There are troubling reports of large Russian military exercises scheduled to begin this Friday. That Russian mini-czar Vladimir Putin is using the exercises to threaten the newly formed, EU-aligned government of Ukraine is a good bet. The West (how's that for cold war terminology) needs to emphasize that the Ukrainian people have our support for self-governance, without the interference of a threatening neighbor. The Ukraine needs to reassure Putin that a free, EU-aligned Ukraine is not a threat to Russia, but a potential force for economic stability for both countries.
(cartoon, Tom Toles via Gocomics.com)
