[kathsua]

The title is inaccurate. The action is a disaster for President "Meathead" who has no idea what to do. His imposition of sanctions on individual Russian officials is pathetic.

The Russians are chess masters and Putin has checkmated Obama.

[pepsionice]

In the 1950s....as the Soviets pushed the Crimea into the Ukraine...where exactly was the vote on this? If there was some 200-year history to the Crimea being part of the Ukraine....things would be different. But it’s not that way.

[MarMema]

In 1991 the Ukraine separated itself from the deteriorating government of the then Soviet Union by a declaration of independence and created a precedent for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to separate itself from The Ukraine.

Worth repeating..wish I had thought of this.

[Grzegorz 246]

“If there was a recent violation of international law in The Ukraine it is more likely associated with the mob that overthrew the elected government.”

LOL ! Government in Ukraine, just like in majority of countries, is not elected directly but appointed and dismissed by the Parliament and that's what has happened recently, with a significant support of “pro-Russian” lawmakers. And “President” fled the country taking with him stolen billions, now is serving as a Putin's bitch (released out of closet from time to time to say “I'm a legitimate President of Ukraine” and fuel up instability) in exchange for legalization of his stolen fortune.

[Grzegorz 246]

“If the European Union accepts The Ukraine for membership now the EU will be implying it helped overthrow of The Ukraine government.”

EU will accept Ukraine as a member in 10 years, at the very best. Contrary to what Putin's club is spreading here, there's no any confrontation between holy “Christian” Putin's Russia and “sodomite EU”. Major EU countries such as Germany or France don't give a damn about Ukraine, they are doing business with the holy shirtless and would gladly let him annex the whole country.

[Reaganite Republican]

What tripe

[Gay State Conservative]

The first question regarding that referendum is....how many voters were bussed in from Moscow and vicinity and what kinds of carrots and sticks were dangled in front of voters by that well known beneficiary of Osama Obama’s “flexibility”,Vlad “You Can take the Boy Out Of The KGB But You Can't Take The KGB Out Of The Boy” Putin?

[exit82]

Crimea was easy. It is a foregone conclusion that it would revert to Russia, referendum or no.

It is the next act in the play where Putin will lay down the gauntlet.

It would be just as easy for him to enter and annex the eastern half of Ukraine. and while the West is running around in circles flailing their arms, he will a act to take Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Pass the popcorn.