A pity that many Americans do not seem to have the ability to connect these dots. ========= By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon “As President Obama is learning, no political victory is permanent without economic success. Consider the fates of two former Soviet vassals.” In forging Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk warned his countrymen in 1923 that... Read more
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A Lesson for America in Poland’s Rise and Ukraine’s Fall
August 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, UkraineMatthew Kaminski: The West Leaves Ukraine to Putin – WSJ.com
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Russia, UkraineWith friends like the USA, who needs enemies? ======= By MATTHEW KAMINSKI CONNECT Updated April 14, 2014 5:39 a.m. ET Kiev, Ukraine ‘We’re the chosen generation,” says Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s interim prime minister. He’s referring to all those who made this winter’s European revolution. For the first time since 1654, when Ukrainian Cossacks formed a fateful alliance with Moscow against Polish rulers, Ukrainians are heading... Read more
Putin Acts, Obama Assesses
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Obama, Russia, UkraineAren’t you glad we have such a reflective President? ====== The White House on Monday said there was “overwhelming evidence” that Russia is stirring the unrest in eastern Ukraine, but President Obama hasn’t yet decided if further sanctions are warranted. That’s how the Associated Press put its dispatch from Washington on the crisis in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition is a perfect summary... Read more
Cold War 2.0, the Videogame
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Obama, Ukraine“..we let it go…” -======= We are close to the Putin endgame in Ukraine. On Wednesday troop-filled trucks flying Russian flags were seen in eastern Ukraine’s cities. The politically fractured and under-trained Ukrainian military sent toward Donetsk and other cities this week is no match for the camouflaged special-ops forces Russia has there, or the 50,000 Russian troops and fighter jets near... Read more
