Summery
An estimated
40,000 Russian troops are near Ukraine’s borders under the guise of “Military
Exercises”. “It may simply be an
effort to intimidate Ukraine, or it may be that they've got additional plans.”
President Obama addressed earlier this week. Many believe that the Russian
President Vladimir Putin still grieves for the dissipation of the Soviet
Union in 1991, and that instead of moving forward and intergrading into the
world economy. Putin feels that the west is taking advantage of Russia.
President Obama pleaded to de-escalated
the situation, asking Russia to pull back troops and begging negotiation with
the Ukraine government as well as the national community directly. Russia’s
actions in Ukraine have been widely condemned by the west and have raised concern
for other former soviet states that further action will follow.
As the tension
rise between Ukraine, Russia, and the West, a question arises, what do we do
next? Russia is strong-arming Ukraine into submission, breaking international
law. While the west is scolding Russia actions and telling them to back down,
they are not taking any real physical action. Russia is not backing down and it
is only potently making matters worse. In a sense Russia is testing the waters
to see what they can get away with. As of right now they have Crimea and are
potentially lining up to take the rest of Ukraine. What does the west do? Do we
sit and watch while another country is invade and taken, or do we fight for
them? Slapping Russia with sections will only do so much; do we take on the
cost of another war? Can we morally sit back and watch this? What will Russia
do next if they succeed in this? Is it really
our problem? Yes, it is, because in this is the over shadowing truth that no
one fears America anymore.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/28/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html?hpt=wo_c1
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