Ukraine in the Middle

Allen Cullison and and James Marson write in today's Wall Street Journal that they Ukrainians are between a rock and a hard place trying to keep up the fight against Russian troops and keep their own electorates at peace with one another [Heavy Fighting Drains Ukraine Government’s Options and Finances, 28 January 2015].

There is a delicate balance involved in winning battles without winning the war, and still showing progress in fixing the economy, all while losing ground to the Russians who haven't stopped sending in invasion forces and have taken the airport in Donetsk and are about to take the rail yards at Debaltseve.  Political parties might want to throw out a government that let its country fall to Russia after Crimea.  Kiev might be next.  Maybe somebody in the State Department is waiting for the President to return to deal with immigration policy before doing more to upset the Russians.  The Germans and French are not doing much better.  Everybody is more worried about ISIS than the Russians, which may be what the Russians count on.  

Let your Congressional representatives know that this is an important issue and something needs to be done about it.  While the President seems to think Congress does next to nothing, responding to constituents is not what that means.  They know it is an issue when enough people write in.  They might not care one bit before that happens, but will be concerned afterwards.  Go to the website of your Congressional representatives and show some concern.  It doesn't take long, if you can vote.  It only takes one Charlie Wilson to make a war.