Is history repeating itself? Seems so. The situation in Ukraine appears to be getting worse as Russian troops have moved into Crimea, that eastern most province of Ukraine with some historic connection to Mother Russia. The old KGB maestro, Vlad Putin, apparently feeling good about the Olympic success up the street in Sochi, decided to take some action, knowing he could without repercussions from any outside parties, ie. Europe and USA.
Pres. Obama said Friday that moving troops into Ukraine would be unwise. Well, now what? Everybody knows the outside world will not do anything rash, while Russia exerts pressure on Ukrainians to accept Russian patrimony over Crimea, the site of the Russian Naval fleet headquarters.
News media reps were prevented from gaining access to Crimea on Saturday as Russian troops rifled vehicles, stole supplies, including flak vests. The world watches, as it does over Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Central African Republic, and of course, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela/Cuba.
Not easy out there in the real world. Even the Chinese are taking their lumps as madmen run amok in western China killing civilians in a train station. We won't mention North Korea.
Have a nice day.
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