Western Europe gets around 30% of it’s oil for heating, gas, etc from Russia. On those grounds alone, there are good reasons to use diplomacy. The Ukrainians may want us to do more to help them, but does anyone really believe they want Ukraine to become the next battlefield between the nuclear powers of the US, France, Britain, and Russia? It does appear that Ukraine, like Germany, is going to be separated into Western and Eastern sections and with the US military overextended, it would take a draft to restore the ranks to the levels needed to put boots on the ground in Ukraine as well as the areas where they are already entrenched. There is also the factor of our young people not being educated or healthy enough to serve if a draft did call them up.It is sad that we have needed Russia’s help in Syria, Iran, and other places, it is also sad we need them to get to the International Space Station. The time in which we could feel closer with Russia is rapidly fading, and barring moves towards peaceful resolution by Mr. Putin, we may once more find ourselves in the old, us against them cold war.One wonders, did they find information on Mr. Snowden’s computer, or from his conversations with them, that have given them new confidence they can act with impunity against our military and fiscal power? Have they formed relationships with corporate friends in US companies that makes them feel they won’t suffer financial hardships? Our international corporate network has many reasons to keep the peace, and yet there is always money to be made in war.It would be good if our media would really investigate what is going on, and why Mr. Putin is picking this time, a time when our nation is divided, financially stressed, and war weary, to make these military incursions.Until our cannibalistic congress stops looking at the other party as the enemy, our real enemies will feel free to act with confidence that the “Sleeping Giant” that rose up in WW2 is now a couch potato that will simply roll over and ignore the situation.Respectfully,C.
Western Europe gets around 30% of it’s oil for heating, gas, etc from Russia. On those grounds alone, there are good reasons to use diplomacy. The Ukrainians may want us to do more to help them, but does anyone really believe they want Ukraine to become the next battlefield between the nuclear powers of the US, France, Britain, and Russia? It does appear that Ukraine, like Germany, is going to be separated into Western and Eastern sections and with the US military overextended, it would take a draft to restore the ranks to the levels needed to put boots on the ground in Ukraine as well as the areas where they are already entrenched. There is also the factor of our young people not being educated or healthy enough to serve if a draft did call them up.It is sad that we have needed Russia’s help in Syria, Iran, and other places, it is also sad we need them to get to the International Space Station. The time in which we could feel closer with Russia is rapidly fading, and barring moves towards peaceful resolution by Mr. Putin, we may once more find ourselves in the old, us against them cold war.One wonders, did they find information on Mr. Snowden’s computer, or from his conversations with them, that have given them new confidence they can act with impunity against our military and fiscal power? Have they formed relationships with corporate friends in US companies that makes them feel they won’t suffer financial hardships? Our international corporate network has many reasons to keep the peace, and yet there is always money to be made in war.It would be good if our media would really investigate what is going on, and why Mr. Putin is picking this time, a time when our nation is divided, financially stressed, and war weary, to make these military incursions.Until our cannibalistic congress stops looking at the other party as the enemy, our real enemies will feel free to act with confidence that the “Sleeping Giant” that rose up in WW2 is now a couch potato that will simply roll over and ignore the situation.Respectfully,C.