This sanction is a good step but far from enough. Every Russian knows already Putin's income is a lot more than his pay check, so revealing this information will do little damage to Putin's support at home. An effective sanction should hit a much wider Russian population so they start to blame Putin for their trouble. But the West simply lacks courage to deliver such a sanction. When Obama heard the news, the first thing he did was saying repeatedly that US will never consider military option, the 2nd thing was talking to Putin for 2 hours trying to convince him swallowing Ukraine is not good for Russia. Putin sees this as weakness, and he is exactly right. It's fortunate for Putin that Obama is an 'all talk no action' president who does not have the courage to stand firm on anything.
What happens in Ukraine does not stay in Ukraine, governments in China, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, West Europe, Koreas, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc are all watching closely at US responses, and planning their own actions accordingly. It's not difficult to imagine a lot more conflicts will soon breakout in other parts of the world because of the US withdrawal and weakness that are demonstrated so vividly in Ukraine.
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weinberger 发表于 2014-3-23 10:36
美国的民意将表现在下届总统会不会更强硬一些。。。。。。
但我并不如你那样强烈地认为奥巴马有错误。如果波兰人自己开火了,而奥巴马只是这样应对普京,那就有问题。但是波兰人自己啥也不干,美国人有必要冲到前面吗? |