There's nothing Obama could have done or said to prevent this,

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ER — 3/1/2014 6:32:17 PM (archived)

any more than LBJ could have stopped the USSR in Czechoslovakia in 1968, or Eisenhower could have stopped it in Hungary in 1956.

Other than that, I think you've got the situation sussed.

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US President Obama warns Moscow there will be "costs" for any military intervention in Ukraine - bowser - 3/1/2014 9:41:12 AM
- Russia DOES have legitimate interests in the Ukraine. - ER - 3/1/2014 2:20:25 PM
  - Prime Minister David Cameron has said there can be "no excuse" for outside military intervention in Ukraine. - bowser - 3/2/2014 5:58:17 AM
    - Maps . . . ? - DanS - 3/8/2014 4:50:29 PM
      - Obviously, - - - - bowser - 3/11/2014 1:16:51 AM
        
        I like my fantasy better. (n/t) - DanS - 3/18/2014 10:25:43 AM
        
        Well, I'm impressed. - bowser - 3/18/2014 10:23:18 PM
        
        Huh. (n/t) - DanS - 3/19/2014 3:36:49 PM
    - I think you misunderstand me. - ER - 3/2/2014 2:17:30 PM
  - Uncontested Arrival - SteveS - 3/1/2014 4:38:39 PM
    - There's nothing Obama could have done or said to prevent this, - ER - 3/1/2014 6:32:17 PM
      - I wonder what the reaction would be if Obama had enacted the sanctions and said absolutely nothing. n/t - RobVG - 3/20/2014 1:27:19 AM
        
        What did Bush do when Putin invaded Georgia? - ER - 3/23/2014 2:15:15 AM

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