UKRAINE – AT 8:33 A.M. ET:   Ukraine is coming back into the news, a victim of fairly naked Russian aggression.  But Field Marshal Obama doesn't see it that way.  He just doesn't see it.  From the New York Post: 

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama touted his Ukraine strategy as a demonstration of “the power of American strength and diplomacy.” Word of this stirring success has yet to reach the Kremlin.

While President Obama praised his mastery, Russia’s troops and associated thugs were pressing ahead with the on-and-off invasion of Eastern Ukraine that has seized roughly another 200 square miles of territory the last few months.

The latest Russian offensive has dispensed with the pretense of supporting an indigenous uprising by ethnic Russians and become an even more naked land grab.

We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force and implicitly asks, in the spirit of Joseph Stalin, “How many divisions do international norms have?”

And...

While Russia rolls its T-80 and T-72 tanks — with at least 1,000 Russian personnel in support — we have countered with night-vision goggles and first-aid kits.

A new report issued by Democratic foreign-policy experts decrying the lack of military aid to Ukraine notes that pro-Russian forces enjoy an advantage “in air superiority, intelligence, electronic warfare, command and control, artillery and rockets, supply and logistics, and sanctuary in Russia.”

Besides that, it’s a fair fight.

The Obama policy reflects the craven logic that says helping a victim defend itself from an aggressor is dangerously provocative.

COMMENT:  Two forces have gained strength during the Obama years – Islamic extremism and old-time Communism.  Hmm.  I wonder if it's a coincidence.

February 3, 2015