Just as tad bit Hypocritical, don't ya think? Neither of those countries did anything to deserve being invaded besides wanting to decide their own destinies. I don't agree with GB Junior invading Iraq or getting involved with Lybia BUT the 2 do not compare with Russia's attack on 2 border countries.
Direct US involvement would simply make Russia dig in.
We have to remember that this is the equivalent of if the United States fractured into independent nations and there were a dispute between two major states (such as Florida and Texas, if they shared a border).
Even though they would no longer be part of a union, we wouldn't take very kindly to the circumstance being exacerbated by Russian involvement, and our response if Russia started telling us what to do about it would be pretty much the exact opposite of what they wanted. This would be especially true if both states had formerly hated Russia, and both were busy trying to build their power-base on a case of "we can stand up to Russia, Russia is evil, Russia is still our enemy, is still meddling, and now they're trying to take over. Blah blah blah Russian fear mongering and they're coming for our guns!"
Imagine how well that would play for Russia in either Texas or Florida, even if they were at each other's throats. Imagine how that might play out across the continent - even in places not directly affected by it such as Canada and Mexico.
Alarm bells would go off throughout our entire continent, and Russia would pay a hefty price for sticking its nose into such a circumstance.
The same is true here. Even though the Ukraine has moved towards the EU, the EU is not the US.
Ukraine and Russia are siblings. Just like when your brother or sister is dating a new person, you don't get in the middle of their fights. If you do, the only one that will lose is you.
I think we send miley cirus over to Putin for a 10 hour grind. By that time his mind will be off it and all will be restored
Thank you, Tarquin. I don't see why any US resident would want that United States to get involved there. Has any country ever just jumped into an issue here? Imagine if Russia disagreed with California legalizing medical marijuana and decided to interject. Ok, so it's not really an apples to apples comparison but still, it's none of their business. Just like the Ukraine is none of the United States' business.
