*Defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty in Moscow on Tuesday making Crimea part of Russia again but said he did not plan to seize any other regions of Ukraine…* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from STEVE GUTTERMAN AND PAVEL POLITYUK / Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318
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Putin is a liar and a thief. His episode with Robert Kraft proved that.
The problem with the Ukraine and consensus is that much of Europe gets it’s natural gas for heat, from Russia.
We’d have to reinsititute the Lend/Lease Program, mass producing of cargo ships to build a logistic bridge across the Atlantic to almost all of Europe.
Crimea is a penninsula, with a 25 mile wide choke point, that could easily be blockaded by the Sixth Fleet.
Moving assets already in the Aegean Sea, through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus would send a stronger message than money will, but the ten percent drop in Russian markets the morning after, did give Putin pause.
Until we solve the problem of Europe freezing to death in the winter, no action will be with a consensus agreement.