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Originally Posted by MattyC
I have to agree with this. Not the tax, but the tone and the general point. Why is the US expected to be the ones reacting to this? This is a human problem, shouldn't we all be concerned about it? People calling for Obama to take action (especially those from outside the US) and calling him soft for not doing so, is the rest of the world just more soft? Isn't this what the UN is supposed to be for? Putin doesn't want to follow UN rules? Boot them. I dont understand how this hasn't happened yet for a bunch of other countries, but the strength/resolve of the UN is a different discussion, it's fuction is supposed to be stopping things like this.
The reason Obama is apprehensive about military action is pretty obvious. They are just stretched too thin world wide and dont have the resources to back it up anymore, much less go further. Obama knows this. Random guy in Arkansas calling to nuke the commie pinko basterds doesn't understand that. And the US "news" stations are seemingly purposefully oblivious to it.
Everyone bitches and moans when the US plays world police, and now were all bitching and moaning when they don't. Do you want security or soveriegnty? It can't really be both in situations like this.
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Totally agree....and you said it better than I could (and did).