Fair enough. The Left criticized Bush's foreign policy decisions all the time. But let's look at the details in this case.
What exactly should Mr. Obama's response be? To threaten Russia with a show of force? Does anyone not realize that that's a stupid idea? Perhaps the stupidest idea in history?
Okay, so what happened in Crimea. The people voted - overwhelmingly - to leave Ukraine (where they haven't been perched for all that long, anywhere) and to join the Russian Federation.
Think about that. The PEOPLE of Crimea took a VOTE on what they wanted to do. The last time I checked, the USA supports the concepts of voting and majority rule. We talk proudly about how Americans died on the battlefield so we would have the right to vote. The people of Crimea voted - isn't that a good thing?
And if the majority or Crimean citizens want independence, why shouldn't they have it? Why shouldn't they enjoy the same rights that the American colonies did when they broke away from England?
Our own founding fathers declared their independence in a document that has become a model for free people everywhere. Why should Crimea's "declaration of independence" be any less valid than our own?
Why is Crimea America's problem at all? We didn't cause this mess. Why do some Americans think that it's our job to rattle our sabers over the issue? What possible good can come of it?
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