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Europe
Ukraine appeals to NATO for assistance
2014-03-02
Sorry. We're busy downsizing to pay for Obamacare. But our president has warned Mr. Putin that he is making poor choices. And that British prime minister just spoke with Mr. Putin by phone, no doubt to convey the same message, possibly adding that he is outraged. So really, what more could you possibly want, the Georgia treatment?
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  World politics and power abhor a vacuum. And what we get for leadership sucks.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-03-02 23:36  

#6  Gorb, yep. Pretty much the case, given the weak leadership the people have elected, and the nearly complete abdication of foreign affairs conduct by the US President and his Secretaries of State over the past 5 years.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-03-02 21:28  

#5  So first Putin exposes Obean for the fool he is (again) and now The Ukraine is saying NATO isn't wearing any clothes.
Posted by: gorb   2014-03-02 18:30  

#4  Why? Because the Pole's character still value honor and courage. Despite cravenness and cowardice of their erstwhile allies. This may not be an issue as long as it is confined to the Crimea - but involve the bulk of Ukraine, and the Poles may feel compelled to intervene to "Stabilize" things.

Its not likely, but it is possible. Thats why handling this must be done right, by an engaged leader, not a golfing empty chair in the President's office, and an effete gigalo empty-suit at State.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-03-02 15:56  

#3  It's 2014 not 1610, P2k.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-03-02 15:48  

#2  Why should the Poles wait to be sold out again later?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-02 13:43  

#1  Poland may respond. And that puts this whole thing into a far more serious mode.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-03-02 13:41  

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