Putin has already won on Ukraine
By David A. Andelman, USA Today, 6:33 p.m. EST March 5, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/05/ukraine-russia-putin-obama-crimea-georgia-column/6094663/
"The fact is German Chancellor Angela Merkel got it wrong. Putin isn't
living in an alternate reality. Putin knows us better than we know
ourselves. When the costs get too high or the next news cycle arrives
without fresh pictures of Russian-armored columns, we're on to the
next issue, seeking to extricate ourselves as gently and as cost-free
as we can -- as we did when our red line in Syria turned pink before
melting away. Even the European Union is deeply divided over how
firmly to stand up to Putin, who has his thumb firmly on the spigot
that controls EU members' access to Russian natural gas."
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