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Obama Draws Red Lines As World Lurches Toward War
by Daniel McAdams, Lew Rockwell:
President Obama delivered a brief press statement today in which he stated that rumors about Russian military activity in Crimea were “deeply disturbing” to the United States. He then drew dangerous red lines that threaten a serious international military conflict.
What is the backdrop to the president’s warning?
Post-coup Kiev is not Ukraine — even the media has noted that Ukraine is deeply divided — and therefore it should have been expected that regions of Ukraine with a vast majority of Russians and Russian speakers would be less enthusiastic over the West’s picks to head up the country.
