On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 11:43:05 +0000, Doctor John wrote:

> I'm not convinced that the crisis will escalate that far.

I would agree with this.  It's very premature to assume that the conflict 
will go nuclear for some reason - Ukraine doesn't even have (to my 
knowledge) any nukes left.

We have had potential military conflicts with Russia in the past - 
Chechnya, Afghanistan (remember how the US funded/provided arms to the 
Mujahadeen?  The Soviets knew that was happening, certainly).

This is likely nothing more than a game of high-stakes brinksmanship, as 
usually happens in situations like that.  The majority of the Ukrainian 
people certainly seem to want independence from Russia, and if Putin 
doesn't relent, he's just going to have a bit of a local guerrilla war on 
his hands.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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