Those
of us who are not CIA insiders may never know who dropped the ball in
Ukraine. The internationally innocent among us may never learn how
much the west’s failure to financially underpin Ukraine has
impacted its political stability. And we probably will not get a
contemporary account of how bad Ukraine’s government (the one we
supposedly support) really is. It IS certain that our national
broadcast news media will fail us in these matters. They’re too
busy pimping their commercial wares, and parading hotties, to
actually do news. If you doubt that, ask yourself how much they have
actually taught you about how the US Congress works, and about the
bills it passes.
It does
seem clear however, that Putin and his minions are going to continue
encroaching on their neighbors, and generally behaving like they want
a rematch of the Cold War (they lost the last one). The frightening
thing is that Putin may be the best Russia has, in the way of leaders
able to moderate that country’s behavior.
Around
here, we support coordinated international sanctions against
Russians to encourage such moderation. It won’t work of course,
but it’s good because it promotes dialogue and perhaps even
consensus about discouraging aggression. In America, sanctions once
imposed ought to be permanent. The perpetrators of aggression,
Russian or otherwise,
and their beneficiaries,
should be excluded from everything
America might offer, and our courts should proceed with permanent
action against all their assets. Or are we just playing games here?
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