While the American status quo of pure chaos on the home
front does not go so far as to promote outright drooling at the mouth from the old
powers, what it does do is make opportunities to gain an upper hand seem like a
much more delectable route to take. For those like Putin, who are hell bent on
resurrecting the “Russianesque” era of old, there is simply a, “hey, why not?”
mentality to it all. As the old adage goes, “while the cat is away, the mice
will play,” suffice it to say, if America is a feline, it has fallen into a
self induced catnip coma, and will out of the litter box for the foreseeable future
– Putin is merely seeing how far he can go. Who’s going to stop him?
Opportunists are taking notice as western world sits on
it’s hindquarters and shakes sticks at itself – when you consider the inaction
in 08’ during the Georgian invasion, and the same during the Syrian civil war,
the inability to balance a budget, the levying of massive cuts to the funding
of what was at one point the worlds most feared and ready military unit, a
president who all but annihilates any legal boundaries that stand in his way, European weakness, and
lest we forget history’s biggest international incident in which the US was caught
illegally spying on just about every faction in the world, including itself and
it’s own citizens, it’s not hard to see why those who are on the outside
looking in are taking a vested interested in the toxic nature of the recent
events America has been involved in, and are acting on it.
Crimea has been a sore spot in the side of Russia since Nikita
Khrushchev handed it over to Ukraine in 1954. What adds to the
volatility of this situation is the inclusion of old world powers that are
longing to restructure their borders and expand their power, all in the name of
national honor and restored glory. Staying true to his ever so Hitler’esq style, Putin is playing our bluff and is gambling big time on our track record
of doing absolutely nothing when the time called for action. It's a bluff that
he will most likely win if the track record of inaction continues.
What is so infuriating about
the situation for the west is the reality that a small flexing of the muscle
would most likely cause Putin to stand down, and there are many ways that liberals
can accomplish this: Freeze
Russian purchases in America and the EU, impose sanctions, kick Putin out of
the G8 – something needs to be done before the attempts to push America into
the background are made a reality. And what has the west done? Threaten a no
show at the Sochi meetings. What a chilling thought – cough, cough.
The big issue on the horizon for the western and liberal
world is the question of how much insecurity are they willing to put up with?
Are liberals willing to bow out, sacrifice power, and in the coming decades add
to the insecurity, instability and uncertainty? How far is the west willing to
bend? How long can we weather continual slaps in the face in the presence of
the reshaping of the global paradigm? If the liberal agenda continues to relent
power and fan the flames of the reconstruction that Putin and China are pushing
for, there will be drastic changes in the not so distant future. It will take
more than a small poke in the eye for Putin to make over Russia in the ways he
wishes, but for his opening act, taking Crimea quickly and possibly all of Ukraine
at any point in the future certainly adds some wind to his sails. And while
Beijing may not necessarily be motivated by emotional instigators, the slow
advance throughout Asia certainly smells like the beginning of something much more
advantageous for them. The question is, how long will Obama sit in his chair and whack
his paddle ball before he feels that he should actually start making good on
some of his threats? We have an ace in the hole in our oil reserve, what will Obama and the liberal west do? – everyone is watching.
About Me: I am a Computer Scientist, more specifically a Database Administrator, a business man (Holding a Bachelors in Business with a focus in Enterprise Administration from Fordham University, Magna Cum Laude), a writer, a blogger, as well as a philosopher, a philanthropist (as much as one with limited finances can be..) a veteran, and in general, an all around thinker and do'er. My purpose is to point out that there is a reason for everything and an opinion for every reason. I am designed to interpret what I see and dictate what I've interpreted. My hope is that my words will not be seen as harsh, rather as liberating, and at very least, thought provoking. I enjoy everything from technology, to race relations, biology, genetics and economics.. for a start..
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