what do we do? Start WW III? Is it worth 70 million lives or more? Is it worth 12 cities? Clearly something needs to be done—its more a job for talkers than warriors. Ukraine must be settled—the borders reset. Peace is needed for all—Russia and Ukraine. I fear Obama doesn’t have the stones needed to make a lasting impact—Putin may have something on him.
I have no doubt Putin DID NOT directly order that MH17 be shot down and that the shooting was caused by someone in the rogue separatist group, however, I could be wrong.
With that said, I have great doubt ANYTHING of consequence will be done UNLESS there is a direct and definite connection to the actual shooter.
Sadly Russia is still in possession of over 8000 nuclear weapons, so indeed all out war is not an option. How about we designate Russia as an official adversary and forbid US companies from doing business with Russia? Do all we can to isolate Russia. Kick them out of the G8. Their demographic suicide will doom them as a nation soon but in the meantime....