Screw Russia. They don’t get to dictate to their former slave states just because they used to be their slave master.
I recall Lech Walensa (sp?) being quoted in response to a Russian demand that Poland stay out of NATO that, “Poland no longer answers to Moscow.”
Nor should they.
The whole notion of ‘spheres of influence’ is antiquated and has no place in the modern world.
Well said.
Anything that pisses off Putin, or his followers in this country, is a Good Thing.
Amazing the bootlicking on both FR and DU; the same people who would probably have praised Hitler and Mussolini back in the day.
Yet it's still a thing, and a thing we have to take seriously. We wouldn't tolerate Russia getting seriously involved with Canada or Mexico. Don't think they'd tolerate the same with us and the Ukraine. We have to look at strategic implications of such a decision. Would the benefits outweigh the risks? Maybe, I really don't know, but there is a big difference between stiff-arming Russia and moving into their AO.