The Russians have gone ahead and invaded the Ukraine. The intervention in the Crimea area is of course a breach of international law and other agreements; however, I would like to have in my pocket a thousand dollars for each breach of International Law by other countries including the U. S., Israel, Great Britain, etcetera. Those Nations disregarded treaties and laws and did what they wanted these past centuries and in more recent decades. Russia may have made a grave error by intervening, but according to them they had every right to and perhaps historically they do. The U.S. record for intervention is not stellar, and we’ve done it dozens of times reciting our own Monroe Doctrine that was not and never became an international law. The U. S. has also promulgated its own international laws usually excuting them by force of arms.
Lets not get too excited…
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