Czechoslovakia all over again. The world is stupid.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Walter Iwaskiw <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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