Before some of us turn into Charles Krauthammer and George Will acolytes))))), I suggest that we look at this article from the Washington Post. It expresses opinions, of course, but try to see the other point of view which is expressed. Those of you who know Russians and who have lived there will understand exactly what is being said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-is-the-bully-the-united-states-has-treated-russia-like-a-loser-since-the-cold-war/2014/03/14/b0868882-aa06-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html
Please share widely!
From Issac Chotinor over at TNR, and it’s opening paragraph makes it quite clear that the choice between isolationism/blame America first and neoconservative supremacy is a false one.
Just because we fucked up in Iraq doesn’t mean we surrender Ukraine to Putin’s autocracy.