Events in Ukraine

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From the Czar of Muscovy writing at the Ancient and Noble Order of the Gormogons:
Russia, Crimea, the Ukraine: Why the Mess is So Messy
The American media is doing a really poor job of covering the Ukraine crisis, and this is largely because they ignored its importance for so long that they are scrambling to catch everyone up, what with gays not getting timely service from bakers and photographers and all.

Thus far, the media have portrayed this as a simple game of interests: Russia likes the Ukraine and wants the Ukraine to be friendly to Russia; conversely, Ukrainians want to be friends with Europe. Vladimir Putin, only two weeks ago a real hero to Olympic commentators, is not happy with this and has sent his military in to show he means business.

This summary is not quite accurate. The reality goes back centuries to the Russian Empire.
An excellent analysis - the Czar closes with this:
The reality is that President Obama has checked out, and is now an utterly impotent fool. He wants nothing to do with foreign policy and has -- at a remarkably coincidental time -- ordered a massive reduction in force for the military.

What Obama fails to realize of course is that his disinterest, ignorance, and disregard has accelerated this event. The chaos he sees happening around the world is in direct response to his intellectual disarmament. President Obama is the kid on the playground that thinks if he acts indifferent to the bullies and victims alike, they will be inspired by his cool attitude and want to be more like him. He is predictably baffled when he sees this has the opposite effect.

This is not in any way to blame the crisis in the Ukraine on President Obama. The real culprit is Vladimir Putin, who is mistaken when he assumes his plans cannot fail. Unfortunately for the world, Putin is not mistaken when he thinks he has no opposition.
We will survive but it will be a long claw back to the top of the heap. The good news is that people are so fed up with the current big government that we have a good chance of getting some adults in the room this November.

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