SHUT UP – AT 9:04 A.M. ET:  Sometimes even the president of the United States should shut up.  In the case of the current president, that should be most of the time.  Our redeemer opened his mouth on Ukraine again, and a foot flew in.  From Fox:

President Obama has told a Dutch newspaper that the United States does not see the ongoing crisis in Crimea and Ukraine as a "zero-sum game" between Washington and Moscow as pro-Russian forces reportedly overran a third Ukrainian military base in the Black Sea peninsula Monday.

In the interview, published in Monday's edition of de Volkskrant, Obama said, "The United States does not view Europe as a battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukraine as a zero-sum game. That’s the kind of thinking that should have ended with the Cold War."

The president went on to say, "The Ukrainian people do not have to choose between East and West. On the contrary, it’s important that Ukraine have good relations with the United States, Russia, and Europe. As I’ve said, the future of Ukraine ought to be decided by the people of Ukraine."

COMMENT:  Take that, Putin!  Spoken like a true professor of political science who never reads a newspaper.  It takes two to end a cold war.  Putin's Russia isn't interested in ending their cold war with us.

And of course Europe is a battleground between East and West.  Obama may see that as old-fashioned thinking.  But, guess what?  The Russians are old-fashioned thinkers, and their old-fashioned thinking just produced a major victory in Crimea.

Remember that World War I was called "the war to end all wars."  It didn't.  Neither did World War II.

March 24,  2014