93% of Crimea Votes to Join Russia

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70. Actually, I think Rand Paul is stumping for increased US involvement in Ukraine.

But, that's the not the issue. As I explained earlier, the issue is that my ability to rapidly come up to speed on politics in Venezuela, Ukraine, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Mali, Libya, Syria, etc., etc., etc., has about reached its limit.

I'd love it if US foreign policy in Ukraine was as you said, a neutral effort to help the two sides find a solution. But that's not reality. The reality is that US policy is not neutral. We've chosen a side, which as it turns out, is a side whose leadership is populated by far-right fascists. Our position sets us on a path toward increased long-term conflict and renewed hostility toward Russia. For extra measure, the conflict includes a dispute over the ownership of huge sums of gas revenue.

I'd prefer the US not to get involved in this complicated political dispute. Jimmy Carter involved the US in Nicaraguan and El Salvadoarn politics with the best of intentions. The results were ultimately disatrous and I don't see many ways that US involvement in this dispute in Ukraine could turn out well for either Ukraine or the US.

Fuck Rand Paul. I'm not an isolationist, but I'm not a blind interventionist either.

As you put it to me:

"If you want a policy like that vote for (John McCain) in the next election because that is about what he supports."