[McGruff]

A Russian occupation of Crimea...

Stopped reading right there.

[MarMema]

Previous American pledges to help or protect Ukraine were not all that credible to begin with, given the greater power and historical influence of Russia in the region

And besides, we don't like neo nazis. No we don't.

[allendale]

Crimea is very far from the United States. Putin’s greatest crime is that he committed a nationalist act.This is contrary to the vision and goals of one world globalists like Obama and Kerry. Obama and Kerry are not American nationalists. They have apologized to Muslims and others for what they perceive to be America’s transgressions. They are astonished that other peoples still feel passionately about their cultures and countries. They also confuse their whining pouting rhetoric as leadership.Sadly as the United States enters its “progressive, multicultural” period, it is a weaker power and has far less influence than it once had. It cannot effect world events at will, nor does it have the influence to forge a consensus.

[longtermmemmory]

Does anyone remember Cyprus? that has a northern portion occupied by turkey with a puppet goverment. That has been going since 1974 and the US and British have ZERO credibility on that front.

Colin Powel botched that one ala john kerry.

[jjsheridan5]

Crimea Through a Game-Theory Lens

Crimea through a realistic lens: Russia views Crimea as Russian territory (with quite a bit of justification) and their warm water port, and they will do anything to keep it. Everything else is just noise.

[Common Sense 101]

All of these “analysts” need to stop with the “U.S. credibility” crap and begin stating the fact that it is Odumbass “credibility” (or lack thereof) that is encouraging the encroachment by bad actors all over the world.

[Navy Patriot]

Up the Neo-Con Fascista Homos!

[Pecos]

Game Theory relies on both players having game pieces. When one side unilaterally gives up game pieces, it is unilaterally surrendering.

[Free Vulcan]

Or, as Fred Thompson said in Hunt for Red October:

‘The Russians don’t take a dump without a plan son.’

[Pollster1]

We don’t have to worry about this affecting America’s credibility. Thanks to Obama, I am certain that American credibility will not change from the current level (zero) for three more years.