U.S. Rethinking Policy in Ukraine

In today's Wall Street Journal, Philip Shishkin [Russian Obstinacy Prompts U.S. Rethink] , lays out how the U.S. has come to change it mind about helping the people in the Ukraine with weapons.  The White House has been dragging its feet on almost every effort to help them defend themselves, while relying on sanctions, which are clearly working, but not very fast for the Ukrainians in the east to live through them.  

Putin doesn't care about world opinion, and doesn't govern by poll numbers.  The U.S. National Security Team apparently argued that since Russia was militarily superior, no amount of aid would help stop them.  Where this rediculous view of this part of the world came from is not mentioned anywhere.  They must have noticed that Russia took Crimea from the Ukraine, and didn't look like stopping there. They must have noticed the flood of Russian soldiers and equipment rolling in from the east.  They are well docummented, even though the Russians deny it is happening.  How can they deny what is easily proven?  How can the U.S. and Europe ignore what is right in front of them?  

This is the same view that allowed the White House to say ISIS was just a little group of no consequence.  It is the same strategy that won't allow them to say that there is such a thing as Islamic terrorists.  They don't send anyone to the march for Charlie Hebdo, but reconsidered when the heat got too great for them.  We used to call this ping-pong diplomacy - bouncing back and forth on issues, always working from behind.  They better start concentrating on Putin's strategy to take back the area of fhe world called New Russia.  He hasn't waivered.  He puts muscle where he mouth is.  

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