Obama, Putin and the Ukraine

There cannot be very many people who are truly surprised by Putin’s move in the Ukraine. That is to say no one foresaw, that I know of, all the issues that have come to light in the country, but since Syria and the Snowden episode, I view Snowden as a hero, it was very obvious Vladimir Putin was going to do something to push Obama into a spot. The Ukraine event was just very convenient for Putin as the two countries have a very long and sorted past, as in the Ukraine has been the victim of Russia.

 
Obama, Putin
Many on the left are saying Bush set the president because he gave Vladimir a pass in the Georgian episode, but not so fast on that train of thought. I rarely give Bush a pass on anything but when Russia ‘invaded’ Georgia it was at the end of his presidency, the McCain-Obama race was heating up and Bush had his hands full with both Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention he was already hated by, well, everyone. It is also safe to say Russia has had many issues with the Georgian’s for a very, very long time and in that area there are a fair amount of Islamic issues, I guess that is PC, right. Only 20% of Georgia is considered Islamic, but historically, in the Caucus region, Russia and Georgia were allies in the fight against the spread of Islam going back 200+ years.

 

Obama, Putin and the Ukraine