The Obama Strategy on Russia - Ukraine Crisis 3

The New York Times: Reports that President Obama is looking to follow a new policy of containment mark 2 when it comes to Russia, the article notes the following, " by cutting off its economic and political ties to the outside world, limiting its expansionist ambitions in its own neighborhood and effectively making it a pariah state. ".

Lets Get Real:

The article gives the impression that President Obama has no interest in Foreign Policy, its almost a bore, that he wants to in the last two hand half years if Office deal with other areas, if this is the TRUTH of the article, then the World is in BIG trouble, AN American President might want a lot of things, the World is does not wait for POTUS to get his finger out, also Putin is not just going to accept what Obama wants, he could cause problems in Afghanistan, with Iran and Syria, and since the US does not have Space Shuttle any more what if Russia says no to taking Americans in to Space and other joint co - operations end, Obama can not go deaf because he wants too, Obama really needs his own Leo ( West Wing ) someone who he trusts but also can take the bark off, someone who can tell him some home truths he might not like to hear. 

End of the Geneva Deal on Ukraine - Ukraine Crisis Latest 2

Guardian: Reports the following on the Crisis in East Ukraine, " The tentative Geneva deal.....is hanging by a thread after as many as five people were killed in a gun battle near the volatile eastern town of Slavyansk early on Sunday. ".

Lets Get Real:

The Russian Bear has  either lost control of these pro Russian protesters or it has opened a box it can not control, either KGB Putin can bring the pro Russian protesters to the DEAL or the world will know his and Russia's word is no good,   The question does Putin want to the protesters to STOP, this is chance to being back part of the old USSR.   If this happens President Obama will not have a good historical record after 2017, the old World order that stopped with the demise of the old USSR would be bought back or a more limited scale but it would be back, the idea that the old threats were over would require serious review, those old Kremlin hands would have their jobs back at the Universities, at least Putin is not a Communist, also this blog has seen TV footage of him with his mother in a Cathedral, so Putin is a man of faith, depends of course if he has gone nuts, if that is the case then ALL bets are off. 

Incident in East Ukraine - Ukraine Crisis Latest

BBC News: Reports the following from East Ukraine, " Russian state media reported that five people were killed in a gun attack on a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian activists near the town of Sloviansk. ".

Lets Get Real:

This has the smell of a set up, the Russians were playing the West at the Geneva meeting, they are going for a policy of annexation of East Ukraine, then the entire Ukraine, the West, and this means the US and the EU have to impose harsh sanctions on the Kremlin, it has to get the message, this is not the days of the old Cold War, Russia is NOT a super power as is the US and a growing EU, its a Country will the oil, if not much else, IT lost the Cold War, POTUS might be right, its ONLY a regional power, who is fighting above its weight, time it grew up and its people got a backbone and threw OUT Putin.