Courtesy of Mish.
In response to Failure is Truly Success! Reader Tata commented …
“The key question here is Russia’s Crimea annexation legal or illegal, aka criminal. If it is legal, then you are absolutely correct. If it is criminal, then a question of reaction level is not mute.“
Actually, there are two separate issues here.
- Was Russia’s annexation of Crimea illegal?
- Was the US response justified?
Even if one presumes Russia’s annexation of Crimea was illegal, the US response has to be judged in and of itself. If Paul robs your house, you do not have the right to block Bob’s driveway. In fact you have no right to undertake any action against Bob.
If the US Congress declared war on Russia, then and only could could Obama’s response be considered appropriate (assuming of course one thinks declaring war on Russia makes sense).
Let’s return to the first question: Was Russia’s annexation of Crimea illegal?
What gives Obama the right to be judge and jury? If three bullies vote (US allies) and there are only five votes is that legitimate?
I will answer the question, and not with more questions. But first please consider the following.
Transformation of Mainstream Media
I highly encourage everyone to read Paul Craig Roberts on Crimea, US Foreign Policy and the Transformation of Mainstream Media
The Crimean peninsula was controlled by the Russian Empire from the 18th to 20th centuries until it became part of an independent Ukraine following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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