In the last several days much hot air has been expended discussing the downing of a Malaysian airliner killing all 298 aboard. The atrocity was ostensibly committed by separatist forces using a Russian BUK missile. The question under debate has … Continue reading
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It’s been obvious since the troubles in Ukraine began that Vladimir Putin was seeking a casus belli. That’s an expression that seems to have gone out of fashion. I learned it from Mr. Groden in 9th Grade Latin class. He … Continue reading
Wow! Over 93 percent of Crimeans, now occupied by Russians for their own good, voted to leave Ukraine in favor of joining the burgeoning empire of Tsar Putin I. Some surprise. And yet coincidentally, as the Crimea results became known, … Continue reading