Ukraine's European Revolution?

[Syt]

https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10201573917093799?stream_ref=10

Yes, I could see this one from Alaska. I'm usually not one to Told-Ya-So, but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as "an extremely far-fetched scenario" by the "high-brow" Foreign Policy magazine. Here's what this "stupid" "insipid woman" predicted back in 2008: "After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next."

http://www.jammiewf.com/2014/flashback-stupid-woman-offers-up-strange-scenario-of-russia-invading-ukraine/

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/02/28/Flashback-Palin-Mocked-in-2008-for-Warning-Putin-May-Invade-Ukraine-if-Obama-Elected-President

[Syt]

Guardian:

There are many mentions of the Charge of the Light Brigade which took place in 1854 during the Crimean War. Less well remembered is the Thin Red Line, when the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders dispersed a Russian cavalry charge at Balaclava. You can read about both in George McDonald Fraser's Flash at the Charge

[CountDeMoney]

Yes, I could see this one from Alaska. I'm usually not one to Told-Ya-So, but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as "an extremely far-fetched scenario" by the "high-brow" Foreign Policy magazine. Here's what this "stupid" "insipid woman" predicted back in 2008: "After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next."

I'm confident that President Palin would have ensured that our second-strike capability would've been able to defend the Ukraine, after surviving the first nuclear exchange over Georgia.

[Grey Fox]

Invading Georgia? Georgia is an integral part of the Russian state.

Are we really going to the bat for Ukraine?

[Razgovory]

I'm really disappointed in Obama on this.  If he doesn't do something quick I will lose all respect and punch him.

[Legbiter]

Invading Georgia? Georgia is an integral part of the Russian state.

Are we really going to the bat for Ukraine?

Maybe some sanctions if the Russian & Ukrainian militaries start fighting a real war. If Putin is content with just nabbing Crimea then it'll be just like Georgia.

[Razgovory]

Had Obama lost in '08 a far more savvy president would have been elected.  Of course, the stress of the job would have killed him and we would have President Palin at the helm of this crisis.

Historically American Presidents that were actually in wars have actually not been bellicose. I know McCain had a reputation as a hot head but I wonder what he'd have been like as President on foreign policy. I'm trying to think of where I would have seen him act differently than Obama, I think McCain would have handled this situation a lot better as he's a true Cold Warrior. But I also think he would have doubled down on our involvement in the Middle East which would have bogged us down and limited our ability to act elsewhere. I'm actually mildly pleased with how Obama has somewhat distanced us from dealing with the Middle East and I like the concept of his Pacific shift although I dislike that it appears to just be words in a speech and not any actual thing.

McCain did an interview on the 27th where he said he didn't think the Russians would use their military to intervene, so I'm guessing he would have been as dumbstruck as everyone else.

[CountDeMoney]

Are we really going to the bat for Ukraine?

Personally, I'm in the "No Blood For Tracksuits" camp, but hey, apparently a number of Languishites seem to want to go toe to toe with the Rooskies over a bunch of Borats that have the unfortunate history of being trapped in Moscow's proprietary geopolitical orbit.

[Liep]

A Danish journalist in Ukraine has interviewed a few Russian activists who calls the takeover for the Russian Spring.

#РусскаяВесна.

[derspiess]

After much reflection, I've decided I'm interventionist.

[Valmy]

NATO troops in western Ukraine?  Sanctions?  What is the plan here?

[Zanza]

Putin will not stop until he made Ukraine a vassal again.

[Liep]

So what's up with using two spaces after a full stop?

[Valmy]

Putin will not stop until he made Ukraine a vassal again.

Well we need to make sure he pays a steep price for it, economically if nothing else.  I wonder how else we might get gas to Europe.

[DGuller]

After much reflection, I've decided I'm interventionist.

There is only one interventionist power at this moment.