Loving a Putsch – Cheering a “Democratic Neo-Nazi Coup” in Ukraine

[Benton D Struckcheon]

11. The International Situation is Desperate, as always.

1. This writer never heard of Latin America? I don't recall anyone thinking the US respected election results on that continent. I'm actually amazed, and a little bit encouraged, that Chavez and Maduro have both managed to last this long. I don't know if it's because the CIA station chief is incompetent or because Bush was distracted by Iraq, while Obama isn't irritated enough to actually do something substantial enough to topple them, but so far, so good.
2. To the extent the US may be involved in this one, it would be payback for Syria and for Russia's backing of China's push to completely control the South China Sea, to the detriment of the Phillipines and others. This is international power politics. If you thought it worked differently, well, you're wrong. Neither Putin nor Obama suffers from any delusions about how it works. If Putin expected his actions in Syria, for one, weren't going to result in a reaction, he's more naive than anyone would give him credit for.