Putin Paranoia Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.creators.com/conservative/pat-buchanan/putin-paranoia.html <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015cwm3YhprMIanLq5ffwLmkgAZjOrkGQLw5QbxsPmufJhLi12TT3sQMSJJDMLcXS4rMyoKW5fft95snH2YXAoGUgRbCqRpdIakyxYHg9WmOiRUGOSBeruP3gm3Jwq9uqumppkD3QOtfaMALlE7FidNOrZw9F3_LQpJDiUypwXAkLoLgkKZxYcOCm1oCv80FnvHkXkNpk0ug-g_rH5-UAhGySQkvCTX9mDDRDzYAMaS-M=&c=OWcJimqiWfVO6liVCUHo2VB1BL8F-ETTnNyrJ5pkGW0S7nDQJ5fukw==&ch=rJ0HKB3-chX66F0PCsN4kz_3qAUQTwB_yyHrB0mhuM7uckp0NN3fPg==> ... One understands Russia's vital interest in retaining its Black Sea naval base in Crimea, and keeping Ukraine out of NATO. And one sees the vital interest of Ukraine in not losing the Donbas. But what is America's vital interest here? ... Of all of the secessionist movements from the Atlantic to the Urals, none imperils a vital interest of the United States. None is really our business. And none justifies a war with Russia. Indeed, what is it about this generation of Americans that makes us such compulsive meddlers in the affairs of nations we could not find on a map?
