Disingenuousness, Russian style
Churkin said he wanted to "send a message to Washington: Stop interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states."
C'mon. Quite apart from the respective merits of the two stances, Washington has not sent ground troops into Ukraine, and Moscow has, and lies about it as baldly as any American banker. The Russians are "interfering in the internal affairs of [a] sovereign state" to a degree that makes the machinations of the wicked West look like pretty small beans. Professors Moffitt and Cohen alone appear to remain persuaded of Putin's disinterested virtue.
This said, if Russia should elect to re-devour Ukraine, it's not our lookout. Certainly Putin's bitterest critics stateside would have no problem with a US invasion of Mexico should a coalition of Subcommandante Marcos, the Castro brothers and Zombie Hugo Chavez take power there.
cordially,
C'mon. Quite apart from the respective merits of the two stances, Washington has not sent ground troops into Ukraine, and Moscow has, and lies about it as baldly as any American banker. The Russians are "interfering in the internal affairs of [a] sovereign state" to a degree that makes the machinations of the wicked West look like pretty small beans. Professors Moffitt and Cohen alone appear to remain persuaded of Putin's disinterested virtue.
This said, if Russia should elect to re-devour Ukraine, it's not our lookout. Certainly Putin's bitterest critics stateside would have no problem with a US invasion of Mexico should a coalition of Subcommandante Marcos, the Castro brothers and Zombie Hugo Chavez take power there.
cordially,