I am more concerned with nuclear war, and no one seems to mention the US doesn't have to provide a warning because it has "first strike" rights. So, if Putin thinks the US is going to nuke Russia, he's got a few seconds to gain approval (Russia and every nuke owning country but the US has a chain of command for nukes) and retaliate. The "no warning" before nuking can trigger freak outs, and this scares the god damn poop out of me.

I really don't know why NATO thought it was a great idea to invite Ukraine, and if the US-led personnel decided to rescind the invite, it might help the situation, but that would require diplomacy. Europeans think the US is demonstrating to the world it still has power, but if Russia shuts off oil exports and people freeze, the US is going to be more disliked than it already is.

Why would Russia want to invade a country undergoing decades of civil unrest and a failed economy? If the Ukraine separatists want to become a part of Russia, is that the US' business? I can't wrap my head around why the US and Russia would get involved with Ukraine's political turmoil. The whole thing seems like a "who's got the bigger d*ck" contest. Surely, if it's peace we're after, this isn't the way to go about it?

And there's no way I'm falling for the "spreading democracy" crap again. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and the countless other wars didn't go so well.