Hi,
Whatever palliatives and diplomacy threats made to Russia after its damning move into the Crimea in Ukraine offers the kind of weak sister approach that Obama applies to all political confrontation. This blogger is assured that is exactly what Putin expected from us when he weighed the pros and cons of his military move.
And it is a military move, uniforms or not, that must have been anticipated by our politicians if they knew nothing but what has been on their controlled media. Ukraine has been under threat of Russian interference for some years now and we have made no move to mediate the situation. This blogger is not an expert on Russian-Ukraine affairs but certainly the number of Russian residents grew when Russia invaded the country along with Poland etc. Ukraine's strategic position has always been attractive to Putin. Circumstances there offered him a mental excuse to occupy Crimea for Russia's protection and an opportunity while Ukraine's government is under siege and weakened. The recent former despotic head of Ukraine's government, who was pro-Russian, signed an agreement that called for early elections and loss of some of Ukraine's personal power which Putin now seems intent on enforcing.
There certainly seems to be a division in Ukraine between the newer Russian population and the original Ukrainians about how free of Russia the Ukraine should become. It's a division in the population Putin's BIG BROTHER-ISM appears to be exploiting to favor the Russian state. It is certainly a reminder of Hitler's moves into the small countries surrounding Germany prior to World War II and in his case as well his reasoning was rational sounding, however, as it turned out, he was testing out just how much he could get away with which led to the forward march on Europe.
This blogger feels this event points up a serious lack now existing in the United States thanks to Obama and his entourage. We have lost our position as diplomatic mediator in situations such as these that are always in progress across the world. We have announced our lack of funds, reduction in arms, and general step down from power in the world abdicating it to the U.N. which has always been a Namby-Pamby group who talk big and act little. It is a rather tragic loss to world peace. As our long ago President Teddy Roosevelt pointed out "speak softly and carry a big stick". DIPLOMACY MEANS CARRYING A BIG STICK AND BEING WILLING TO WHACK.
WHACKING DOES NOT MEAN WAR. IT SIMPLY MEANS STEP DOWN FRIEND OR MORE WHACKS ARE ABOUT TO FALL. WE ARE IN AN AGE WHERE WE SEND A SINGLE DRONE TO DO OUR BUSINESS OF WHACKING AND IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE AND KEEPS US OUT OF WAR. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO KILL ANYONE BUT SIMPLY SEND THE MESSAGE OF "BACK OFF, FRIEND!" OR SUFFER TH E CONSEQUENCES. AND IF IT ESCALATES FURTHER, IT IS POSSIBLE WITH DRONES TO JUST SWAT THE PERPETRATOR AT THE HEAD OF WHATEVER GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CAUSING THE PROBLEM !!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER IS NOT ADVOCATING THIS BUT SIMPLY POINTING OUT THE OPTIONS OPEN TO A GOVERNMENT TO STAND AGAINST PERPETRATORS. THE EGOS AND POWER DRIVES OF CERTAIN LEADERS WOULD CERTAINLY BE STILLED BY AN IDEA THAT THEY ALONE COULD BE HELD TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE!!!!!!!THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY QUIET ABOUT DRONE WHACKING BUT IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. TOO BAD WE ARE UNWILLING TO SUPPORT A WEAKENED UKRAINE WITH A FEW GOOD DRONE WHACKS OR THE THREAT OF SUCH.
UNFORTUNATELY, HISTORY SHOWS THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A SOURCE OF CONFLICT. COMMUNISM APPEARS TO BELIEVE THAT IF ALL THE WORLD WERE RULED BY ONE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT, THERE WOULD BE LITTLE CONFLICT. BULL..........ONY. AS LONG AS THERE ARE EGOS, POWER AND WEALTH TO BE HAD, IT STANDS TO REASON THAT WHEN OPPORTUNITY ARISES, THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO WILL USE SOME EXCUSE TO CREATE WAR-LIKE SITUATIONS TO GAIN THAT BENEFIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEING WEAKENED DOESN'T ELICIT GENEROSITY IN RIVALS BUT RATHER SETS THE CLIMATE FOR A POWER MOVE. TOO BAD OUR PRESENT LEADER IS PERHAPS NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THIS RATHER IMPORTANT CONCEPT
This blogger's sympathies are with the Ukraine and the problems they are facing. It is a sad day when a country is faced with choices that affect all the population but are dictated by an outside force that represents only a faction within that structure. Our United States of America faced just such problems when it first sought to form a Union free from European influences. It resulted in a bloody Revolutionary War that had to convince the outsiders that we really did know what we were doing. It was not easy but it was worth while, however, we have had to keep those same forces within and without, from destroying it ever since. A conflict that continues today.
GOOD LUCK UKRAINE. May you find a way to ensure your future as a FREE NATION and treat ALL YOUR CITIZENS ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE ASSURANCES OF FREEDOM THAT STABILIZES AND KEEPS THOSE WHO WOULD DEFEAT YOU AT BAY. IT WILL BE A HISTORY-LONG EFFORT.
CHEERS, CONNIE
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