(np) Foreign Affairs: Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West's fault

[alice malice]

The idea that Ukraine can be free of Western or Russian control is naive.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 10:01 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Russia will need to come to terms with its very small power
> position on the globe. Having a pile of nuclear weapons is not all
> that important anymore. Next to the economic powers of the US &
> Europe, not to mention the populations, the political liberties, the
> technologies and educations,  infrastructures  etc., Russia is a bit
> player. The wild card in this is the decoupling of the economies. The
> USA is in a long recovery that is now positioned to take off, while
> Europe continues to slide back into recessions and deeper depressions.
> So, the gas...etc., but resolve will pay off, Putin will, after having
> his ass kicked, retire to Florida.
>
>
> Imagine the outrage in Washington if China built an impressive
> military alliance and
>>> tried to include Canada and Mexico in it. Logic aside, Russian leaders have
>>> told their Western counterparts on many occasions that they consider NATO
>>> expansion into Georgia and Ukraine unacceptable, along with any effort to
>>> turn those countries against Russia -- a message that the 2008
>>> Russian-Georgian war also made crystal clear.
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