[jpsb]

While I agree that the US should not get involved in the Ukraine, the west did guarantee Ukraine independence when the Ukraine surrendered the nuclear weapons the old USSR has positioned in the Ukraine. I also agree that the Crimea belongs to Russia and has been Russian for hundreds of years.

[Mariner]

"the west did guarantee Ukraine independence when the Ukraine surrendered the nuclear weapons"

A Bill Clinton signature, that the US Senate refused to even consider, is not a guarantee from the West.